Oscars 2022 expectations: Will Smith or Benedict Cumber batch? Jessica Chastain or Nicole Kidman? Here's who we think will bring back home the huge honors

The Oscars happen at the end of the week, with Olivia Colman, Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Javier Bardem, Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith and Denzel Washington all in the running in the main acting classes.

 Following a couple of long periods of hostless services, there will currently be not one but rather three moderators to supervise procedures - Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.

The threesome will be running the Oscars show, with different stars including Sean "Diddy" Combs, Mila Kunis, Lady Gaga, Wesley Snipes, Kevin Costner, Rami Malek, Uma Thurman and John Travolta introducing grants.

There will likewise be live exhibitions from any semblance of Billie Eilish and Beyonce, as well as of the Encanto uber hit We Don't Talk About Bruno.

In one change, not every one of the honors will be distributed during the broadcast this year, with a portion of the art prizes to be given out before the principle show. A move has naturally seen a reaction from the business, and will probably be referred to on the evening.

Let's be honest, the Oscars is about the victors - those amazements, censures, and discourses make for paramount minutes.

So here's our Backstage amusement group's manual for who we think will head up in front of an audience to acknowledge one of those pined for brilliant statuettes.

Animated feature film

• Encanto - Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer

• Flee - Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström

• Luca - Enrico Casarosa, Andrea Warren

• The Mitchells vs The Machines - Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

• Raya And The Last Dragon - Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Osnat Shurer, Peter Del Vecho

While by and by I would decide in favor of Flee - the genuine story of a man making sense of how he escaped his nation of origin as a youngster told in a straightforward energized style - I presume a more customary family film will get this award.

The Mitchells versus The Machines is a very popular film and appears to be a sure thing, yet I believe Encanto's overwhelming ear-worms may simply prod it in to that best position.

Actress in a supporting role

• Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter

• Dame Judi Dench - Belfast

• Kirsten Dunst - The Power Of The Dog

• Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

• Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

While it's never really smart to count out a veteran, for example, Dame Judi Dench, Ariana DeBose must be the leader for this class. Her mind boggling presentation as Anita in West Side Story - a job her co-star Rita Morena won the Oscar for back in 1962 - has seen her getting prizes all through grants season, and I believe almost certainly the case she'll proceed with streak at the Oscars.

Actor in a supporting role

• Ciaran Hinds - Belfast

• Troy Kotsur - CODA

• JK Simmons - Being The Ricardos

• Jesse Plemons - The Power Of The Dog

• Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power Of The Dog

One more clear most loved who's been getting grants all through the season in this classification is Troy Kotsur. The entertainer not just gives an amusing and heartstring-pulling execution in CODA, yet has additionally been a delight to look as he's gotten selections and prizes in the course of the most recent couple of months.

As the main hard of hearing male entertainer to be designated for an acting award at the Academy Awards, it would be a memorable and a fitting win; his CODA co-star Marlee Matlin was the primary hard of hearing entertainer to at any point be assigned, and proceeded to win for her job in Children Of A Lesser God in 1987.

Actress in a leading role

• Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter

• Jessica Chastain - The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

• Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers

• Nicole Kidman - Being The Ricardos

• Kristen Stewart - Spencer

This year there was no cross-over between the BAFTAs and the Oscars in their chosen people in the main entertainer classification, so we can't focus on the British Academy to give us a leader. There's likewise no cross-over between the best entertainer and best picture classification, so no hints there by the same token.

I'd contend that this is the hardest of the acting classifications to call... with Olivia Colman and Nicole Kidman both dearest by their friends, you could see both of them grabbing a success, yet it's Jessica Chastain's portrayal of TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker that I think will take it on the evening.

The Academy has a background marked by remunerating entertainers who vanish into jobs to play genuine individuals - in addition, the entertainer is seemingly due a success, as this is her third time being designated.

Actor in a leading role

• Javier Bardem - Being The Ricardos

• Andrew Garfield - tick, tick...BOOM!

• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power Of The Dog

• Will Smith - King Richard

• Denzel Washington - The Tragedy Of Macbeth

It's difficult to accept Will Smith has never gotten an Oscar, however that looks set to change this year following his presentation as Richard Williams - father of tennis stars Venus and Serena. Known for being very, erm, open in interviews, it merits looking out for his champ's discourse as it could all around become one of the night's most image capable minutes. Furthermore, we ought to give a fair notice here to Denzel Washington - as this is his tenth gesture - expanding the record he as of now holds as the most assigned dark entertainer of all time.

Directing

• Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

• Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car

• Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza

• Jane Campion - The Power Of The Dog

• Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

Jane Campion has proactively gone down in Oscars history for being the primary female movie producer to be assigned two times in this classification (fun reality - everybody in this class separated from Hamaguchi has been shortlisted previously). She didn't win for The Piano in 1994 (however she got the best unique screenplay prize), yet I think notwithstanding a reaction to ongoing remarks she settled on at the Critics' Choice Awards - she will leave the champ on Sunday. Her singing Western has been the leader for the greater part of the honors season. Which brings us flawlessly on to...

Best Picture

• The Power Of The Dog - Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman

• Belfast - Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas

• Don't Look Up - Adam McKay, Kevin Messick

• Dune - Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve

• Licorice Pizza - Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner

• CODA - Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger

• Drive My Car - Teruhisa Yamamoto

• King Richard - Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith

• Nightmare Alley - Guillermo del Toro, J Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper

• West Side Story - Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger

While even as of late as a month prior I would have plumped for Campion's The Power of the Dog in this classification, I presently figure Netflix might need to hang tight somewhat longer for a best picture win. CODA has been unobtrusively however reliably getting grants and energy - and for a film advised generally in gesture based communication to get the most prestigious prize it would surely demonstrate the Academy has enhanced in the movies it jumps at the chance to respect.