The stars will shine bright at the 96th Annual Academy Awards which will take place March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The Oscars will be hosted for the fourth time by Emmy Award-winning comedian Jimmy Kimmel and air live on ABC TV at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). Emmy-nominated Molly McNearney will return for a second consecutive year as executive producer of the show.

"We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars," said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Yang. "They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience. We are deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly and their teams for their incredible creativity and partnership and for going on this ride with us again."

"I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times," said Kimmel.

"Jimmy has cemented himself as one of the all-time great Oscars hosts with his perfect blend of humanity and humor, and Molly is one of the best live TV producers around," said Oscars executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan. "We are delighted to be working with them and their teams on the show."

"After his triumphant return to the Oscars stage last year, we are honored to have Jimmy back to guide us through one of the most beloved celebrations in entertainment," stated Craig Erwich, president of ABC Entertainment, Hulu and Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals. He is such a valuable member of our Disney family, and we could not be more appreciative of him and his entire team," said Craig Erwich, president of ABC Entertainment, Hulu and Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals. "We are also grateful to have the multitalented Molly back on the producing team, and we have no doubt that this year will be a spectacular night celebrating the biggest films of the year."

"I'm especially honored to be part of the Oscars team this year," added McNearney who serves as executive producer and co-head writer for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

N2Entertainment.net will be on the scene once again to cover the Oscars and will bring you the behind-the-scenes notable quotes from the night's biggest winners.

Take a look at the nominees for the 96th Annual Academy Awards and who N2Entertainment.net believes should win (bolded) the coveted Oscar.

BEST PICTURE:
"American Fiction" (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers)
"Anatomy of a Fall" (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers)
"Barbie" (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers)
"The Holdovers" (Mark Johnson, Producer)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers)
Editor's Note: Although "Oppenheimer" has stormed through the entire Awards Season and will be rewarded on the biggest stage Sunday night, Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" is also a masterful cinematic achievement.
"Maestro" (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers)
"Oppenheimer" (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
"Past Lives" (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers)
Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers)
"The Zone of Interest" (James Wilson, Producer)

BEST DIRECTING
Justine Triet ("Anatomy of a Fall")
Martin Scorsese ("Killers of the Flower Moon")
Christopher Nolan ("Oppenheimer")
Yorgos Lanthimos ("Poor Things")
Jonathan Glazer ("The Zone of Interest")
Editor's Note: For me this category is between Scorsese and Christopher Nolan. Nolan has the momentum, is dserving and long overdue for an Oscar win.

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Bradley Cooper ("Maestro")
Colman Domingo ("Rustin")
Paul Giamatti ("The Holdovers")
Cillian Murphy ("Oppenheimer")
Jeffrey Wright ("American Fiction")
Editor's Note: Jeffrey Wright's performance in "American Fiction" is just great. This category is so loaded with talent. Cillian Murphy should pull this one out, but it wouldn't surprise me and I wouldn't be sad if Paul Giamatti walks away victorious either.

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Annette Bening ("Nyad")
Lily Gladstone ("Killers of the Flower Moon")
Sandra Huller ("Anatomy of a Fall")
Carey Mulligan ("Maestro")
Emma Stone ("Poor Things")
Editor's Note: Lily Gladstone leads this pack, but Sandra Huller and Emma Stone could prevail.

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Sterling K. Brown ("American Fiction")
Robert De Niro ("Killers of the Flower Moon")
Robert Downey Jr. ("Oppenheimer")
Ryan Gosling ("Barbie")
Mark Ruffalo ("Poor Things")
Editor's Note: If Ryan Gosling wins for "Barbie" I'll fall flat out of my press chair.

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks ("The Color Purple")
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph ("The Holdovers")
Editor's Note: I know. I know. Da'Vine Joy Randolph has blown through and cleaned up on the awards circuit as well. It's too bad there aren't ties here because Brooks was fantastic in "The Color Purple." Both of them delivered exceptional performances.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
"American Fiction" (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson)
"Barbie" (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
"Oppenheimer" (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan)
"Poor Things" (Screenplay by Tony McNamara)
"The Zone of Interest" (Written by Jonathan Glazer)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
"Anatomy of a Fall" (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari)
"The Holdovers" (Written by David Hemingson)
"Maestro" (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
"May December" (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
"Past Lives" (Written by Celine Song)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)
Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estape and Sandra Tapia Diaz)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:
Bobi Wine: The People's President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha)
To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)
20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
"Io Capitano" (Italy)
"Perfect Days" (Japan)
"Society of the Snow" (Spain)
"The Teacher's Lounge"(Germany)
"The Zone of Interest" (United Kingdom)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam)
Pachyderme (Stephanie Clement and Marc Rius)
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker)

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM:
"The After" (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
"Invincible" (Vincent Rene-Lortie and Samuel Caron)
"Knight of Fortune" (Lasse Lyskjaer Noer and Christian Norlyk)
"Red, White and Blue" (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane)
"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:
"The ABCs of Book Banning" (Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic)
"The Barber of Little Rock" (John Hoffman and Christine Turner)
"Island in Between" (S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien)
"The Last Repair Shop" (Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers)
"Nai Nai & Wai Po" (Sean Wang and Sam Davis)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
"El Conde" (Edward Lachman)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Rodrigo Prieto)
"Maestro" (Matthew Libatique)
"Oppenheimer" (Hoyte van Hoytema)
"Poor Things" (Robbie Ryan)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
"Barbie" (Jacqueline Durran)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Jacqueline West)
"Napoleon" (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
"Oppenheimer" (Ellen Mirojnick)
"Poor Things" (Holly Waddington)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
"Golda" (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue)
"Maestro" (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell)
"Oppenheimer" (Luisa Abel)
"Poor Things" (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston)
"Society of the Snow (Ana Lopez-Puigcerver, David Marti and Montse Ribe)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
"I'm Just Ken" from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
"It Never Went Away" from American Symphony (Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon (Music and Lyric by Scott George)
"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
"American Fiction" (Laura Karpman)
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (John Williams)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Robbie Robertson)
"Oppenheimer" (Ludwig Goransson)
"Poor Things" (Jerskin Fendrix)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
"Barbie" (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
"Napoleon" (Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff)
"Oppenheimer" (Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman)
"Poor Things" (Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek)

BEST FILM EDITIG:
"Anatomy of a Fall" (Laurent Senechal)
"The Holdovers" (Kevin Tent)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" (Thelma Schoonmaker)
"Oppenheimer"(Jennifer Lame)
"Poor Things" (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

BEST SOUND:
"The Creator" (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
"Maestro" (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
"Mission: Impossible--Dead Reckoning Part One" (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)
"Oppenheimer" (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell)
"The Zone of Interest" (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
"The Creator" (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
"Godzilla: Minus One" (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima)
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" (Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek)
"Mission: Impossible--Dead Reckoning, Part One" (Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould)
"Napoleon" (Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould)

Editor's Note: Don't miss the 96th Annual Academy Awards airing live March 10 on ABC TV at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).

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