For cinema lovers across the world, the most anticipated weekend of the year is finally here.This year's Academy Awards will celebrate the incredible films of 2025 and the talent behind them in a grand ceremony, cherishing filmmaking, acting, production, music, and more.With one of the most incredible nominee rosters I've seen, the cut-throat competition of the award season will be sure to extend to the Oscars.
Get ready with your popcorn for the show, and here's everything you need to know about how you can watch the ceremony.When and where are the 2026 Oscars? The City of Angels plays host The 98th Academy Awards will commence on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.ET (4:00 p.m.
PDT/11:00 p.m.GMT/7:00 a.m.CST).
The award show will be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.The ceremony will be hosted by comedian and talk-show host Conan O'Brien, with the main ceremony running for about 3.5 hours.And if you're on the lookout for the glitz and glam of the Oscars red carpet, you can tune into the pre-ceremony red-carpet preview at 6:30 p.m.
ET (3:30 p.m.PT).Where can you stream the ceremony? The Oscars will stream live on a streaming service for the first time To watch the Oscars as it airs live, you can find the ceremony on your local ABC station.
If you’re a cable or satellite subscriber, ABC is part of your lineup.If you're planning to stream the Oscars this year, you can do so on Hulu (streaming live for the first time).The ceremony will also be streaming via Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV, and FuboTV, and with a subscription (or a free trial), you can use these platforms to stream the annual award show live.
If you're tuning into the ceremony from a region outside the US, you can find your region-specific network provider or streaming platform and prepare ahead of time so you don't miss out on any key moments.What categories should you look out for? What are the Big Five? When the Oscars roll around every year, loyal viewers have their eye on a few major categories.These include the Big Five awards—Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (Original or Adapted).
This year, awards will be spread across 24 categories honoring excellent acting, technical skills, casting, animation, music, and more.Other notable categories with fierce competition include Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design.This year, a new competitive category for Best Casting has been added to honor the vital role of casting directors, marking the first new Oscar category added since 2001.
The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards, which honor films released in 2025, were announced on January 22, sparking widespread discussions about the talent behind the films that are in the spotlight.Who are the nominees? Sinners, One Battle After Another lead the way The 98th Academy Awards have some incredible names on the roster across their filmmaking, technical, and acting categories.This year, Ryan Coogler's vampire horror film leads the nominations and made Oscar history by becoming the most Oscar-nominated film to date with 16, including four out of five awards in the Big Five categories.
Other notable nominees: : 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and four acting nominations.: Nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor.: Nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay.
: Nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.: Eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.The biggest award of the night, Best Picture, will be a battle between , and .
Apart from these films, you can also expect to see some interesting competition in categories like Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film, and Best Music—Original Score and Original Song.The Oscars TV-14 Release Date March 19, 1953 Network ABC, NBC Directors Glenn Weiss, Alan Handley, George Seaton, Hamish Hamilton, Roger Goodman, Max Miller, Trevor Newman Powered by Expand Collapse I'm looking forward to how Netflix's nominees fare during this year's show, but the 2026 Oscars are sure to be a nail-biting close call for all the nominees across categories.While you wait for the show to go down, you can use the Play Along ballot to make your winner predictions before Sunday.
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