After romping through Oscar season by running the precursor awards table - including last week at the SAG Awards and the Independent Spirits - Kieran Culkin was never going to lose the Academy Award for his performance as the spirited but tortured Benji Kaplan in Jesse Eisenberg's seriocomic buddy pic A Real Pain.

Sunday’s Academy Awards, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, will bring to a close one of the most unpredictable Oscar races in recent memory.

There were a lot of smiling faces at the Oscars but one had to stand out — Sean Baker saw his film "Anora" go home with the top film prize and he took four for himself. Its star Mikey Madison was crowned best actress.