5 burning questions ahead of Tuesday's Oscar nominations

The Oscars still don't have a host, but on Tuesday morning, they had nominees. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will unveil nominations to the 91st Oscars on Tuesday morning at 8:20 a.m. EST from the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. The nominations, to be announced by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross, will be live streamed globally at Oscars.com , Oscars.org and on the academy's digital platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

The lead-up to Tuesday's nominations has been rocky for both the film academy and some of the movies in contention. Shortly after being announced as host, Kevin Hart was forced to withdraw over years-old homophobic tweets that the comedian eventually apologized for. That has left the Oscars, one month before its Feb. 24th ceremony, without an emcee, and likely to stay that way.

Hollywood's awards season has been an especially combustible one, too. Some contenders, like Peter Farrelly's 'Green Book' and the Freddie Mercury biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' have suffered waves upon waves of backlash, even as their awards tallies have mounted.

On Saturday, 'Green Book' won the top award from the Producers Guild, an honor that has been a reliable Oscar barometer. In the 10 years since the Oscars expanded its best-picture ballot, the PGA winner has gone on to win best picture eight times.

The season's steadiest contender - Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' - looked potentially unbeatable until it got beat. Despite an enviable string of awards and more than $400 million in worldwide box office, Cooper's lauded remake was almost totally ignored at the Golden Globes, winning just best song and losing best picture, drama, to the popular but critically derided 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' a movie that jettisoned its director (Bryan Singer) mid-production.

Still, 'A Star Is Born' (the sole film to land top nominations from every guild award except the Visual Effects Society) may be the lead nomination-getter Tuesday with around 10 nominations including best actress for Lady Gaga and both best director and best actor for Cooper. But other films, including Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther,' Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma' and Yorgos Lanthimos' 'The Favorite,' could be in for big mornings, too, reports UNB.