‘Jessie is a natural storyteller’ – in LA as Oscar build-up reaches crescendo and Buckley is poised for award

‘Jessie is a natural storyteller’ – in LA as Oscar build-up reaches crescendo and Buckley is poised for award

Los Angeles was sweltering through an unreasonable heat wave on Sunday as Irish Oscar nominees and their loved ones readied for the evening’s glitzy 98th Academy Awards – with all eyes on Jessie Buckley, whose Best Actress nomination could make her the first Irish woman to take home the prize.