So let’s go to work. Below you’ll find the timetable of the night, some recommended pre-game reading and our predictions.
But its billion-dollar haul at the box office is a protection against too much grief, and Oscar watchers know that the more popular the nominated films are, the more people watch.
Seems as if everywhere you turn you’re tripping over another pile of predictions, guesses, or bookies’ odds.
But the feeling is that the Oscars has just about managed to keep the worst at bay.