The Oscars 2016, or the 88th Academy Awards, are going down on Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, USA. For viewers in India, that interprets to an early Monday morning wake-up time. If you are up and making an attempt to watch, or studying this from wherever else in the world, this is what it is best to know.
Live telecast of Oscars 2016 from Hollywood will start at 5:30am. That’s when the crimson carpet ceremony kicks off, although the awards themselves will solely begin at 7am. You can watch the awards ceremony in your tv clearly, however there are additionally methods to dwell stream it in most nations. Here’s how one can watch the Oscars on-line:
If you are in India
You can both change to Star Movies, Star Movies HD or Star Movies Select HD in your tv set, or open up Hotstar in your laptop or cell gadget. Watching Oscars 2016 on TV is clearly the simplest way to do that, but when you have not subscribed to these channels, the Hotstar app is free to use and the efficiency is fairly good, although the display may pixellate just a little typically.
The solely draw back is that Hotstar does not help display casting units akin to Chromecast or Teewe so you should have to watch on the small display.
Of course, when streaming, though the app itself is free, you are going to have to pay for the bandwidth that is used, in order that’s one factor to hold in thoughts in case you are planning to watch Oscars 2016 by way of your cell community.
Outside India
If you are in the US, you may watch the live-stream of the Oscars 2016 on the official website. In different nations, you will have to test the totally different channels web sites and apps – in the UK, for instance, you may watch Oscars 2016 with Sky Movies Oscar, and you will want a Now TV films cross to stream the present, whereas the Nine community has the rights in Australia, and HBO will probably be airing the ceremony in many Asian markets, together with Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.
What all is on the Oscars 2016 schedule?
On internet hosting duties is comic and actor Chris Rock – recognized for his HBO comedy specials and the Madagascar movie sequence – who’s returning to the helm after first taking the job again in 2005. That 12 months, Million Dollar Baby received the necessary awards and though The Aviator received the most awards with 5, Leonardo DiCaprio – nominated for the latter in Best Actor class – wasn’t considered one of them.
Since then, DiCaprio has been nominated two extra occasions with out success, and this 12 months’s nomination for The Revenant – launched on Friday – marks his fourth try to get his arms on the Oscar statuette. The Revenant is considered one of eight films preventing it out for the coveted Best Picture award at the 2016 Oscars, and talking of nominations this is a trailer for all and how one can catch them after watching the ceremony.
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The Oscars 2016 Best Pictures nominees
The Big Short
Other nominations: Christian Bale for Best Supporting Actor; Adam McKay for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, the latter together with Charles Randolph
How you may watch it: iTunes US
Bridge of Spies
Other nominations: Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor; Matt Charman and the Coen brothers for Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Original Score; Best Production Design; and Best Sound Mixing
How you may watch it: Out on Blu-ray, iTunes US
Brooklyn
Other nominations: Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress; Best Adapted Screenplay
How you may watch it: iTunes US
Mad Max: Fury Road
Other nominations: George Miller for Best Director; Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing; Best Production Design; Best Costume Design; Best Makeup and Hairstyling; Best Visual Effects; Best Sound Mixing; Best Sound Editing
How you may watch it: Out on Blu-ray, iTunes India, Google Play Store
The Martian
Other nominations: Matt Damon for Best Actor; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Visual Effects; Best Production Design; Best Sound Mixing; Best Sound Editing
How you may watch it: Out on Blu-ray, iTunes India, Google Play Store
The Revenant
Other nominations: Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor; Alejandro G. Iñárritu for Best Director; Tom Hardy for Best Supporting Actor; Emmanuel Lubezki for Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing; Best Costume Design; Best Sound Editing; Best Sound Mixing; Best Makeup and Hairstyling; Best Visual Effects; Best Production Design
How you may watch it: Out in cinema halls
Room
Other nominations: Brie Larson for Best Actress; Lenny Abrahamson for Best Director; Best Adapted Screenplay
How you may watch it: Out in cinema halls
Spotlight
Other nominations: Mark Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor; Rachel McAdams for Best Supporting Actress; Tom McCarthy for Best Director; Best Original Screenplay; and Best Film Editing
How you may watch it: Out in cinema halls
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