10 burning questions about the Oscars

Lorde is on the Oscar's shortlist for best song

The nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards will be announced in the wee small hours tomorrow, New Zealand time. Here's 10 points to look out for ...

1. Will Lorde get a nod in the best original category like she did at the Golden Globes with her Hunger Games song Yellow Flicker Beat?

2. Will NZ writer Anthony McCarten feature in the best adapted screenplay category for his script for The Theory of Everything?

3. Will Weta Digital figure in the best visual effects category as it already has in the Bafta nominations with two nods - for The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes?

4. Will the final Hobbit flick be up for anything else?

5. How many Brits will appear in the five slots of the best actor category, with the likes of Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy Spall all in possible contention?

6. Same question goes for the best actress category, with Rosamund Pike, Emily Blunt and Felicity Jones also possible inclusions.

7. How many movies will make the best picture category this year? There's a maximum of 10 allowed.

8. Assuming Boyhood, Birdman, The Theory of Everything and Selma are all a lock on a best picture nominations, what else might make the cut in the top category? Gone Girl? Interstellar? The Grand Budapest Hotel?

9. Will Interstellar get a best sound editing or best sound mixing nomination despite the acoustic design of Christopher Nolan's movie sometimes purposefully obscuring what the actors were saying?

10. Is it shaping up to be one of those Oscars where most of the nominations go to lots of people who have made movies not a lot of people have seen?

For the answers to most of the above, go to nzherald.co.nz/entertainment tomorrow morning to read who's up for what and our analysis of the nomination list.

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