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At Rain-Soaked Oscars, 'Parasite' Hopes to Upset '1917'

Associated Press

   LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are here, already.

   After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy
   Awards is getting underway Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
   The red carpet is being rolled out two to three weeks earlier than
   usual in a bid to freshen up a ceremony and potentially boost ratings.

   The truncated time table has put the normally bloated Oscars season on
   a diet (Sunday's show will also, for the second straight year, be
   hostless) and sent film academy members scrambling to finish their
   movie-watching -- no small task in a year featuring a few three-hour
   epics like "The Irishman" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."

   Weather drama

   The weather provided some early drama on the carpet, with workers
   scrambling to keep rain from leaking onto camera crews covering the
   ceremony. Workers with umbrellas greeted arriving limos and the red
   carpet looks didn't appear to suffer, with George MacKay and
   Dean-Charles Chapman of "1917," Zazie Beetz of "Joker" and director
   Bong Joon Ho among the early arrivals.

   Fittingly for a fast race, a movie about a mad dash has risen to the
   top of the heap. After winning nearly every major precursor award, Sam
   Mendes' "1917," about a pair of British soldiers sent with an urgent
   message to deliver through recently held enemy territory, is the
   favorite for best picture. Thanks to its technical dazzle, the
   seemingly one-continuous-shot "1917" is also likely to come away with
   the most awards Sunday, even without any acting nominations.
   

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