2025 Oscars: When, where and how to watch the Academy Awards
Your favorite films from the last year and the actors who made them may earn their flowers — and the recognition they deserve at the 97th Academy Awards, best known as the Oscars, this weekend.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences are set to present a number of awards for artistic and technical excellence across the film industry at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday night.
The Academy unveiled its Oscar nominees last month, which includes a broad range of films, from the nearly four-hour historical drama "The Brutalist" to the fantasy musical blockbuster "Wicked."
Leading the pack for the most nominations is Netflix's crime musical "Emilia Pérez" with 13 Oscar nominations, followed closely by "The Brutalist" and "Wicked," both of which scored 10 nods each.
The evening's biggest prize, best picture, features a stacked lineup including the three films listed above, and "Anora," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "I'm Still Here," "The Substance," "Dune: Part Two" and "Nickel Boys."
Here's what to know about the 2025 Oscars, including when and how to watch them.
When are the Oscars?
The 97th Academy Awards are Sunday, March 2. The ceremony will air from 7-10 p.m. ET.
Where are the Oscars?
The Oscars' venue is none other than the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, which has been the venue for the Academy Awards since 2001. It was previously known as the Kodak Theatre, located inside the Ovation Hollywood shopping center.
The state-of-the-art theatre, designed with the Academy Awards broadcast in mind, has a seating capacity of 3,300.
Before the Dolby Theater became the mainstay, the ceremony bounced between the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Civic Auditorium and Expo Center from 1990 until 2001.
How to watch, or stream the Oscars
The 97th Academy Awards will air live Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT, on ABC. You can also stream the awards ceremony live on ABC.com, the ABC app, Hulu, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.
Contributing: Saman Shafiq and Marco della Cava, Paste BN
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