What to Watch For at the Oscars

In a particularly unpredictable year, here are five things you can expect to see

The Journal took a stopwatch to the last five years of Oscar broadcasts to breakdown what’s filling up those more than three-and-half hours. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports the findings. Photo Illustration: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.
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LOS ANGELES—The 91st Academy Awards have been marked by unpredictability: Who will host? (Kevin Hart, and then, not Kevin Hart.) How many categories will be removed from the live telecast? (Four, and then, none.) Will producers stick to their pledge to keep the show under three hours? (Get real.)

Despite the uncertainty surrounding this year’s show, here are five things to watch for on Sunday.

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