The 2025 Oscars will take place on March 2, 2025 (morning of March 3, Vietnam time) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, USA.
This year, Conan O'Brien was the host. This is the first time he has taken on the role of MC to replace familiar names such as Jimmy Kimmel or Chris Rock.
The list of films nominated for the 2025 Oscar is diverse with diverse works, reflecting many outstanding social issues of the year.
Of which, Emilia Perez was the leading work with 13 nominations, including important categories such as: Best Actress, Best Director and Best Actress.
The two works The Brutalist and Wicked ranked behind with 10 nominations. This year's nomination categories expanded to many European, Latin American and Asian works, with the participation of transgender actors... showing the diversity and updatedity of prestigious film awards.
According to Variety, "The Brutalist" is predicted to win the highest award at the 2025 Oscar. The film is set in post-war Vietnam, about a Hungarian architect of modernism in the United States.
The male lead of the film, Adrien Brody, is also a strong candidate for the Best Actor category.
However, "The Brutalist" will have to surpass "Anora" - the work that won 3 out of 4 important awards of the association in the US - awards decided by the screenwriters, directors and producers.
"Conclave" is also one of the strong competitors in the race for the Best Film Oscar. Previously, the film won the Best Drama award at BAFTA, a notable point that gave this work the opportunity to compete with the two competitors.
In the Best Actor category, 51-year-old actor Adrien Brody, who played architect Laszo Toth in the film "The Brutalist," won the acting award at almost all major awards before the Oscar.
However, at the SAG awards ceremony a few weeks ago, he surprisingly lost the Best Actor award to his opponent Timothee Chalamet (as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown). Therefore, the result of the Best Actor category at the Oscar became more unpredictable.
The Best Actress award saw fierce competition between Demi Moore and Mikey Madison. Experts and critics are leaning towards Demi Moore - a star who has more than 40 years of experience in the profession and had an impressive performance in "The Substance".
A notable new point at the 2025 Oscars is that there will be no live performances for the Best Song category.
Instead, Billboard reported that 6 powerful women - Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Lisa (Blackpink), Queen Latifah and Raye - will perform at the 2025 Oscar awards ceremony.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were nominated for the 2025 Oscar for their roles in Wicked. The two female singers and actresses are expected to open this year's Oscar awards ceremony with one or more songs from "Wicked" - a work that received a total of 10 nominations before the awards ceremony.
The remaining 4 female singers are expected to participate in "performance to honor the filmmaking community and some of the legendary figures of this community".
