The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, is the year’s biggest and most celebrated awards show. All of Hollywood gathers at this event to honor the most critically-beloved films of the previous calendar year. The 95th Academy Awards, marking nearly a century of importance and excitement, looks likely to be a spectacular event, with many deserving movies and individuals hoping to leave the occasion with a golden statue.
The Oscars will begin at 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre, which has hosted the event since it opened in 2001. Many will tune in before the ceremony begins to watch Hollywood’s glamour displayed on the red carpet, where the many A-listers and icons attending will arrive dressed in exquisitely-designed pieces from the biggest fashion brands.
The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time in his career. While the comedic late-night talk show personality will handle much of the hosting, there will also be appearances from other Hollywood talent who will present awards.
The event’s nominees include many critically-acclaimed movies across several categories. Leading the way with 11 nominations is Everything Everywhere All at Once, a film with themes related to familial love that takes viewers through the multiverse, which includes nominations for best picture, best director, and best supporting actor and actress. The Banshees of Inisherin, a dark comedy about two former friends on a small Irish island, and All Quiet on the Western Front, a Netflix remake about the horrors of war, have each received nine nominations.
This year’s nominee slate is unique in that it is filled with fresh faces. Of the 20 acting slots for best actor, actress, and supporting actor and actress, 16 of the nominations have gone to new nominees. These include Austin Butler, who portrayed the rise and fall of Elvis Presley in Elvis, Brendan Fraser, who portrayed a man struggling with severe weight gain in The Whale, and Michelle Yeoh, who played the protagonist in the highly popular Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Several nominees stand out for the year’s biggest award: best picture. Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Fabelmans, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, were huge blockbusters that audiences had to see on the big screen. Other nominees, such as Tár, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Women Talking, were quieter character studies that critics adored. Triangle of Sadness and All Quiet on the Western Front were two more incredible films that round off this year’s list of nominees.
