Roll out the red carpet! The stars will be shining in Hollywood Sunday night for the 97th Academy Awards!
And this year’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar could break a streak that’s lasted since 2011. Of the five hopefuls for Best Supporting Actor, four are nominated for their role in films that are also in the running for Best Picture. But Kieran Culkin is nominated for his work in “A Real Pain.” That film is not a contender for Best Picture.
If Culkin wins, he’ll be the first actor since 2011 to win for a role in a movie that wasn’t nominated for Best Picture.
Here are all the nominees.
Yura Borisov for ‘Anora’
Yura Borisov plays a Russian henchman named Igor in “Anora.” He travels to America to retrieve the son of a Russian billionaire after he marries a sex worker to get a visa. 25-year-old Mikey Madison is also nominated for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her turn as the title character.
Kieran Culkin for ‘A Real Pain’
Kieran Culkin appears alongside writer-director Jesse Eisenberg in “A Real Pain.” They play David and Benji, two Jewish American cousins who embark on a tour of Holocaust sites in Poland in honor of their late grandmother. If he wins Sunday night, he’ll be the first actor since Christopher Plummer to take home a Supporting Actor Oscar for a role in a movie that isn’t nominated for Best Picture. Plummer won in 2011 for the drama “Beginners,” which wasn’t nominated for any other Oscars. Every Best Supporting Actor winner since then has been from a Best Picture nominee.
Edward Norton for ‘A Complete Unknown’
According to “SCREENRANT,” when Edward Norton replaced Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of Pete Seeger, he had just two months to learn to play the banjo and develop his character before “A Complete Unknown” started filming. Contrast that to Best Actor in a Lead Role nominee Timothée Chalamet, who plays a young Bob Dylan in the film. Chalamet says he spent five years preparing for the role. The movie charts Dylan’s rise to stardom through his now-legendary performance of “Like A Rolling Stone” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Guy Pearce for ‘The Brutalist’
In “The Brutalist,” first-time nominee Guy Pearce plays a wealthy industrialist. His character is taken with talent of architect Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian-born Jewish immigrant who comes to the U.S. after surviving the Holocaust and World War II. Adrien Brody, who plays Toth, is nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his portrayal.
Jeremy Strong for ‘The Apprentice’
In “The Apprentice,” Jeremy Strong plays notorious attorney Roy Cohn, who teaches a young Donald Trump how to promote himself in the media. Cohn’s dictum to the future President: “Attack, attack, attack. Deny, deny, deny. Never admit defeat.” Sebastian Stan, who plays Trump in the film, is nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role for his portrayal.
Who Will Win? Experts Weigh In
“Vanity Fair” taps Keiran Culkin to win for “A Real Pain,” writing that Culkin, “has won pretty much every big award he could have in the lead-up to March 2.”
And “The Hollywood Reporter” agrees, writing, “Playing the clown to director Jesse Eisenberg’s uptight straight man, Culkin is in full control of his shape-shifting character.”
But while “USA Today” agrees that Culkin will win, the writers there don’t necessarily agree that he should win. “Barring some unforeseen and monumental upset, Culkin will be raising an Oscar in his hand on Sunday,” the paper predicts. But as for who should win, “USA Today” points to Yuri Borisov, writing, “If we had a ballot, Borisov would be the pick simply for being awesome and giving us the type of character we haven’t seen a ton: a quietly charismatic, scene-stealing henchman with a heart of gold.”
How to Watch the 97th Academy Awards
Conan O’Brien is taking on hosting duities for this year’s Oscars. The show will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
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Oscars : Best Supporting Actor Award Could Break 14-Year Streak