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Oscars 2025: Hollywood is all set for the biggest awards night of the year following the devastating LA wildfires. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. In India, the ceremony will be broadcast live in the wee hours of Monday morning.
The Academy Awards are traditionally held on a Sunday in the United States of America. Consequently, the ceremony will be streamed in India on Monday. This year, the 97th Oscar Awards will be streamed in India from 5:00 am, at the break of dawn on March 3.
In a first, the Oscars will be streamed live on Hulu. You can also watch via Hulu Live TV, YouTube, AT&T TV and FuboTV. The award ceremony will be streamed live on television on Star Movies. JioHotstar will also broadcast the show live and will also stream a repeat telecast at 8:30 PM. Several OTT platforms provide free services for the frosty 30-days to users, which can be used to watch the award ceremony for free.
Conan O’Brien is hosting the Academy Awards for the first time. “I never have been invited to the Oscars,” the late-night host-turned-podcaster and occasional movie star said at a news conference Wednesday. “I only hosted so that I could be invited.” O’Brien said he would not hesitate to talk about the nation’s fraught political situation. “I cannot ignore the moment we’re in,” he said. “But I also have to remember it’s threading a needle. I also have to remember what we’re here to celebrate and infuse the show with positivity.”
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The academy on Wednesday added to its extensive lineup of presenters. Dave Bautista, Harrison Ford, Gal Gadot, Andrew Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Margaret Qualley, Alba Rohrwacher, Zoe Saldaña and Rachel Zegler will all present. They join a roster of previously announced presenters including Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Joe Alwyn, Ana de Armas, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Bowen Yang, Lily-Rose Depp and Sterling K. Brown. Last year’s acting winners — Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph — will also take part in the ceremony. Though the academy initially said it would bring back the “fab five” style of presenting the acting awards, with five previous winners per category, organizers have reportedly abandoned those plans for Sunday’s ceremony. Nick Offerman will serve as the show’s announcer.
