10 Facts You Must Know Before Tuning Into 92nd Academy Awards

The 92nd annual Academy Awards is getting underway at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

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Although Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern all appear to be all-but-certain locks in the acting categories, there’s still the potential for a history-making upset. Momentum has swung behind Bong Joon Ho’s South Korean thriller “Parasite,” and some believe it has a chance to become the first non-English language film to win best picture.

Such a win would be a watershed moment for the Academy Awards, which has long been content to relegate international films to their own category.

Meanwhile, here are a few facts about the 92nd Academy Awards that may interest the movie buff inside you:

-- The first film from Former US president Barack Obama his and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” is favored to win best documentary.

-- This year’s Oscar favorites are largely movies released widely in theaters. They also predominantly feature male characters and come from male directors.

-- Two three-hour epics “The Irishman” and “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” are in for contention for Best Picture.

-- Sam Mendes' 1917 has no acting nominations despite being Oscars frontrunner.

-- Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite has a chance to become the first non-English language film to win Best Picture.

-- No film in a foreign language has ever won best picture at the Academy Awards.

-- Parasite is the Palme d’Or winner at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and the first foreign language film to win top honors from the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

-- Kobe Bryant, a 2018 Oscar winner for the short “Dear Basketball,” is expected to be included in the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment.

-- Netflix comes into the Oscars with a leading 24 nominations thanks to “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “The Two Popes” and the likely best documentary winner, “American Factory.”

-- Netflix is still seeking its first best picture win. Roma lost to The Green Book in 2019 Oscars race.

(With inputs from AP News)

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