Oscars 2024 guide: presenters, nominees, start time

The 2024 Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host for the fourth time, and is joined on stage by an all-star roster of hosts.

Kimmel previously said he returned to host the show in part because he had a feeling a popular film might be nominated, arguing that it was easier to joke about something the audience had seen.

“I’m sitting in the movie theater watching Barbie And I think: Well, maybe I’ll do this again, because at least I have a point of reference with everyone.

He said he felt it too Top Gun: Maverickwhich received six Academy Award nominations, including a nod for Best Picture, at the 2023 Academy Awards: “I knew there was a movie that people had seen, and that makes the job easier.”

Oscars executive producer Molly McInerney echoed that appreciation for the nominated films that also did well at the box office when she and Kimmel spoke with Hollywood Reporter.

“It was a huge relief for us as joke writers to have nominated films seen by home audiences, such as Barbie And OppenheimerShe said.

As for the process of agreeing to host again, Kimmel said: “I think Molly is waiting until I say yes and then she tries to talk me out of it. If it is still yes, it becomes ‘Yes!“”

McInerney also argued that the dual actor-writer strikes of 2023 contributed to the decision to accept the gig.

“I think the strike played a role too,” she said. “It’s been giving people jobs and also having a room full of people who value their jobs more than ever, and making movies again has been a good wave to ride.”

While the ceremony will once again be broadcast on ABC in the US, this year it starts one hour earlier than in previous years, with the show also taking place on the first day of daylight saving time in the US.

This year’s Oscars are not without controversy, particularly associated with Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s snubs in the Best Actress and Best Director categories, respectively.

The 2024 Academy Awards are the first in which films must meet two of the four representation and inclusion criteria in order to be eligible for the grand prize for Best Picture.

Here’s what to expect from the 96th Annual Academy Awards.

How to watch

The Oscars will be broadcast on ABC in the US starting at 7pm ET/4pm PT, following a half-hour ABC pre-show starting at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT .

The show is expected to end by 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT, when ABC will air a new episode of its hit sitcom. Abbott Elementary.

This start time is an hour earlier than the 8pm ET/5pm PT start in years past, which is what the Film Academy called the first.

This year’s Oscars fall on the first day of daylight saving time, which means many American viewers will feel it even earlier.

Who should watch it?

Besides Kimmel, this year features a star-studded roster of presenters. Zendaya, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, Sally Field, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Forest Whitaker, Jamie. Lee Curtis, Christoph Waltz, Brendan Fraser, Ki Hui Kwan, Michelle Yeoh, Rita Moreno, Bad Bunny, John Mulaney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef are among the names confirmed so far.

As previously reported THR, the 2024 Academy Awards will return to the 2009 approach of presenting five past acting winners for this year’s acting nominees. Lecturers for this year Previous Best Actor winners include Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Fraser, Kingsley and Whitaker; Previous Best Actress winners: Jessica Lange, Feld, Lawrence, Theron, Yeoh; Previous Best Supporting Actor winners Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell, Cowan, Robbins and Waltz; Previous Best Supporting Actress winners are Lupita Nyong’o, Curtis, King, Moreno, Spencer and Steenburgen.

All contenders for Best Original Songs will perform during the ceremony. Ryan Gosling takes the stage for the first time with “I’m Just Ken” from… Barbie; She will be played by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas Barbie “What Are You Made For?”; Scott George and the Osage Singers will perform “Wahzhazhe (Song for My People).” Moonflower Killers; Becky G will sing “The Fire Within.” Flamin Hot; Jon Batiste will play “It Never Went Away.” American Symphony.

Nominations

Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer He leads this year’s nominees with 13 nods. Latest films by Yorgos Lanthimos Bad things He was not far behind, receiving 11 nominations, while Martin Scorsese received 11 nominations. Moonflower Killers Received 10 nods. Greta Gerwig Barbie He has eight nominations. The four films compete for best picture alongside it American fantasy, Anatomy of a fall, Retainers, Artist, band leader, Area of ​​interest And Past life.

This year’s contenders include a number of first-time acting nominees, including Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Danielle Brooks (Violet), Sterling K. brown (American fantasy), Colman Domingo (Rustin), America Ferrera (Barbie), Lily Gladstone (Moonflower Killers), Sandra Holler (Anatomy of a fall), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Davin Joy Randolph (Retainers(and Jeffrey Wright)American fantasy).

Among those with records to their names were Gladstone, the first Native American acting nominee, and Martin Scorsese, now the most nominated living film director.

In the Best Director category, Justine Tritt is the only woman nominated (and eighth overall in Academy Awards history). She is nominated for the award along with Nolan (Oppenheimer), Lanthimos (Bad things), Scorsese (Moonflower Killers(and Jonathan Glazer)Area of ​​interest).

Find out more about how to watch the Oscars in the US and around the world, how to stream this year’s nominated films and THRPredictions of what will win and what should win.

And it came true THR’s full Oscars issue And full coverage of awards season.