When Are the 2023 Oscars and Everything Else You Need to Know

The 95th Academy Awards takes place this weekend. And while some categories seem locked at this point — Ke Huy Quan for Best Supporting Actor, Avatar: The Way of Water for Best Visual Effects — plenty are up in the air. Will Austin Butler or Brendan Fraser win Best Actor? And who's going to win Best Supporting Actress between Angela Bassett, Kerry Condon, and Jamie Lee Curtis? As movie's big night approaches, we're keeping a close eye on these particularly tight races.

Everything Everywhere All At Once, the Daniels' multiverse dramedy, leads the pack with scoring 11 nominations total for the 2023 Oscars. The Banshees of Inisherin or All Quiet on the Western Front followed close behind with nine nominations apiece. 

Baz Luhrmann's musical biopic Elvis has also gained much momentum with eight nominations. And while Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans scored seven total, Todd Field's Tár earned six nominations. Meanwhile, Top Gun: Maverick and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were the two sequel films that won big with six and five nominations, respectively.

Besides Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, and All Quiet on the Western Front, the films nominated for Best Picture include Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

Here's everything we know so far about the 2023 Oscars.

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On March 6, Fandom shared its list of 2023 Oscar winner predictions according to fans. The platform used first-party data points to discover who fans across the U.S. would pick for Best Actor and Best Actress, and which film would take home the big prize of Best Picture.

Fandom also broke down the results by state. For Best Picture, Avatar: The Way of Water is the favorite to win in 15 states. It's followed by Top Gun: Maverick, which 13 states selected as the top pick. 

As for Best Actor, 17 states selected Brendan Fraser as the one to take home the title. Colin Farrell was another strong contender, being the top pick in 16 states.

And who was fan-favorite for Best Actress? Cate Blanchett was the pick in the most number of states —18 total — while Michelle Yeoh trailed with 11 states choosing her as the one to win.

Who is presenting at the 2023 Oscars?

See below for the full list of presenters at the 2023 Oscars.

Who will be performing at the 2023 Oscars?

Rihanna will be performing the track "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The song marks the artist's first Oscar nomination, and was produced by Rihanna along with Tems, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson — and features lyrics from Tems and Coogler. "Lift Me Up" was nominated for Best Original Song. 

 Sofia Carson and Diane Warren are set to perform the Oscar-nominated "Applause," which comes from the anthology film Tell It Like a Woman. The music and lyrics of the track are by Warren, and this is her 14th nomination.

David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu — who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once — and music trio Son Lux are joining the lineup of performers. They will play the track "This Is A Life" from the Daniels' film. And the Oscar-nominated "Naatu Naatu" from RRR will be performed live by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava.

Who is nominated for the 2023 Oscars?

Here's the full list of 2023 Oscar nominations from Variety. Nominations for the 2023 Oscars were announced on Jan. 24 by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.

When are the 2023 Oscars?

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place on Sunday March 12, 2023. In past years, the ceremony began at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. 

Where can I watch the 2023 Oscars?

The 95th Academy Awards will be televised live on ABC. 

Who is hosting the 2023 Oscars?

On Nov. 7, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the Academy Awards. This will be his third time hosting, after taking on the role in 2017 and 2018.