This year’s Oscar race offered few surprises, except for a couple of select categories. “Oppenheimer” was the big winner on March 10 with 13 nominations and seven wins, including Best Picture. Christopher Nolan (“Tenet,” “Interstellar”) finally got his Best Director Oscar for calling the shots on the historical drama about the development of the atomic bomb. Also, Godzilla, the big green guy or Kaiju, stomped his way to an Academy Award in the Visual Effects category for for “Godzilla Minus One.”...

The 93rd Academy Awards are coming up once again. The big event takes place April 25 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. At press time, it’s unsure whether the event will take place live and in person, virtually or some combination.

The 92nd Academy Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 9 in Hollywood.

Oscar predictions from the Chronicle Entertainment Editor.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor lesser-known films in the technical categories leading up to the big winners on Sunday, March 4.

This year’s Oscar contest is proving to be yet another tight race - with only one winner.  In the best actor category, there is Denzel Washington as a brutal father in “Fences,” Andrew Garfield as a soldier with honor in Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” and Viggo Mortensen’s patriarchal hippie father in “Captain Fantastic.”