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Oscars 2019: When are the Academy Awards and how to watch the ceremony

The Oscars take place on February 24 - Reuters
The Oscars take place on February 24 - Reuters

It's the glitziest night of the film calendar – the Oscars! Here's everything you need to know about this year's award ceremony.

Where and when are the Oscars?

The 91st Academy Awards will take place on Sunday February 24, at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles.

How can I watch the Oscars on TV in the UK?

In the UK, the ceremony will be broadcast on Sky, with red carpet coverage beginning at midnight, and the ceremony itself starting around 1.30am GMT. If you do not subscribe to Sky, it is possible to sign up with NOW TV for a free 14 day trial of their Sky Cinema pass.

This year, however, you won't be able to watch the full ceremony live on TV. In an attempt to cut down the event's running-time, four awards will be presented during commercial breaks: Makeup and Hair, Cinematography, Editing, and Live Action Short.

The move has prompted widespread criticism. Russell Crowe, the actor, called it "a fundamentally stupid decision" and "just too f---ing dumb for words", while The Exorcist director William Friedkin wrote on Twitter: "What an insult to award two of the most essential qualities of film making [editing and cinematography] in the commercial breaks. This is a misguided act that robs the awards of whatever relevance remains. It’s now just a platform for commercials."

How can I watch the red carpet online?

Oscars All Access: Red Carpet Live, the official red carpet preview show featuring interviews with stars as they arrive outside the Dolby Theatre, will be streamed online via the Academy's Twitter account from 11.30pm.

Who are the nominees?

Netflix's Roma, a black-and-white drama set in Mexico City in the Seventies, and dark period comedy The Favourite, about the court of Queen Anne, lead the pack with 10 nominations each.

They are joined in the Best Picture category by comedy drama BlacKkKlansman, based on the true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan; superhero blockbuster Black Panther; Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody; Bradley Cooper's remake of the classic Hollywood musical A Star is Born; and Vice, a satirical portrait of former US Vice-President Dick Cheney.

Read the full list of nominees here.

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite - Credit: AP
Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite Credit: AP

Who will win?

We won't know for until the night, but a few frontrunners seem to be attracting plenty of bets from punters. Roma is most bookies' odds-on favourite to win Best Picture, with its director Alfonso Cuarón also tipped to take the Best Director trophy. Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Glenn Close (The Wife) are widely predicted to win Best Actor and Best Actress.

Who will host the awards?

Nobody. For the first time in 30 years, the Oscars will not have a presenter. Comedian and actor Kevin Hart was originally booked to host the ceremony, but stepped down in December after a public backlash over homophobic messages he had posted on Twitter.

In recent years, the show had been hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Rock and Neil Patrick Harris.

The last time the Oscars went without a host was 1989, the shambolic ceremony was attacked by film stars including Julie Andrews, Gregory Peck, Billy Wilder and Paul Newman, who signed an open letter calling it “an embarrassment to the entire motion picture industry”. Hopefully 2019 will be rather better.

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