OSCARS LIVE STREAM ONLINE 2015 The Academy Awards & Red Carpet- Watch The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is scheduled to take place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Academy gave Academy Honorary Awards to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara and a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Harry Belafonte in November 2014.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris is scheduled to host the ceremony for the first time.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris is scheduled to host the ceremony for the first time.
The 2014 Academy Awards nominations are set for Thursday morning, and you can watch them live above. The Oscars announcement is expected to start at 5:38 a.m. and 30 seconds Pacific time. (Why the extra 30 seconds? At that hour, we're willing to take any additional sleep we can get.)
At least five films will be nominated for best picture, up to a maximum of 10.
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In this busy awards season, it was only Sunday that "12 Years a Slave" won for best drama and "American Hustle" for comedy at the Golden Globes.
Alfonso Cuaron, who won the Golden Globe for directing "Gravity," could be among the pool of directors nominated; other nods could go to Steve McQueen for "12 Years a Slave," Paul Greengrass for "Captain Phillips," David O. Russell for "American Hustle" and Martin Scorsese for "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Among the contenders for lead actor nominations are Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas Buyers Club," Bruce Dern for "Nebraska," Tom Hanks for "Captain Phillips" and Chiwetel Ejiofor for "12 Years a Slave."
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The lead actress category looks likely to include Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine," Emma Thompson for "Saving Mr. Banks," Sandra Bullock for "Gravity" and Judi Dench for "Philomena."
After Seth MacFarlane's controversial performance as host last year, the 86th Academy Awards will bring back 2007 host Ellen DeGeneres to emcee a show that promises to honor "heroes" as a theme.
The 86th Academy Awards will be telecast live March 2 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Check back on The Envelope and Movies Now for extensive coverage of the Oscar nominations as the day progresses.