Haven't had time to watch all the Oscars films? We've got you covered
Among the Canadians up for numerous Oscars are makers of landmark documentary Sugarcane
The 97th Academy Awards are going forward as a celebration of movies and resilience, with Canadians up for numerous Oscars.
This year's Oscar nominations were postponed twice after devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, leading some to call for the cancellation of the Academy Awards.
Academy leaders have argued the show must go ahead, for their economic impact on Los Angeles and as a symbol of resilience.
Like the Grammys and other awards shows this year, the ceremony will be transformed by the fires, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pledged to help its members and the broader film community recover.
Organizers have vowed this year's awards will "celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires."
Here's everything you need to know about this year's show:
When are the Oscars?
The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The show, to be broadcast live by ABC, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).
Where can you watch the Oscars in Canada?
In Canada, the Oscars will be broadcast live on CTV. Viewers can also stream the show on CTV's website and app.
Who's hosting the Oscars?
For the first time, Conan O'Brien is hosting the Academy Awards.
O'Brien, the late-night host turned podcaster and occasional movie star, said upon the announcement: "America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars."
Nominees for best picture and where you can watch them:
Some of the nominated films are still in theaters, but many of this year's Oscar nominees are streaming on various platforms.
- Anora - Available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- The Brutalist - Available to buy on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- A Complete Unknown - Available for pre-order on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- Conclave - Available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- Dune: Part 2 - Available to stream on Crave with subscription, rent or buy on Prime Video.
- Emilia Pérez - Available to stream on Netflix.
- I'm Still Here - Available for pre-order on Apple TV and Prime Video.
- Nickel Boys - Not available online.
- The Substance - Available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Prime Video, and stream on Mubi.
- Wicked - Available to buy on Apple TV and Prime Video.
Canadians up for Oscars
Secwépemc filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie are up for an Oscar for their landmark documentary Sugarcane, which follows an investigation into deaths, abuse and missing children at a former B.C. residential school near Sugar Cane reserve in Williams Lake, B.C.
Up for best picture is Anora, a tragicomic love story that earned Vancouver producer Samantha Quan a nomination alongside her U.S. husband, Sean Baker, and producer Alex Coco.
Also among the Canadian nominees are Quebec writer-director Denis Villeneuve and producer Tanya Lapointe, whose film Dune: Part Two is in the running for best picture. The box-office hit netted five nominations in total, including one for best production design, recognizing Montreal's Patrice Vermette and Dartmouth, N.S., set decorator Shane Vieau.
They face the production design team of Nosferatu, which includes Toronto-born production designer Craig Lathrop, and The Brutalist, which includes another Torontonian: set decorator Patricia Cuccia, a veteran in the field who has previously worked on Brokeback Mountain and The Sweet Hereafter.
David Giammarco of Welland, Ont., is up for best sound for his work on A Complete Unknown, alongside others including U.K.-born Paul Massey, who left England at age 19 and spent 13 years in Toronto before moving to Hollywood.
Meanwhile, Toronto's Linda Muir, who has been working in film, television and theatre since the 1970s, was nominated for best costume design on the gothic horror film Nosferatu. Canadian Traci Loader was also nominated for makeup and hairstyling for the vampire film, along with David White and Suzanne Stokes-Munton.
Who's presenting at the Oscars?
More stars were added to the presenter lineup Wednesday, including Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Joe Alwyn, Goldie Hawn, Ben Stiller, Ana de Armas, Sterling K. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp and Connie Nielsen.
They'll join the likes of Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb and Bowen Yang, as well as last year's acting winners — Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph — on the Oscar stage.
Though the academy initially said it would bring back the "fab five" style of presenting the acting awards, with five previous winners per category, organizers have reportedly abandoned those plans for this year's ceremony.
Nick Offerman will also be participating as the Oscars announcer.
Who are the favourites?
More than most years, that's a tricky question, but a front-runner has emerged after Anora took the top awards at the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild ceremonies earlier this month.
The best picture race had been seen as unusually wide open, with Anora, Conclave, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown and Emilia Pérez all having legitimate hopes of winning.
In the acting categories, Demi Moore (The Substance) is favoured for best actress, although Mikey Madison's BAFTA win for Anora makes it more of a race.
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) is most likely in best actor, while Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) is the supporting actress front-runner and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) is the favourite for best supporting actor.
None of those awards, however, are considered definite locks.
What's the deal with Emilia Pérez?
Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez, a narco-musical about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, comes in with a leading 13 nominations. The film, at one point, seemed like Netflix's best chance yet to land the streamer its first best picture win.
Its star, Karla Sofía Gascón, made history by becoming the first openly trans actor nominated for an Oscar.
But no nominee has had a rockier post-nominations Oscar campaign.
After old offensive tweets by Gascón were uncovered, the actress issued an apology. The fallout, though, has badly damaged a movie that was already a divisive contender, and led Netflix to radically refocus its flagging campaign.
With files from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press