If you've been paying attention this awards season, you know that the Oscars are shaping up to be one of the biggest question marks in the ceremony's 91-year history. How will the show fare without a host? How will an audience of filmmakers react when several important categories _ including cinematography _ are relegated to the commercial breaks? After years of sagging ratings, how many viewers will even be watching?
And then, of course, there's the question of who'll win.
Here, too, uncertainty reigns. A few categories, such as supporting actor and actress, seem pretty well sewn up. Others, though, feel maddeningly unpredictable. Could Rami Malek, of the much-derided biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," really win best actor over Bradley Cooper in "A Star Is Born?" If Alfonso Cuaron wins best director, as seems likely, don't statistics show that his "Roma" will also win best picture? Or could the polarizing "Green Book" _ which did not earn Peter Farrelly a directing nomination _ buck the historical odds and take the top award?
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