Hollywood lived this Wednesday one of the most symbolic moments of its awards season by rolling out its red carpet on the Walk of Fame, after a two-year interruption in which the pandemic made it impossible to repeat these images.
As if it were the lighting of the Olympic cauldron, the deployment of the Oscar carpet starts the countdown to the great festival of cinema, which this Sunday will once again receive the stars and nominees at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (California, USA). .USA).
The Hollywood Academy is working against the clock with the aim that everything is ready for the 94th edition of its awards, with the complication that this year it will require two coronavirus PCR tests, with negative results, from all attendees, workers and journalists.
The red color of the carpet bears the name, neither more nor less, "Academy Red" (Academy red), which on camera is reflected as a garnet-colored fabric, which will cover almost 300 meters long and 20 meters wide.
The rest of the decoration, according to the details that the set assemblers worked on, will follow classical motifs, with curtains and statues in shades of gold and white.
Although good weather prevails in Southern California, forecasts indicate a 70% chance of rain for the night from Sunday to Monday, hours after the ceremony, so the organizers set up a covered tent in case let it go ahead
The set will not only welcome the guests, presenters and artists who will perform at the ceremony, as hundreds of accredited media are also expected.
Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes will be the presenters of the gala.
At a competitive level, "The Power of the Dog", "Licorice Pizza", "coda", "Don’t Look Up", "king richard", "Nightmare Alley", "Drive My Car", "dunes", "Belfast" and "West Side Story" are the Oscar nominees for best picture this year.
Penelope Cruz ("Parallel Mothers"), Jessica Chastain ("The Eyes of Tammy Faye"), Olivia Coleman ("The Lost Daughter"), Kristen Stewart ("spencer") and Nicole Kidman ("Being The Ricardos") compete for the Oscar for Best Leading Actress.
and Javier Bardem ("Being the Ricardos"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Power of the Dog"), Andrew Garfield ("Tick, Tick…Boom!"), Will Smith ("king richard") and Denzel Washington ("The Tragedy of Macbeth") compete for the statuette for best leading actor.