The 2025 awards season is (lastly) approaching its finish.
The 97th Academy Awards might be held Sunday on the Dolby Theatre, the place Hollywood’s largest stars will assemble to have a good time this awards cycle’s finest movies and performances one final time.
Is Sean Baker’s “Anora” a shoo-in for the night’s prime prize, as many awards prognosticators imagine? Or will “Conclave” pull off a shock following its SAG Awards win? And simply how a lot of the “Wicked” soundtrack will Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande carry out? You’ll must tune in to the 2025 Oscars to search out out.
When is the present?
The 97th Academy Awards might be held on March 2 on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The present will kick off at 4 p.m. PT.
How can I watch?
The 2025 Oscars telecast will air reside on ABC and stream reside on Hulu. These with cable subscriptions can also use their credentials to entry the livestream on abc.com and the ABC app.
That is the primary 12 months that the Oscars will stream reside on Hulu. In prior years, cord-cutters wanted subscriptions to platforms with live-TV tiers reminiscent of Hulu + Reside TV, YouTube TV or FuboTV to catch the present.
What in regards to the red-carpet exhibits?
The official reside preshow, “The Oscars Red Carpet Show” — hosted by Julianne Hough and Jesse Palmer — will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and Hulu.
These enthusiastic about tuning into the festivities even earlier can select from preshow choices that embody “E! Countdown to the Red Carpet” (E!, 11 a.m.), “On the Red Carpet at the Oscars” (ABC, 12:30 p.m.), “Live From the Oscars” (KTLA, 1 p.m.) and “E! Live From the Red Carpet” (E!, 1 p.m.). All instances Pacific.
Who’s internet hosting?
Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars.
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Comic and TV host Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars. This marks the primary time O’Brien is internet hosting the Academy Awards. He hosted the Emmys in 2002 and 2006.
O’Brien reportedly has been in contact with previous Oscars hosts, together with Billy Crystal and Jimmy Kimmel, as he prepares for the present.
“There’s no such thing as getting to a point professionally where there are no nerves if you’re working in comedy,” he advised Individuals. “I am very aware that it’s an iconic show and can be tricky. … I like to meet a challenge.”
What’s nominated?
“Emilia Pérez” — which has been mired in controversy over the course of its awards run — leads the sphere with 13 nominations, adopted by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” with 10 nods every. All three movies are up for the highest prize of the night time.
One of the best image contenders are:
“Anora” “The Brutalist” “A Complete Unknown” “Conclave” “Dune: Part Two” “Emilia Pérez” “I’m Still Here” “Nickel Boys” “The Substance” “Wicked”
Take a look at the entire record of nominees right here.
Who’s performing?
Breaking from custom, this 12 months’s Oscars telecast is not going to function reside performances of all the authentic music nominees.
As an alternative, “Wicked” duo Erivo and Grande, Lisa of the Ok-pop group Blackpink (and “The White Lotus”), Doja Cat, Queen Latifah and Raye have been tapped to carry out. Whereas particular particulars haven’t been revealed, in accordance with the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, the performances will have a good time “the filmmaking community and some of its legends.”
The Los Angeles Grasp Chorale additionally is about to make a particular look.
Who’s presenting?
Final 12 months’s performing winners Emma Stone (“Poor Things”), Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph (“The Holdovers”) and “Oppenheimer” stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. might be amongst these presenting on the 97th Academy Awards.
Different presenters embody Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb, Bowen Yang, Joe Alwyn, Sterling Ok. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Ana de Armas, Lily-Rose Depp, Selena Gomez, Goldie Hawn, Connie Nielsen, Ben Stiller and Oprah Winfrey.
Nick Offerman (“Parks & Recreation”) will function the announcer for this 12 months’s present.
