Oscars 2025 LIVE updates: Ariana Grande arrives at the Academy Awards, Kamala Harris rumoured to attend

Buckle up, folks, because the Oscars are upon us! Yes, somehow it has already been a year since Oppenheimer blew the competition away, and Ryan Gosling served us maximum “Ken-ergy” in a bedazzled pink suit (will anything be able to live up to that?).

The Oscars typically mark the end of the awards season, which means it’s the last chance for the year’s biggest films to battle it out for prizes. The voting, which was originally delayed due to the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, was a process that involved almost 10,000 members of the Academy.

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Unlike last year (the year of “Barbenheimer”), this year’s results are far less predictable. Will Emilia Perez overcome its controversy to claim best picture, or will it lose to The Brutalist – or any of the other strong best picture contenders, for that matter? Will Adrien Brody continue his winning streak in the best actor category, or will Timothee Chalamet snatch the win, as he did at the SAG Awards last week? One thing is certain: we’re in for a few surprises.

Our fashion editor Damien Woolnough will be guiding us through the best looks on the red carpet. We have culture editor-at-large Michael Idato bringing us all the action from backstage, and Karl Quinn, Thomas Mitchell, Garry Maddox and I will be bringing you the awards news as it happens.

To borrow a reference from Wicked’s viral press tour, get ready to hold space for cinema’s night of nights.