This long awards season will come to an end on Sunday (March 10) when the 96th Academy Awards are presented at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood. Oppenheimer expected to be the big winner of the night, with eight or so awards. Barbie It didn't get as much awards season love as expected, but it's likely to finish second on the night with two Oscars. No other film is expected to win more than one award, although there are often surprises.
All five nominated songs will be performed at the show. Billie Eilish and Finneas will perform “What Was I Made For?”, which is tipped to win best original song. It will be the third performance of the Oscars in five years. They sang the Beatles' moving “Yesterday” as their In Memoriam song four years ago and their nominee “No Time to Die” two years ago. (This James Bond song won the award).
Becky G will perform “The Fire Inside” from Flamin' Hot. It will be her second performance, but her first in the solo spotlight. She was one of the eight artists who participated in “We Don't Talk About Bruno” from Encanto two years ago. That song wasn't nominated, but it was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for five straight weeks, so Oscar producers shut down the performance anyway. (They are not dummies.)
Ryan Gosling is set to perform “I'm Just Ken” from Barbie along with the song's co-writer Mark Ronson. It will be Gosling's first performance at the Oscars. He and Emma Stone refused to perform the nominated “City of Stars”. La La Land (the eventual winner) seven years ago.
If it seems like the list of presenters is particularly long this year and includes an oddly high percentage of past Oscar winners, then you're on to something. The Oscars will revive a presentation tactic last used 15 years ago, in which five former winners in each of the four acting categories will pay tribute to this year's nominees and then award this year's winners, effectively welcoming them to the club.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the stars of the upcoming Bad, were both announced as presenters. It wouldn't be surprising if they did something together.
The Oscars have yet to announce who will appear in the In Memoriam spot.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time, the 96th Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC and broadcast worldwide on Sunday, March 10 at the new, earlier time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Raj Kapoor is executive producer and showrunner. Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan are also executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is directing the show. Rickey Minor is musical director.
Here are the performers and presenters announced for the 2024 Oscars.
Interpreters
Ryan Gosling with Mark Ronson, from 'I'm Just Ken'. Barbie
Billie Eilish with Finneas, “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie
Jon Batiste, “It Never Went Away” by American Accord
Becky G, “The Fire Inside” by Flamin' Hot
Scott George with The Osage Singers, “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” by Killers of the Flower Moon
Presenters
Mahershala Ali
Emily Blunt
Bad Bunny
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Cynthia Erivo
America Ferrera
Sally Field
Brendan Fraser
Ryan Gosling
Ariana Grande
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Regina King
Ben Kingsley
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Lupita Nyong'o
Kathryn O'Hara
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Issa Rae
Tim Robbins
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Steven Spielberg
Mary Steenburgen
Anya Taylor-Joy
Charlize Theron
Christoph Waltz
Forest Whitaker
Michelle Yeoh
Ramy Youssef
Zendaya
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