If you enjoy watching awards shows, the mega event awaits you. On March 10, the annual Oscars ceremony will happen at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, attracting Hollywood’s most glamorous (and talented) residents. This awards season, the struggle for trophies continues to concentrate on two mega-nominated gladiators, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” also known as Barbenheimer. Will “The Holdovers” star Paul Giamatti outperform “Oppenheimer” co-star Cillian Murphy? While attending the Oscars may appear to be a pipe dream, the reality is that there is no better seat than in front of your TV, taking in everything from poignant speeches to cheesy production numbers to the impossible-to-predict (The Slap, anyone?).
The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10 2024
The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, but there are two important things to remember this year. One, the show will begin an hour earlier than normal, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, a tribute to the show’s propensity of running long. Second, don’t forget to return your clocks because it’s the first day of daylight saving time. The 2024 Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC and streamed live on abc.com and the ABC app (if you have a cable subscription) on connected devices such as Roku, AppleTV, and Amazon Fire TV. The Oscars can also be viewed on ABC streaming providers, including Hulu, YouTube, AT&T TV, and FuboTV.
A 30-minute ABC preshow will air at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 PT, followed by the live awards show. E! has red-carpet content scheduled for the entire night. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host, having taken over last year following a turbulent 2022 event in which presenter Chris Rock was slapped on the face by Best Actor winner Will Smith after making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. This is Kimmel’s fourth time presenting at the Academy Awards, joining Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon. Johnny Carson (five appearances), Billy Crystal (nine), and Bob Hope (19) are the top three hosts.
In keeping with Oscar tradition, last year’s big winners will return to give top honours to the next generation of Oscar winners, including Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recently announced that “Scarface” co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino will present honors. Other notable presenters include Zendaya, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Lange, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell, and Lupita Nyong’o. More will be disclosed as Oscar night approaches.
“Barbie” co-star Ryan Gosling will hit the stage to perform his signature song from the movie, “I’m Just Ken.”
“Barbie” co-star Ryan Gosling will hit the Oscars stage to perform his signature song from the movie, “I’m Just Ken.” He’ll be joined by Mark Ronson, the song’s co-writer (along with Andrew Wyatt). Others slated to perform their nominated songs include Becky G (“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”), Jon Batiste (“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”), Scott George and the Osage Singers (“Wahzhazhe [A Song for My People]” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”), and Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (“What Was I Made For” from “Barbie”).
Leading the pack this year is the inescapable “Oppenheimer,” which has 13 Oscar nominations. Next up is “Poor Things” with 11, followed by “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. The year’s box-office queen, “Barbie,” has eight nods. Other nominees in the top category include “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “The Zone of Interest,” “Past Lives” and “Maestro.”
According to Gold Derby, Murphy and Giamatti are in a very tight fight for the trophy, with the other nominees well behind: Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”). In the best actress category, Gold Derby predicts another two-way race, this time between Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”), with Gladstone taking the lead, having won a slew of awards this season and becoming the first Native American to win a competitive Oscar for acting. The nominations include Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Carey Mulligan (“Oppenheimer”), and Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”)..