The2020 Academy Awardsare rapidly approaching and several films and stars are on track to making history.
Whether it’s making EGOT history or Netflix finally winning an Oscar for Best Picture, this Sunday is sure to leave plenty of room for surprises.
While those are the top contenders to win big, there is a chance other nominees will get a chance in the spotlight — and in the history books.
Here are some of the records that could be broken this Sunday.
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1.Parasitecould be the first movie to win Best Foreign Language FilmandBest Picture.
The film follows other notable nominees in both categories such as 2018’sRoma, 2012’sAmourand 2000sCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
But in the Academy’s 92-year history, no foreign language film has ever won Best Picture.
- Scarlett Johansson has joined an exclusive club.
The actress received two Oscar nominations this year: Best Actress forMarriage Storyand Best Supporting Actress forJojo Rabbit.They’re also Johansson’s first Oscar nominations in her career.
The double nominations are rare as she’s only the 12th person to receive to acting nominations in the same year, according to theBBC. She could also become the first person to ever win two acting Oscars in the same year.
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She follows in the footsteps of past double nominees including Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Jamie Foxx, Sigourney Weaver and Cate Blanchett. And while no actor has ever won in both of his or her categories, there’s a first time for everything.
- Cynthia Erivo could make EGOT history.
TheHarrietstar is nominated for Best Actress this year as well as Best Original Song for the anthem she co-wrote, “Stand Up.”
Erivo, 33, who has won an Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award, could take home her first Oscar and become the youngest EGOT winner in history.
She would replace the current record holder,FrozenandCocosongwriter Robert Lopez, who is also nominated this year for a song he wrote onFrozen II.
While Erivo could beat him in that category, Lopez is still the only person to ever win a double EGOT and win all four awards twice, according toVanity Fair.
- The first-ever competing couple in Oscars history.
Directors and real-life romantic partners Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig are facing off in the Best Picture category.
The two welcomedtheir first child togetherin March 2019 and are set to co-write theupcoming filmBarbie.
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty
The pair are also nominated in different writing categories, with Gerwig in the running for Best Adapted Screenplay forLittle Womenand Baumbach up for Best Original Screenplay forMarriage Story.
This could pave the way for a shocking and sweet event: his-and-hers Oscars.
5.Toy Story 4could break its own record.
Toy Story 3was the first sequel to win an Oscar in a film series when it took home two Oscars in 2011: for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
This year, another sequel in the same franchise,Toy Story 4, is nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. If it wins this Sunday, it’ll be the second film ever to win within its own film series.
- Netflix could become the first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar.
The streaming giant has turned its focus on the Academy Awards for the last few years, producing critically acclaimed films such as 2018’sRomaandMudboundand the Coen Brothers’The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
But while Alfonso Cuarón won the Best Directing Oscar forRoma, the platform failed to lock down the Best Picture title.
This year, however, Netflix has two contenders in the race with Martin Scorsese’sThe Irishmanand Baumbach’sMarriage Story, which are both nominated.
While it’s more likely Scorsese’s mob epic might win, it remains to be seen if Academy voters will allow the streamer to take home the biggest prize of the night.
Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro inThe Irishman.Niko Tavernise
7.Barack Obamacould become the first former President to back an Oscar-winning movie.
While it seems unlikely the Obamas will attend the Oscars, the former president and his wifeMichelle Obama‘s production company is behind the nominated documentaryAmerican Factory.
The film, about what happened when a Chinese company opened a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant in Ohio, has a strong chance of winning.
- Diane Warren could (finally) win an Oscar.
The songwriter, who was nominated for her 11th Oscar this year, is the most nominated woman without a win (so far).
Warren is nominated for Best Original Song for the 2019 filmBreakthroughcalled “I’m Standing With You.”
She’s been previously nominated for “‘Til It Happens to You,” which she co-wrote withLady Gaga, and for other films such asPearl Harbor, Armageddon,and 2018’sMarshallwhich she shared with Common.
source: people.com
