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Apr 25, 2021, 7 tweets

Are you ready for the #Oscars ?

Here are five things fans should look for during the 93rd Academy Awards u.afp.com/Oscars5Things

"Nomadland" is the clearest best picture Oscar frontrunner in years.

Keep an eye on director Chloe Zhao. She has a chance to equal Walt Disney's record of four #Oscars in one night

Glenn Close received her 8th nomination for her transformational performance as a tough-as-nails grandmother in "Hillbilly Elegy," but the film drew widespread scorn.

If she fails to win again, she will be tied with the late Peter O'Toole as the Academy's most reliable runner-up

There is a chance that the Academy could follow the Screen Actors Guild by choosing non-white winners in all four film categories

#Oscars

Frances McDormand has long been an Academy favorite.

If she takes best actress honors, she will become only the second woman in #Oscars history to bag a trio of wins in that category -- after the peerless Katharine Hepburn, who has four

Will the stars wear masks?

"Masks are going to play a very important role in the story of this evening... If that's cryptic, it's meant to be," #Oscars co-producer Steven Soderbergh said

Join us for full coverage of the #Oscars tonight @AFP

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