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Hollywood’s Biggest Night Is Almost Here! The 96th Oscars Is Just Around The Corner

By Movie Geeks | March 9, 2024

Oscar Sunday is almost here! 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 – these are the Best Picture nominees for the 96th Oscars.

Will Oppenheimer take home the most gold statuettes? Does Barbie win for Best Costume Design? Can Paul Giamatti pull an upset over Cillian Murphy and win the Best Actor Oscar.

Check out Deadline’s and The Hollywood Reporter’s predictions HERE and HERE.

See the full list of nominations here: https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2024-oscars-nominations-full-list

Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced this week.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the new time of 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT.

Previously announced Oscars presenters include Mahershala Ali, Bad Bunny, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Octavia Spencer, Michelle Yeoh, Ramy Youssef and Zendaya.

The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

The show will also be broadcast via livestream with Deaf Interpreters for the 96th Oscars broadcast over on YouTube.

Fun fact: Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, more than 3,000 statuettes have been presented.

Achievements in up to 23 regular categories will be honored on March 10, 2024, at the 96th Oscars® presentation. However, the Academy won’t know how many statuettes it will hand out until the envelopes are opened on Oscar Night®. Although the number of categories will be known prior to the ceremony, the possibility of ties and of multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes the exact number of Oscar statuettes to be presented unpredictable. As in previous years, any surplus awards will be housed in the Academy’s vault until next year’s event.

As the sun sets on Oscar night and all of Hollywood is dancing the night away, the winners will be celebrating in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration.

Wolfgang Puck Catering celebrates its 30th year at the Governors Ball with a menu created by Wolfgang Puck and Eric Klein, and pastry design by Kamel Guechida and Garry Larduinat.

At Oscars Night at the Museum in Los Angeles, guests will experience a one-of-a-kind evening celebration of the 96th Oscars with special photo opportunities, access to the museum galleries, food by Wolfgang Puck and Shake Shack and wines from Clarendelle & Domaine Clarence Dillon, with access to Fanny’s and the David Geffen Theater to watch the Oscars broadcast live on ABC. The celebration takes place from 3pm – 8pm PDT and is open to the public with some tickets still available here.