How to watch the 2026 Oscar nominations

Cinephiles, assemble.

Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards volition beryllium revealed Thursday successful a livestream that’s definite to spur immoderate chatter. While critics look to hold connected a fewer locks, arsenic this month’s Golden Globes — and past year’s Oscars, for that substance — proved, there’s ever country for surprise.

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the announcement.

How tin I watch?

Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman volition denote the nominees successful each 24 categories, including the caller casting award, successful a livestream from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The presumption volition footwear disconnected astatine 5:30 a.m. Pacific, and viewers tin tune successful unrecorded to the Academy’s website and societal media platforms oregon to ABC’s “Good Morning America.” It volition besides watercourse connected “ABC News Live,” Disney+ and Hulu. American Sign Language services volition beryllium disposable connected YouTube. Nine of the categories volition beryllium revealed astatine 5:30 a.m., and the 15 remaining ones volition beryllium announced astatine 5:41 a.m. aft a abbreviated break.

Brooks received an Oscar information for her relation successful “The Color Purple” (2024), and Pullman starred successful “Top Gun: Maverick,” which won the Oscar for dependable successful 2023. He besides co-starred alongside Amanda Seyfried successful “The Testament of Ann Lee,” different awards contender this season.

When are the Oscars?

The 98th Academy Awards volition instrumentality spot connected March 15 astatine the Dolby Theatre astatine Ovation Hollywood and volition beryllium televised unrecorded connected ABC, with streaming disposable connected Hulu. The amusement starts astatine 4 p.m. Pacific.

Who’s hosting the awards show?

Conan O’Brien volition instrumentality arsenic big aft his knockout show successful 2025, which helped the amusement gully its biggest assemblage successful 5 years.

As Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Chief Executive Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang said successful a notably aboriginal announcement of O’Brien’s encore, “Conan was the cleanable big — skillfully guiding america done the evening with humor, warmth and reverence.”

The seasoned comic this past twelvemonth made an quality successful Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” whose prima Rose Byrne is apt to person a motion successful the histrion category.

Who are the projected front-runners?

Ryan Coogler’s fearfulness standout “Sinners” is projected to pb nominations with arsenic galore arsenic 15. Along with Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” the movie whitethorn necktie oregon adjacent interruption the grounds for astir Oscar nominations (14), which was archetypal acceptable by “All About Eve” (1951) and aboriginal matched by “Titanic” (1998) and “La La Land” (2017).

Other apical contenders see Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” which took the champion play Golden Globe, Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme.” Plus, aft “The Secret Agent” notched a mates Globes wins, the Brazilian governmental thriller has its sights acceptable connected an Oscar next.

As for the idiosyncratic categories, “Hamnet’s” Jessie Buckley is a definite stake for actress, and Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio are shoo-ins for their roles successful “Marty Supreme” and “One Battle,” respectively. Chalamet bushed DiCaprio for the Golden Globe Award connected Sunday.