The Oscars will take place on Sunday to celebrate some of the most acclaimed films and performance of last year.
While Hollywood is preparing for her biggest award evening, we break down key details, nominees and biggest surprises to predictions and how to watch the program live:
When and at what time are the 2025 Oscars?
The 97th Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
The ceremony will start at 4 p.m. (midnight GMT) with an official red carpet cover starting at 3.30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. GMT).
Who organizes the Oscars?
This year’s Oscars will be organized by the actor and former evening host Conan O’Brien, marking his first event diverting the event.
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Who presents and plays the Oscars?
Many stars will present prices to the Oscars of this year. The winners of last year will come back to present the gold statuettes, notably Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr and Da’vine Joy Randolph.
They will be joined by celebrities such as Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Willem Dafoe, Selena Gomez, Ben Stiller and Oprah Winfrey.
Nick Offerman, widely known for his role in the parks and leisure at Sitcom, will be the advertiser for this year’s program.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Wicked Co-Stars, must play with American rapper Doja Cat, Thai singer Lisa from the BlackPink group, singer and actress Queen Latifah and British singer Raye. The evening will also offer a performance of the Los Angeles Master Choir.
What films have the most appointments?
The direction of nominations is the musical in Spanish Emilia Perez with 13 headlines, establishing a record for the most appointments for a non -English -speaking film in the history of the Oscars.
Emilia Perez is a drama of musical crime on a leader of the Mexican cartel who undergoes a gender transition to escape their past.
Following closely with 10 nominations each are the brutalist, a drama on an architect hunting her American dream after having survived the holocaust, and Wicked, a film that tells the original story of the wicked witch of the West.
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp in Wicked. Nominated for the actress in a leading role at the 97th Oscars.
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What are the best image nominees?
The best image category presents 10 films:
- Anora
- The brutalist
- A complete unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: second part
- Emilia Perez
- I’m still there
- Nickel boys
- The substance
- Wicked
Who are the nominees for the best director?
- Sean Baker for Anora
- Brady Corbet for the brutalist
- Luca Guadagnino for a complete stranger
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
- Denis Villeneuve for Dune: second part
Who are the nominees for best actor?
- Adrien Brody for the brutalist
- Timothee Chalamet for a complete stranger
- Colman Domingo for Sing Sing
- Ralph fiennes for conclave
- Sebastian Stan for the apprentice
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in the apprentice. Nominated for the actor in a leading role at the 97th Oscars.
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Who are the nominees for the best actress?
- Cynthia Erivo for Wicked
- Karla Sofia Gascon for Emilia Perez
- Mikey Madison for Anora
- Half Moore for the substance
- Fernanda Torres because I’m still there
What are the biggest surprises and snobs?
This year’s appointments have presented both revolutionary inclusions and surprising omissions.
No other land Stands out as the only film of a nominated Arab filmmaker for this year’s Oscars. A documentary produced by the Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra and the Israeli co -director Yuval Abraham, the film explores the very different realities that the two friends sail – Abraham with his Israeli yellow license plate granting him without restriction and Adra, confined to a Palestinian territory in constant struggle.
He received an appointment for the best documentary functionality.
“I live under civil law and Basel is under military law. We live at each other 30 minutes, but I have voting rights and Basel has no voting rights, “Abraham told the media. “I am free to move where I want in this country, and Basel, like millions of Palestinians, is locked up in occupied West Bank. This apartheid situation between us, this inequality, it must end. »»
Karla Sofia GasconThe appointment of the best actress to Emilia Perez marks a historic moment. It becomes the first actor openly transgender to be nominated for an Oscar. However, its former social media audiences have aroused controversy.
The old Gascon posts resurfaced in January, revealing offensive remarks on Muslims; George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in 2020, triggering a global racial calculation; and diversity to the Oscars. In response, Netflix removed Gascon from Emilia Perez promotional activities, and director Jacques Audiard criticized messages in an interview with Deadline.
Gascon jumped candidates’ dinner on Tuesday, but is expected to attend the Oscar ceremony.
Selena Gomez, who was nominated for the best support actress for the Golden Globe Awards and the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) for her role in Emilia Perez, has missed an Oscars.
Several high -level players were also absent in appointments.
Nicole Kidman, who depicts a great power CEO in Babygirl, and Angelina Jolie, who has undergone in -depth vocal training for her representation of Soprano Maria Callas in Maria, were both neglected in the category of the best actress.
Denzel Washington also did not obtain the appointment of the most important actors for its role in Gladiator II.
“There can be no coexistence if one side has no existence.”
In their film nominated at the Oscars, “No Other Land”, a coalition of Palestinian and Israeli directors documents the effort of the decade of Israel to expel the Palestinians of their houses in occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/71vxilqece
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How can you look at the 2025 Oscars?
Viewers can watch Oscars live on the American television network ABC.
For streaming options, the ceremony will be available on platforms such as Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV.
What are the predictions for winners?
The first predictions indicate that Oura, a film on a stripper from Brooklyn which marries the son of a Russian oligarch, is a competitor of the best solid image with the director Sean Baker who also emerges as a favorite in the best category of director.
Anora recently won victories at Directors Guild and Producers Guild Awards while Conclave, a thriller on struggles and power secrets during a papal election of the Vatican, won at the Baftas and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Conclave’s scenario becomes particularly poignant as the concerns concerning The health of Pope Francis Growing up while he is in critical condition at the hospital.
In acting races, Adrien Brody’s performance as a Hungarian-Jewish Laszlo Toth in the brutalist positioned him as a leading candidate for the best actor, in closely competition against Timothee Chalamet, who recently won the Screen Actors Guild Awards for his representation of Bob Dylan in a complete unknown.
Half Moore, who embodies an actor and a television fitness instructor faced with a drop of career due to egism in the substance, drew significant attention in the category of best actress with Mikey Madison (Anora) and Fernanda Torres (I am still there), star as a prominent contenders.
Half Moore (Best nominated to the actress for the substance) attends the nominees for the 97th Oscars at the Museum of Motion Pictures from the Academy.
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