
With that, hope you’re not too sleep-deprived after losing an hour of z’s, especially with so much to watch and not enough hours in the day to do it. I’ll see you back here next week for the return of Yellowjackets and Florence Pugh like you’ve never seen her before in the new film, A Good Person.
Sunday, March 12
On the Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95 (ABC): The pre-preshow (which runs for three hours) for those who can’t get enough of movie’s biggest night. 1 p.m. ET, noon CT, 10 a.m. PT
E! Live From the Red Carpet__ __(E!): A look at the stars as they arrive on the red carpet outside the Dolby Theater. 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. PT
Countdown to the Oscars (ABC): Ashley Graham and Lilly Singh are two of the hosts for the Oscars preshow. The 90-minute show will include interviews with nominees, presenters, and performers, as well as a behind-the-scenes look. 6:30 p.m. ET, 5:30 p.m. CT, 3:30 p.m. PT
95th Academy Awards (ABC): Jimmy Kimmel returns as host after a (can you believe it?) five-year absence, with 2018 being his last time holding court. “Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap,” he said in a press release. “Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after everyone good said no.”
Rihanna will perform for the first time since her much-talked-about Super Bowl performance, singing “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Meanwhile, Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s “This Is a Life” will be performed by David Byrne, Son Lux, and actor Stephanie Hsu, who steps in for original performer Mitski. For “Tell It Like a Woman,” Sofia Carson will be accompanied by Diane Warren. RRR‘s “Naatu Naatu” will also be performed. The only nominated song that won’t be performed is “Hold My Hand,” from Top Gun: Maverick, and sung by Lady Gaga. Oscars EP Glenn Weiss says they’ve invited all five nominees to perform, but Gaga is currently filming a movie right now, and “it doesn’t feel like she can get a performance [together]” that’s up to her standards. “But she’s making a movie, and we completely understand that’s the priority in this business [especially] when we’re honoring movies,” he said at a press conference this past Wednesday.
Presenters include Halle Berry, Paul Dano, Cara Delevingne, Harrison Ford, Kate Hudson, Mindy Kaling, Eva Longoria, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth Olsen, Pedro Pascal, John Travolta, Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña, Donnie Yen, Halle Bailey, Antonio Banderas, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Grant, Danai Gurira, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Florence Pugh, Sigourney Weaver, and more.