The 90th Academy Awards ceremony takes place this Sunday honouring movies released in 2017.

This year's nominees include:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothee Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name 

Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread 

Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out

Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour - WINNER

Denzel Washington - Roman J.Israel, Esq.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project

Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water

Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards our Ebbing, Missouri - WINNER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - WINNER

Margot Robbie - I,Tonya

Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

Meryl Streep - The Post

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mary J. Blige - Mudbound

Allison Janney - I, Tonya - WINNER

Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread

Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water

DIRECTING

Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk

Jordan Peele - Get Out

Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird

Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread

Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water - WINNER

BEST PICTURE

Call Me By Your Name

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Get Out

Lady Bird

Phantom Thread

The Post

The Shape Of Water - WINNER

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

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So here we go with the build up to the 2018 Oscars, and as we play music on The Breeze let's run through one category we didn't mention above:

Music (Original Song)

“Mighty River” from Mudbound

MUSIC AND LYRIC BY MARY J. BLIGE, RAPHAEL SAADIQ AND TAURA STINSON

 

"Stand Up For Something" from Marshall

MUSIC BY DIANE WARREN; LYRIC BY LONNIE R. LYNN AND DIANE WARREN

 

"Mystery Of Love" from Call Me by Your Name

MUSIC AND LYRIC BY SUFJAN STEVENS

 

"Remember Me" from Coco

MUSIC AND LYRIC BY KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ - WINNER

 

"This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman

MUSIC AND LYRIC BY BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL

 

What's special about this category is Mary J.Blige who becomes the first person in history to be named in an acting category and an original song in the same year. The singer/actress is also nominated in the best supporting actress category for 'Mudbound'. 

 

Oscar 90 host Jimmy Kimmel is getting excited: 

Big weekend! #Oscars @TheAcademy pic.twitter.com/7Niu6y7RVp

— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) March 3, 2018

The Academy has tweeted this video of how they prepare the Awards venue at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

It's Hollywood's biggest night. This is how it's made. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/DMDb2OCiaS

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 4, 2018

Here in the UK the Academy Awards are really for night owls - the show gets underway at 1am! That's 5pm in Los Angeles and 8pm in New York. 

Gary Oldman is the big British hopeful at tonight's Oscars. He's already picked up a Golden Globe, a Bafta and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

Among the other British talent nominated is former Hollyoaks star Rachel Shenton  who wrote and stars in The Silent Child, which will be competing for Best Live Action Short Film. 

The Shape of Water is on course to be the big winner at tonight's Oscars. It leads the nominations with 13. It faces competition for Best Picture from British-directed Three Billboards, Dunkirk as well as Darkest Hour. 

Madonna has tweeted using the #oscars saying "best date ever" with a picture of Michael Jackson.

Talking of Oscar ceremonies in the past US magazine Entertainment weekly asked its readers what they thought the best 'best picture winner' in history was - they came up with 'Gone with the Wind'. 

Meryl Streep is up for a best actress Oscar for her performance in 'The Post'  - she's the most nominated actress ever - 21 nominations!

Talking of records Christopher Plummer who is nominated in the supporting actor category is the oldest actor to ever be nominated for an Oscar - he's 88!

If you're staying up - here's the order the oscars will be awarded (courtesy of Hollywood Reporter)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Makeup and Hairstyling

Costume Design

Documentary Feature

Sound Editing

Sound Mixing

Production Design

Foreign Language Film

Actress in a Supporting Role

Animated Short Film

Animated Feature Film

Visual Effects

Film Editing

Documentary Short Subject

Live Action Short Film

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Cinematography

Original Score

Original Song

Directing

Actor in a Leading Role

Actress in a Leading Role

Best Picture