Oscar predictions to find out what will win Best Picture, among top contenders including 'Wicked,' 'Emilia Pérez,' 'A Complete Unknown,' and 'Anora.'

While some clarity has lately emerged, with a handful of big wins for Sean Baker’s “Anora,” it seems likely to be a nail biter until a winner is declared at the March 2 Oscars, when white smoke unfurls from the Sistine Chapel, I mean the Dolby Theatre.

Ten movies are nominated for Best Picture in the 97th Academy Awards. They include The Brutalist, Emilia Perez, Conclave and Wicked.

It stands as a protest against oppression, against erasure, and against the fleeting nature of life.” Sounds like best-picture material to me. Really, it’s not even close. Except that ... it is. A month ago,