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Monday 10 February 2020 03:30 GMT

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The 92nd Academy Awards have begun at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Brad Pitt took the first prize of the night by being crowned Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.

The film industry's biggest stars have gathered at the ceremony to see who will win the film industry’s most coveted prizes, from Best Actor to the biggest award of the night, Best Picture.

Follow all the action in our liveblog:

Among this year’s nominees are Joaquin Phoenix, widely tipped as the Best Actor favourite for his performance in Todd Phillips’ Joker, and Brad Pitt, who could win his first-ever acting Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Meanwhile, Sam Mendes and his war epic 1917 are the hot favourites for Best Director and Best Picture, respectively, after the film swept both the Baftas and the Golden Globes.

If you're watching from home, there are plenty of ways you can keep up with all the action on TV and online.

The evening will be broadcast live on ABC in the US and on NOW TV and Sky in the UK.

Sky Cinema will air for the entire evening, beginning at 10pm in the UK with red carpet arrivals. The ceremony itself will start around 1am GMT.

For US viewers, the Oscars will be available to watch on ABC with red carpet coverage kicking off at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET.

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There’ve been a lot of war films. Boys who want to be heroes. Brutalised soldiers with lipstick-sealed love letters from home. A private who removes his helmet only for a bullet to sink into his brain. High-ranking, moustached officers hiding in the shadows as shells maim their men. Horses mangled in barbed wire, bad food, rotting feet, cigarettes. 1917 gives us more of the same1917’s awards success proves the film industry is more interested in war than womenClichés abound in war films, writes Annie Lord, and 1917 gives us more of the same, hoping that the illusion of one long continuous take will make it seem new

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1917’s awards success proves the film industry is more interested in war than women

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