Hey, everybody, welcome to Here's the Scoop from NBC News. I'm Yasmin Vesuigan. Okay, let us roll out the red carpet. Hollywood's biggest night is coming up with the 98th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. If you are a movie fan, this is your Super Bowl. Of course, everyone is focused on the

movies, the actors, and the red carpet looks. But there is a lot more to talk about than just

what is in those envelopes. Hollywood is changing. There has been a lot of industry consolidation,

and the awards themselves could look very different

in just a couple of years, from how you tune in to the rules around AI.

So to break this all down, I sat down a little earlier with NBC's top entertainment reporters,

senior reporter Rebecca Keegan, and entertainment correspondent Chloe Malas.

Hi, guys.

Hi.

Hi.

Before we kind of get into the nitty gritty and what is expected to be a big night, I want to know what is coming from your guts.

What you guys actually want to see win on the Oscar stage Sunday night, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Male Actor, Best Female Actor, or Actress, I should say. Chloe, you go first and then I want Rebecca to go. Who are you wanting to take home some of those prizes? Sure. Want is different than should. Yeah. All right. Let's start with Best Picture. Okay. I'm just going to take a big swing here.

Hamnet. I loved it. I cried. I love a good cry. So it was so emotional. It was hard to watch. It was some of the best acting I feel like I've ever seen. And I do think that Jesse Buckley will, should, and I want her to win

Best Actress for Hamnet. It seems like she's going to take it home. And then when it comes to

actor in a leading role, I'm going to say Michael B. Jordan for Sinners. And then Ryan Coogler

for Best Director for Sinners. So those are my picks go ahead Rebecca take take us through

it okay well my my best picture now this is my personal taste yes uh to win would be sinners and

largely because this is a a big popular movie that a lot of people saw that is made with kind of impeccable craft. It's an original

story. It's not based on a book or some pre-existing piece of intellectual property. It came out of

Ryan Coogler's brain. And it's sort of in every level. It's really well executed, the acting,

the cinematography, the design, the music. As for performers, I, too, would like to see Michael B. Jordan win.

His role in Cinners, he plays two characters, he's twins, smoke and stack.

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