The 95th Annual Academy Awards kick off tonight and celebrate achievement in the motion picture industry. The star-studded ceremony takes place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, and will feature a performance by Rihanna after she headlined this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Whether you’re waiting to see which movie takes home Best Picture or you want to see Rihanna’s second big performance of the year, here’s how and when you can watch the Oscars.
When do the Oscars start?
The Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT.
Where can I watch the Oscars?
The Academy Awards will be available on various live TV streaming platforms that carry ABC, including Hulu with live TV, YouTube television, FuboTVand DirecTV streaming.
If you have a cable subscription, you can watch the Academy Awards for free from your local ABC station. You can also tune in to the ceremony on the ABC website either application by signing in with your cable provider.
As for the coverage of the red carpet, the ABC News YouTube Channel will air the Academy Awards pre-show beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m. PT. While! will ventilate your own red carpet coverage on his channel at 5pm ET/2pm PT, you can only watch it on cable or from a streaming subscription that carries the network.
Who presents the Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the third time after previously leading the ceremony in 2017 and 2018.
The 95th Academy Awards will see a return to the solo presenter format of the event, as recent events did not feature a presenter or a group of co-hosts like we saw last year with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. .
What are this year’s nominations?
Everything everywhere at once, Avatar: The Path of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Depositand Top Gun: Maverick, are just some of the films nominated for Best Picture. Meanwhile, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, Jamie Lee Curtis and many more actors and actresses are also up for awards.
You can check the full list of nominations here.
What else can I expect?
Aside from Rihanna’s rendition of “Lift Me Up” by Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverYou may also notice something a little different when you view this year’s red carpet, namely that it’s not actually red.
For the first time in more than six decades, the Oscars will replace its red carpet with a champagne-colored one, apparently to offset the shadows cast by the marquee that will cover the carpet due to the possibility of rain. according to the Associated Press.
