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The Oscars are on Sunday night, and it’s time to start making your viewing plans. The 98th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 15th at 4pm PT/7pm ET at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Conan O’Brien returns for the first time in two years to host the awards ceremony.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC and Hulu for all subscribers. Before the awards ceremony begins, ABC will host a red carpet pre-show starting at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET, during which Lala Spencer, Whit Johnson and Lindsey Davis will interview this year’s talent. Roshumba Williams and Jo Zee will be talking fashion on the red carpet.
Starting at 4 p.m. ET, CNN correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister and Variety co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoudeh will also appear live from the red carpet at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to interview the night’s hottest nominees and stars.
To watch the red carpet pre-show or the Oscar ceremony, you can watch the livestream on Hulu or any live TV streamer that has access to ABC, including DirecTV, Sling TV, and Fubo TV. Hulu, DirecTV, and Fubo all have free trials that let you watch the Oscars online for free without cable.
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” leads the pack heading into Sunday with a record 16 nominations, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” follows closely with 13 nominations. Also nominated for Best Picture are Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and Train Dreams.
This year’s lineup of A-list presenters includes Robert Downey Jr., Anne Hathaway, Paul Mescal, Will Arnett, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adrien Brody, Javier Bardem, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Chase Infinity, Mikey Madison, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Saldaña.
Variety previously reported that the cast of Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne and Ellie Kemper, would reunite on stage to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the film’s release in 2011.
Ahead of Sunday, check out Variety’s awards editor Clayton Davis’ final Oscar predictions here. Davis predicts “Sinners” will win best picture and best director, as well as five other awards.
