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Bradley Russell

Oscars 2025 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?

Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Perez.

It's that time of year again. After months of campaigning and voting amid serious fan debates, the 2025 Oscars nominations are in – and now it's time to predict who will take home an Academy Award in March.

But unlike previous years, there doesn't appear to be an Oppenheimer-style frontrunner in most categories, nor a gripping back-and-forth battle between actors – as was the case between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone last year. That means, then, that things are looking decidedly different and (on paper, at least) far more open at this year's Oscars.

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