Jimmy Kimmel hosted the main ceremony at the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024. The Academy announced 41 presenters across three slates. Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough hosted the separate official red-carpet show, not the awards ceremony.
Who hosted the main 2024 Oscars ceremony?
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 96th Academy Awards, held Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The Academy announced his return on November 15, 2023, and described it as his fourth time hosting the broadcast. He had previously hosted the 2017, 2018 and 2023 ceremonies. The Academy’s host announcement quoted Kimmel: “I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times.”
ABC aired the ceremony live in the United States, and the Academy said the broadcast reached more than 200 territories worldwide.
Who presented awards at the 2024 Oscars?
The Academy announced 41 presenters in three releases: 13 names on February 26, 12 on February 29, and 16 on March 5, 2024. The lists below reflect the Academy-announced roster; they are not a minute-by-minute record of every person who appeared onstage.
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First slate: February 26
- Mahershala Ali
- Nicolas Cage
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Brendan Fraser
- Jessica Lange
- Matthew McConaughey
- Lupita Nyong’o
- Al Pacino
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Ke Huy Quan
- Sam Rockwell
- Michelle Yeoh
- Zendaya
Second slate: February 29
- Bad Bunny
- Chris Hemsworth
- Dwayne Johnson
- Michael Keaton
- Regina King
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Kate McKinnon
- Rita Moreno
- John Mulaney
- Catherine O’Hara
- Octavia Spencer
- Ramy Youssef
Final announced slate: March 5
- Emily Blunt
- Cynthia Erivo
- America Ferrera
- Sally Field
- Ryan Gosling
- Ariana Grande
- Ben Kingsley
- Melissa McCarthy
- Issa Rae
- Tim Robbins
- Steven Spielberg
- Mary Steenburgen
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Charlize Theron
- Christoph Waltz
- Forest Whitaker
Who hosted the Oscars red carpet?
Vanessa Hudgens hosted the official Oscars Red Carpet Show, with Julianne Hough as co-host. It was a separate lead-in to the main ceremony: the Academy scheduled the red-carpet show for 6:30 p.m. EDT / 3:30 p.m. PDT and the Kimmel-hosted ceremony for 7 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. PDT. The Academy’s March 6 announcement identifies the red-carpet roles and schedule.
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At a glance: the 2024 Oscars roles
| Role | Who | What it covered |
|---|---|---|
| Main ceremony host | Jimmy Kimmel | The 96th Academy Awards broadcast |
| Official red-carpet show hosts | Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough | The separate pre-ceremony lead-in |
| Announced presenters | 41 people named across three Academy releases | The Academy-announced presenter roster |
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