Russian fans present Leonardo DiCaprio with a homemade Oscar

Once again, the Best Picture race will come down to the wire and it is even more up-in-the-air than it was previous year.

Although quite a few of the roles he played, like that of Jack in “Titanic”, of Arnie in “What’s eating Gilbert Grape”, became people’s favorite, it is rather surprising that DiCaprio hasn’t managed receive the Hollywood highest honor in his durable career.

Best Actress: My personal pick and my prediction for Best Actress is Brie Larson for “Room“. And sure, why should he.

No matter what happens at the Oscars this Sunday night, come Monday, I fully expect reviews of the broadcast to hit those same, familiar notes.

Another of the Best Picture nominees, “Mad Max: Fury Road“, is forecast to take six awards: Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.

As far as specific, immediate monetary gain goes, some actors have clauses written into their contracts for the film they’re nominated for guaranteeing an Oscar-win bonus – similar to the National Football League player bonuses if a team wins the Super Bowl. Stallone already won a Golden Globe and a Critic’s Choice award for the role early this year.

But what does our mysterious Oscar voter think of the film? The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

Leonardo DiCaprio has been tipped to win an Oscar for Best Actor for The Aviator, Blood Diamond Nominated and The Wolf of Wall Street Nominated.

Not to take anything away from the brilliant sound technicians who make the movies we love sound fantastic, but it’s really hard for them to explain the difference here especially since one movie usually wins both categories. “Everyone knows he’s going to, everyone believes he deserves it. That’s going to be one of the best moments of the whole night”.

“The truth is, those academy members will watch movies that deal with the heroism of the African-American community or the history of blacks, like “12 Years a Slave, ‘ because that interests them”, Rod Lurie, an Israeli-American director, recently told theWashington Post”.

The Oscars, which draws some of the biggest audiences of any single annual television event, typically have little effect on share prices of big publicly traded companies with movies in the running, analysts said.

Best picture: For much of awards season, “Spotlight” was leading the best picture race.

We’re all a bit sick of hearing about how tough those filming conditions were and there’s an argument to be made that although this is truly a great performance, it’s not his best ever.

DiCaprio, who has been nominated four times for acting and once as a producer, is up against Bryan Cranston, Michael Fassbender, Matt Damon and Eddie Redmayne for the coveted statuette. It might be exciting to see Pixar’s wildly inventive Inside Out finally bridge the gulf between animated and live-action and beat out McCarthy’s journalism dramafor the Best Original Screenplay award.