New Delhi, March 9 -- Awards season draws to a close on 15 March, and Los Angeles is bracing itself for one of its most hectic fortnights of the year. In the days running up to the 98th Academy Awards - hosted this year by Conan O'Brien at the Dolby Theatre - the city fills with lunches, cocktail receptions, fundraisers and a few more statuettes before the big one is handed out.

The familiar fixtures are back: Vanity Fair, Elton John, the MPTF, Chanel and Charles Finch, Giorgio Armani and Women in Film all return. There are also some new arrivals. What follows is the full rundown of what is happening, and when.

Chloe Zhao, Bowen Yang, Daniel Dae Kim and Park Chan-wook are among those being honoured for their contributions to the Asian a...