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The Oscars are almost here! In the lead-up to Hollywood’s biggest night, it’s a contest between Sam Mendes‘ war epic 1917, which picked up the Golden Globe and BAFTA big prizes, and Bong Joon Ho‘s Parasite, which won the SAG Award for Best Drama Ensemble and the WGA’s Best Original Screenplay award. However, you can’t count out Martin Scorsese‘s The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Greta Gerwig‘s Little Women, to name a few. So, while there are some heavy favorites going into the 92nd Academy Awards, the Oscars’ Best Picture race is still a contested category, and, Oscar voters have definitely surprised us before.
Before you get to the big show, there’s a lot to unpack. In this post, TV Guide will tell you everything you need to know about the 2020 Academy Awards, including how to watch, who the nominees are, and who is performing at the biggest award show of the year.
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There are many ways for you to watch the Oscars in 2020. There will be live streams on Twitter as well as ways for you watch on streaming apps. ABC will host the Oscars again this year but here is everything you need to know about watching online or without cable when the show airs on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
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Brian May and Adam Lambert, 91st Academy Awards
The Oscars will once again have no host. The ceremony also went without a host in 2019 after the Kevin Hart controversy over his past homophobic tweets. The show still went on with a star-studded intro after Queen’s musical performance, and the formula will probably be repeated for the 2020 show.
While the show should be fun, there are already some somber moments to put on your radar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the show will include a tribute to Kobe Bryant and those who died in the tragic helicopter accident on Sunday, Jan. 27.
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Sun-kyun Lee and Yeo-jeong Jo, Parasite
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Sun-kyun Lee and Yeo-jeong Jo, Parasite
Netflix dominated the competition this year with 24 total nominations, mostly racked up by The Irishman and Noah Baumbach‘s Marriage Story. However, Joker racked up the most nominations for an individual film with 11, with 1917, The Irishman, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood coming in a close second with ten nods each. There was also a four-way tie between Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story, and Parasite for third place with six nominations a piece. Check out the full list of nominations here. You can also find out how to stream the nominated movies here.
The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2020 Oscar Nominations
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Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Regina King, and Mahershala Ali
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Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Regina King, and Mahershala Ali
This year’s list of presenters features some A-list comedians, movie stars, and television talent. The star-studded list includes James Corden, Penélope Cruz, Beanie Feldstein, Zack Gottsagen, Diane Keaton, Shia LaBeouf, George MacKay, Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Maya Rudolph, Sigourney Weaver, Mahershala Ali, Zazie Beetz, Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Will Ferrell, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Regina King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rami Malek, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Marie Tran, Kristen Wiig, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, Spike Lee, Ray Romano, Rebel Wilson, Jane Fonda, Josh Gad, Tom Hanks, Oscar Isaac, Sandra Oh, Natalie Portman, Chris Rock, and Taika Waititi.
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Per usual, the nominees for Best Original Song will perform their works as the music breaks for the show, so you can expect to see Randy Newman with his Toy Story 4 ballad, Elton John for Rocketman, Chrissy Metz with her Breakthrough song “I’m Standing with You,” and Idina Menzel bringing the Frozen II magic (along with the women who voice Elsa in Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico [for Latin America], Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Thailand). Meanwhile, Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo will sing “Stand Up” from Harriet.
Aside from the nominees, Grammys favorite Billie Eilish will also step onto the Oscar stage for a “special performance,” according to the show organizers, as will singer Janelle Monáe. However, details about what they’re each performing are being kept under wraps.
The 92nd Academy Awards airs on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
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