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Oscars unwrapped

Ahead of the 2017 Oscars, we tell you everything you always wanted to know about the Academy Awards … but were afraid to ask

26 February 2017

  • Oscar statuettes made of 24K-karat-gold chocolate appear at the 89th Academy Awards Governors Ball Press Preview on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Los Angeles. The 89th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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  • Evan Rachel Wood; Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne; Ruth Negga.

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25 February 2017

  • Hadley Freeman with Steve Carrell at the 2015 Oscars.

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    When the cameras stop, the party starts: what going to the Oscars is really like

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  • ‘A lot of them like comfort food. Perhaps they are nervous’ … Wolfgang Puck, right, showcases his recipes for the 89th Governors Ball.

    Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards

    Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has the unenviable task of feeding an army of stars, guests and workers on Oscars night. He discusses shopping with 50 tractor trailers and tickling John Travolta’s tastebuds
  • Alex Hibbert in Moonlight.

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    Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood's diversity drought

    With Moonlight, Hidden Figures and Fences in the running, Hollywood appears to have responded positively to last year’s protests. But is it just lip service? And could measures to promote diversity go too far?

24 February 2017

  • Oscar presenter David Niven isn't quite sure what's happening behind him as a streaker crosses the stage near the end of the 1974 Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, April 2, 1974. He later identified himself as Robert Opel. (AP Photo)

    A brief history of the Oscars in viral moments they want you to forget

    The shocks, the cockups, the stumbles … and anything involving John Travolta. We relive the moments everyone secretly hopes for

23 February 2017

  • Winners’ circle … clockwise from top left, La La Land, The Salesman, Fences and Manchester By the Sea.

    'And the Oscar will go to' … who shall win the 2017 Academy Awards, and why

    Make room for Denzel Washington in the three-timer club and Emma Stone on the podium: our awards expert tells you where to put your money
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