Oscars 2026: Where to watch
by Jessica Inman · UPIMarch 13 (UPI) -- The Oscars are back Sunday.
The 98th Academy Awards will broadcast from Ovation Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, airing on ABC and Hulu at 7 p.m. EDT.
Conan O'Brien returns to host, while 2025 Oscar winners Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldana will present awards.
The show will also feature performances from the music artists behind the fictional HUNTR/X -- EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami.
Sinners topped nominations, receiving a record-breaking 16 nods, while One Battle After Another received 13.
Where to Watch
The Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will broadcast on ABC and stream on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m. EDT Sunday.
Participants
Former Late Night host Conan O'Brien, 62, returns to host for the second consecutive year.
"All the movies are so different. So many different voices went into them and I think it's one of the best years that we've had in memory so it's really cool to be a part of it," O'Brien told UPI in a recent Zoom conference.
This year's award presenters include Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldana.
EJAE, Adurey Nuna and Rei Ami, who together sang the songs in KPop Demon Hunters, will perform "Golden" as the fictional band HUNTR/X.
"I Lied to You" from Sinners will be performed by Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq, Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith.
Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale will also perform.
"These show moments are more than just performances -- they expand into cinematic tributes that celebrate the relationship between music and storytelling and why these films resonated so deeply with audiences around the world," said executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan in a statement.
Kapoor is also the showrunner.
Nominees
The horror film Sinners led nominations, scoring nods for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
In total, the feature earned 16 nominations, shattering the Oscars' 14-nomination record.
One Battle After Another, meanwhile, is up for 13 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Other movies that could be named Best Picture include Bugonia, F1, Hamnet, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia) are up for Best Actress.
Best Actor nominees include Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hake (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent).
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Best performance by an actor in a leading role Oscar winner Adrien Brody of "The Brutalist" celebrates backstage during the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 2, 2025. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo