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Oscars 2020 predictions: Who will win best picture, actor and actress

Our expert has been closely tracking the awards races all season. Here are the movies and stars he expects to win

Art of winning an Oscar

For this year, Joaquin Phoneix (Joker) and Renne Zellweger (Judy) should keep their fingers crossed

Oscar nominations 2020: Joker and Netflix's Irishman lead the nominees

Black actors and actresses were largely overlooked, with the British-Nigerian actress Cynthia Erivo ("Harriet") as the sole nominee

A guide to Oscar Best Pic nominees and why Call Me By Your Name stands out

This year, a surprisingly wide variety of styles and genres are represented in the nominees

Oscars 2018 top winners: The Shape of Water, Gary Oldman, McDormand rule

Guillermo Del Toro-directed 'The Shape of Water' bagged two of the top honours at the 90th Academy Awards

Oscars 2018: Inclusivity riders a start but change must come from ground up

For real, long-lasting transformation, changes need to be implemented at the ground level

Oscar myopia

Roma might have been robbed of the Best Picture award but it managed to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film in a crowded category that had the captivating Polish movie and more

Oscars 2020 to go hostless for 2nd consecutive year, broadcaster confirms

In 2019, the Academy went without a host after controversy around actor-comic Kevin Hart's past homophobic remarks resulted in him stepping down.

Oscars 2020: 'Gully Boy' fails to make it to Foreign Film section shortlist

In "Gully Boy", Ranveer's character used rap as a tool to express his views on society and life in Dharavi, one of the largest slums of Asia. The film became a superhit on release in February.

Gully Boy fails to make it to shortlist for Oscars' best international film

With the exit of Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy, India has once again drawn a blank in the category

It is time for Hollywood to relinquish ownership of the English language

The Academy may imagine it is natural for Americans and British to own the English language. Eventually, however, demography and globalization will render that position untenable

If anyone won Oscars 2019 it was Netflix- the prize for industry disruption

Behind the polite plaudits and acceptance speeches there are bitter feelings within the mainstream film industry on whether Netflix merits this level of recognition

Oscars 2019 deviated from the script, but signified a step forward, too

2019 Oscars' evening was dominated by people of colour and women - something that hasn't happened before

Oscars 2019 winners' list: Green Book best picture; Rami Malek best actor

'Green Book', which explores race relations in the US in the 1960s, has been named as the Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards

Is film-making a man thing? No women nominated for best director in Oscars

In the 91 years that the awards have been running, only five women have been nominated for this coveted award

Oscars: Malek wins best actor, but here's Freddie Mercury's untold story

In real life, Mercury faced rampant homophobia - he never really came out publicly, and it's easy to see why

India-set 'Period. End of Sentence' wins Documentary Short Subject Oscar

The documentary feature is set in Hapur village outside Delhi, where women lead a quiet revolution as they fight against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation

Oscars 2019 winners: 'Roma' wins award for best foreign language film

The black-and-white Netflix film, directed and written by Alfonso Cuaron, marked Mexico's first Oscar victory in the category and has already picked up a slew of other awards this year

Oscars so divisive

Olivia Colman's Queen Anne might lose out on the Best Actress award to Glenn Close's touching portrait of a woman disregarded by her pompous Nobel-winning husband in The Wife

Lies, damn lies and books

Psychologists say that liars tend to be more creative