it was a very, very strong year for the acting categories. >> sandy kenyon, abc seven news and you canch all the drama unfold at the 96th annual oscars, hosted by jimmy kimmel. >> coverage runs all day sunday leading up to the awards starts an hour earlier than usual at 4 p.m, right here on abc seven, so be sure to tune in. >> so what will the weather be like for the weekend? >> i mean, it could be rainy. we don't care. we're going to be inside watching sandhya. >> that's right. we could look out and just enjoy the oscars and look at what's happening outside. so outside where the oscars are taking place, let me show you the forecast. it is going to be award winning 688 degrees, mainly sunny and mild almond, and it is just going to be nice outside as people line up. and here's live view. equally gorgeous is the view from sutro tower. looking at the golden gate bridge, the skies are clear and tomorrow morning it's a cool start. at 7 a.m. temperatures will be in the 40s, bright and sunny at noontime, and we're going to warm it up for you compared to today in the low to upper 60s, with tho

sandy kenyon from our sister station in new york, has more on the woman and the film that has thrustedotlight. lily gladstone she has made this oscar season more memorable by her grace. >> okay. >> next. >> lily gladstone, using the language of the blackfeet to accept her golden globe before making history when she was nominated for an oscar as best actress for her role in killers of the flower moon, being the first native american nominee for this kind of blows my mind. killers of the flower moon depicts the way the osage people were exploited and even killed, so that greedy and ruthless men could secure the oil beneath their lands like buzzards circling our people. this movie was always conceived as an epic, but director martin scorsese had the original script rewritten to focus on gladstone's character. >> i need you here, mollie burkhart. >> marriage is disastrous and then deadly. >> a story that happened to her and her family is important. it's correcting a huge historical injustice to be telling this story. it feels pretty immense to be a part of all of it, all the more remarkabl

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leading oscar contenders this year think barbie, killers of the flower moon, poor things and nyad, sandy kenyon from our sister station in new york, talked to some of the female stars about a year with a high number of powerful roles to think pink is to feel empowered. >> hi, barbie. hi, barbie. >> hi, barbie. >> thanks to the first movie directed by a woman to earn more than $1 billion dollars. >> when i first read the script, i was just so giddy with how it subverted any one's expectations of what a barbie movie might be, or try to be a america ferrera's monologue proved truly memorable . it is literally impossible to be a woman, and she is only one of many strong women who are front and center in this year's oscar race. >> this is the last place that my baby and i were together. >> da'vine joy randolph's role in the holdovers was honored first by the national board of review. what is it about this movie that has hit a chord? do you think its authenticity 8-80? >> um, and the ability to make ordinary people seem special by zooming in on them? >> lily gladstone has earned numerous trophies for

and entertainment reporter, sandy kenyon gives us his oscar nominee roundup.