The 97th annual Oscars ceremony is sort of right here.
The 2025 Academy Awards will happen Sunday, March 2 at 7pm E.T. — sure, sooner than typical — on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Conan O’Brien will make his Oscar internet hosting debut with the ceremony.
And 2025 is a monumental second within the virtually century-old awards present: It’s the primary time in historical past that the Oscars shall be streaming stay. This yr’s present shall be accessible on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, along with ABC channels airing the printed. There may even be a livestream on the Academy social pages, in addition to streaming through Hulu + Reside TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV, and FuboTV.
It was beforehand introduced that Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Ben Stiller, Sterling Ok. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Ana de Armas, Lily-Rose Depp, Goldie Hawn, Connie Nielsen, Joe Alwyn, Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb, Bowen Yang, Dave Bautista, Harrison Ford, Gal Gadot, Andrew Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Margaret Qualley, Alba Rohrwacher, Zoe Saldaña, and Rachel Zegler are among the many presenters. Final yr’s winners Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, and Emma Stone may even participate in presenting this yr.
Oscar government producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan instructed IndieWire that host O’Brien moreover has a couple of surprises in retailer for audiences.
“Conan goes to be the proper host, as a result of what Conan has is that this reward to have the ability to react on the spot to the whole lot that’s occurring in that room. For us, his reward of improv, his reward of fast wit, goes to be unparalleled,” Kapoor mentioned. “Each time he walks into our room and we’re capable of spend a while with him, he continually comes up with contemporary concepts, reacts to what’s being mentioned, what occurs within the second. We are going to see plenty of that on this present. Conan shall be very current, and something that occurs stay, count on Conan to acknowledge [it].”
The Finest Image Oscar race is among the many best classes, with predicted winner Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” in opposition to Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” which had probably the most nominations at 13 nods. Jon M. Chu’s “Depraved,” Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Half Two,” Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” James Mangold’s “A Full Unknown,” Walter Salles’ “I’m Nonetheless Right here,” and RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” are additionally within the working for Finest Image.
The 2025 Academy Awards airs stay Sunday, March 2 at 7pm E.T. on ABC and Hulu.