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96th Academy Awards (2023): The Ceremony

Nominations Announcement

Nominations Announcement Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Nominations Presenter: Zazie Beetz, Jack Quaid
Nominations Morning Category Presentation: Group 1: Supporting Actor, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress
Nominations Morning Category Presentation: Group 2: Original Song, Original Score, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature, Animated Feature, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound, Visual Effects, Cinematography, Actor, Actress, Directing, Picture

Ceremony Details

Awards Ceremony Date/Time: Sunday, March 10, 2024, 4:00pm
Location: Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood
Televised On: ABC
Host: Jimmy Kimmel
Length: 3 Hours, 23 Minutes
Nielsen Ratings: 9.88
Viewers: 19.5 Million

Presenters

Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rita Moreno, Regina King
Aniamted Short Film: Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor Joy
Animated Feature: Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor Joy
Original Screenplay: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Adapted Screenplay: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Original Song Performance: “What Was I Made For?”: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Makeup & Hairstyling: Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton
Production Design: Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton
Costume Design: John Cena
Original Song Performance: “Wahzhazhe”: Osage Tribal Singers
International Feature: Dwayne Johnson, Bad Bunny
Stunt Salute: Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling
Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Tim Robbins, Ke Huy Quan, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali
Visual Effects: Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny De Vito
Film Editing: Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny De Vito
Original Song Performance: “It Never Went Away”: Jon Batiste
Documentary Short Subject: America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon
Documentary Feature: America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon
Cinematography: Zendaya
Live Action Short Film: Ramy Youssef, Issa Rae
Original Song Performance: “The Fire Inside”: Becky G
Sound: John Mulaney
Original Song Performance: “I’m Just Ken”: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen
Original Song: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo
Original Score: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo
Governors Awards Recap: Janet Yang
In Memoriam: Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli
Actor: Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker
Directing: Steven Spielberg
Actress: Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange
Picture: Al Pacino

Previous Acting & Directing Winners

The tradition of prior acting winners returning the subsequent year to present the opposite-gender category is a long one. Each year, we look to see whether the prior winners returned. There was an intermittent tradition where the prior directing winner returned as well, but this was a rare occurrence.

Actor – Brendan Fraser: Yes and No (Presented: Best Actor)
Actress – Michelle Yeoh: Yes and No (Presented: Best Actress)
Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan: Yes and No (Presented: Best Supporting Actor)
Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis: Yes and No (Presented: Best Supporting Actress)
Directing – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert: No

Song Performances

The Fire Inside: Becky G
I’m Just Ken: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen
It Never Went Away: Jon Batiste
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People): Osage Tribal Singers
What Was I Made For?: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Original Song Film Performers

Was the song performed at the Oscars by the same individuals who performed it in the film?

The Fire Inside: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Becky G)
I’m Just Ken: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen)
It Never Went Away: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Jon Batiste)
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People): Yes (Performed in the Film by: Osage Tribal Singers)
What Was I Made For?: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Billie Eilish, Finn)

Other Performances

In Memoriam: “Time to Say Goodbye”: Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli

Ceremony Production Staff

Announcer: David Alan Grier
Conductor / Musical Arranger: Rickey Minor
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Producer: Sarah Levine Hall, Taryn Hurd, Erin Irwin
Writer: Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskin, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Jimmy Kimmel, Steven Kunes, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Gregory Martin, Jessie McLaren, Molly McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel, Troy Walker
Writer (Special Material):
Production Design: Alana Billingsley, Misty Buckley
Costume Design: Katja Cahill
Choreography: Mandy Moore

Emmys

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Pre-Show Details

Pre-Show Date/Time: Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:30pm
Pre-Show Presenter: Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough

Governors Awards

Governors Awards Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Location: Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland center

Scientific & Technical Awards

Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Location: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Host: Natasha Lyonne
Nominations Announcement Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Nominations Presenter: Zazie Beetz, Jack Quaid
Nominations Morning Category Presentation: Group 1: Supporting Actor, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress
Nominations Morning Category Presentation: Group 2: Original Song, Original Score, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature, Animated Feature, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound, Visual Effects, Cinematography, Actor, Actress, Directing, Picture

Ceremony Details

Awards Ceremony Date/Time: Sunday, March 10, 2024, 4:00pm
Location: Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood
Televised On: ABC
Host: Jimmy Kimmel
Length: 3 Hours, 23 Minutes
Nielsen Ratings: 9.88
Viewers: 19.5 Million

Presenters

Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rita Moreno, Regina King
Aniamted Short Film: Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor Joy
Animated Feature: Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor Joy
Original Screenplay: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Adapted Screenplay: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
Original Song Performance: “What Was I Made For?”: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Makeup & Hairstyling: Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton
Production Design: Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton
Costume Design: John Cena
Original Song Performance: “Wahzhazhe”: Osage Tribal Singers
International Feature: Dwayne Johnson, Bad Bunny
Stunt Salute: Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling
Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Tim Robbins, Ke Huy Quan, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali
Visual Effects: Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny De Vito
Film Editing: Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny De Vito
Original Song Performance: “It Never Went Away”: Jon Batiste
Documentary Short Subject: America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon
Documentary Feature: America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon
Cinematography: Zendaya
Live Action Short Film: Ramy Youssef, Issa Rae
Original Song Performance: “The Fire Inside”: Becky G
Sound: John Mulaney
Original Song Performance: “I’m Just Ken”: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen
Original Song: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo
Original Score: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo
Governors Awards Recap: Janet Yang
In Memoriam: Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli
Actor: Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker
Directing: Steven Spielberg
Actress: Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange
Picture: Al Pacino

Previous Acting & Directing Winners

The tradition of prior acting winners returning the subsequent year to present the opposite-gender category is a long one. Each year, we look to see whether the prior winners returned. There was an intermittent tradition where the prior directing winner returned as well, but this was a rare occurrence.

Actor – Brendan Fraser: Yes and No (Presented: Best Actor)
Actress – Michelle Yeoh: Yes and No (Presented: Best Actress)
Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan: Yes and No (Presented: Best Supporting Actor)
Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis: Yes and No (Presented: Best Supporting Actress)
Directing – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert: No

Song Performances

The Fire Inside: Becky G
I’m Just Ken: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen
It Never Went Away: Jon Batiste
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People): Osage Tribal Singers
What Was I Made For?: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Original Song Film Performers

Was the song performed at the Oscars by the same individuals who performed it in the film?

The Fire Inside: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Becky G)
I’m Just Ken: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen)
It Never Went Away: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Jon Batiste)
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People): Yes (Performed in the Film by: Osage Tribal Singers)
What Was I Made For?: Yes (Performed in the Film by: Billie Eilish, Finn)

Other Performances

In Memoriam: “Time to Say Goodbye”: Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli

Ceremony Production Staff

Announcer: David Alan Grier
Conductor / Musical Arranger: Rickey Minor
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Producer: Sarah Levine Hall, Taryn Hurd, Erin Irwin
Writer: Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskin, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Jimmy Kimmel, Steven Kunes, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Gregory Martin, Jessie McLaren, Molly McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel, Troy Walker
Writer (Special Material):
Production Design: Alana Billingsley, Misty Buckley
Costume Design: Katja Cahill
Choreography: Mandy Moore