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Oscars 2023: who might be in the running at next year’s ceremony?

It’s the merciful end of another awards season, filled with bitterness, backlashes and backhanders, which obviously means that, yes, it’s the start of the next one! While frontrunners for each of the main categories might have shifted throughout the season, the last few months solidified the favourites who then proceeded to take home awards at last week’s Oscars ceremony. This time last year, it was arguably just Will Smith and Jane Campion who seemed like early contenders, so with enough grains of salt to fill the Dolby Theatre, here’s a risky, “don’t quote me on this” set of guesses for next year’s ceremony:

Steven Spielberg

It’s admittedly not much of a big bet to predict that Steven Spielberg’s name will be a major part of awards season, the director having won three Oscars while being nominated for 16 others, but after coming home empty-handed this weekend, next

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