The Oscars: Predictions and possible upsets SHARE HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Like every other awards show this year, COVID is shaking up Hollywood’s biggest night. Not only will the 93rd Academy Awards take place at Union Station for the first time this year, it’s likely to be the lowest-rated Oscars ever. “It will be like watching a sporting event with no particular team to cheer for,” said Sandro Monetti. The author of “Confessions of a Hollywood Insider,” Monetti has covered the Oscars for the past 10 years and will do so again for BBC Radio 5 Live this Sunday. With most movie theaters closed for the past year, few people have seen the nominated films, he said. And those who sought them out had to navigate a host of distribution platforms. Monetti, however, has seen them all and has some informed predictions, and possible upsets, for who will be taking home the gold statues.