After a winter barrage of award reveals — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of all of them, the Academy Awards, are across the nook. The 96th Oscars could also be a coronation for Oppenheimer, which is available in with a number one 13 nominations, although different movies, together with Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things are within the combine.
Brendan Fraser poses with the award for greatest efficiency by an actor in a number one position for The Whale within the press room on the Oscars 2023.
Here’s all the things it’s essential learn about this yr’s present:
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WHEN ARE THE OSCARS?
The Oscars might be held Sunday, March 10, on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony is ready to start at 7 p.m. EDT — one hour sooner than normal — and be broadcast reside on ABC. A preshow will start at 6:30 p.m. EDT. This is your early reminder to set your clocks accordingly — it is the primary day of daylight saving time within the U.S.
WHO’S PRESENTING AT THE OSCARS?
Last yr’s massive appearing winners are all coming again to current on the present (a practice), together with Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. The academy additionally introduced that Scarface co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino are set handy out awards as properly (no phrase on whether or not it’s collectively or not). Other celebrities set to grace the Dolby stage embody Zendaya, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Lange, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell and Luptia Nyong’o. More names might be revealed as present day will get nearer.
ARE THE OSCARS STREAMING?
The present might be out there to stream by way of ABC.com and the ABC app with a cable subscription. You can even watch via companies together with Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV. The streaming companion in India has not been introduced but. Last yr, the present streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.
WHO’S HOSTING THE OSCARS?
Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted final yr’s ceremony, will emcee for the fourth time. That ties him with fellow four-timers Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon, and leaves Kimmel trailing solely Johnny Carson (5), Billy Crystal (9) and Bob Hope (11) amongst repeat Oscar hosts. “I all the time dreamed of internet hosting the Oscars precisely 4 instances,” stated Kimmel.
WHAT’S NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AT THE 2024 OSCARS?
The ten nominees for greatest image are: American Fiction; Anatomy of a Fall; Barbie, The Holdovers; Killers of the Flower Moon; Maestro; Oppenheimer; Past Lives; Poor Things; and The Zone of Interest.
WHO ARE THE FAVORITES?
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is the frontrunner. Nolan, the perfect director favourite, can be poised to win his first Oscar. The greatest actress class might be a nail-biter between Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Emma Stone (Poor Things). If Gladstone have been to win, she can be the primary Native American to win an Oscar. Best actor, too, might be an in depth contest between Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers). Both can be first-time winners. Giamatti’s co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph is favored to win best-supporting actress, whereas Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) is predicted to win best-supporting actor. His closest competitors is taken into account Ryan Gosling for Barbie.
WHAT’S UP WITH THE ‘BARBIE’ SNUBS?
While Barbie, 2023’s greatest box-office hit, is available in with eight nominations, a lot dialogue has revolved across the nominations the movie did not obtain. Greta Gerwig was unnoticed of the directing class and Margot Robbie missed on greatest actress. In these omissions, some have seen reflections of the misogyny parodied in Barbie, whereas others have famous the powerful reception comedies have traditionally had on the Oscars. The nominations for Barbie embody best-adapted screenplay (by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach), greatest supporting actress for America Ferrera and two greatest music nominees in Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For and the Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt composition I’m Just Ken.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE OSCARS THIS YEAR?
Though current Oscars have been marked by all the things from slaps,envelope snafus and controversies over which awards are offered reside in the course of the telecast, this yr’s present is available in with no massive adjustments (apart from beginning an hour earlier). All of the awards are to be broadcast reside (although honorary prizes stay separated within the earlier, untelevised Governors Awards ). The academy is including a brand new award for greatest casting, however that trophy will not be offered till the 2026 Oscars.
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO LOOK FOR?
Composer John Williams is nominated for his document forty ninth best-score Oscar, for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and 54th general. Godzilla goes to the Oscars for the primary time, with Godzilla Minus One notching a nomination for greatest visible results. And for the primary time, two non-English language movies are up for greatest image: the German language Auschwitz drama The Zone of Interest and the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall.
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