The year’s biggest awards ceremony in the world of cinema, 90th Academy Awards also known as Oscars 2018 is ready to take place on Sunday, March 4 at 5.00 p.m. PST or 8.00 pm EST. The awards night is conducted to honour the best of cinema in the year 2017 by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Hollywood fans back in India will get to catch the live action unfold on March 5, early Monday morning at 6.30 am IST (with a repeat telecast at 8.30 pm IST) on Star India TV channels.

Oscar 2018 nominations in 24 categories were announced earlier the year on January 23. Being the most coveted awards show, the live coverage is done by ABC while in India the live telecast of Academy Awards 2018 will be done by Star India Network. There are several live online streaming options available apart from TV coverage. The article provides all details on how to watch Oscars 2018 live telecast and streaming in India including the red carpet coverage beginning at 6.30 pm EST or 3.30 pm PST or 5.00 pm IST.

How to Watch Oscar Awards 2018 on Television – Channels in India, US and Worldwide

On Sunday, March 4, the 90th Academy Awards will be aired live from Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) throughout the United States of America. Because Oscars has a wide following across the globe, there are several television networks that will broadcast the event live to their drawing rooms. In Indian sub-continent, Star India network will be providing live telecast of Academy Awards 2018. Fans can tune into these TV channels, Star Movies, Star Movies HD and Star Movies Premiere HD to catch everything from Oscars Red Carpet, Oscars Music Moments, and the main 2018 Oscar winner declarations. Oscars 2018 Live Streaming: Everything You Need to Know About When and Where to Watch 90th Annual Academy Awards.

We have also listed down few television network channels of the major places to track Oscars 2018 live. Africa - M-Net, Asia - HBO Asia, Australia - Nine Network, Canada - CTV Television Network, Brazil - Globo, China - Mango TV or CCTV-6, Italy - Sky Italia, Japan - Wowow or NHK, Germany - ProSieben, France - Canal+ France, New Zealand - Sky Network, Russia - Chanel One, United Kingdom – Sky.

How to Watch Oscar Awards 2018 Live Streaming Online – Official 90th Academy Awards Website

If you are struggling to tune into television channels broadcasting Oscars 2018, do not fret over it. If you’re living in the States, you can follow live awards ceremony via the live-stream on the website ABC.com. Yes, ABC is ensuring to provide options to catch up on 90th Academy Awards in full blast, be it television or online, the reputed network is leaving no stones unturned to make the event a hit amongst the audiences. Viewers can also watch via the ABC app for various mobile and smart-TV platforms. Moving to the Indian audiences, the star-lit evening of Academy Awards 2018 can be followed with live streaming on Hotstar.

Who is the Host of Oscar Awards 2018? And, 90th Academy Awards Presenters and Performers

Comedian and television personality Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the 90th Academy Awards. And, this makes it second year in the row for talk show host since American actor-producer Billy Crystal hosted back-to-back Oscars in 1997 and 1998.

Oscars 2018 Presenters are - Laura Dern, Wes Studi, Chadwick Boseman, Armie Hammer, Patrick Stewart, Viola Davis, Zendaya, Mahershala Ali, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Bailey, Gal Gadot, Greta Gerwig, Helen Mirren, Margot Robbie, Emily Blunt, Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Eugenio Derbez, Ansel Elgort, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Eiza González, Ashley Judd, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o, Christopher Walken and more.

Oscars 2018 Performers are - Harold Wheeler, Mary J. Blige, Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Moses Sumney, Chris Thile, Gael García Bernal, Miguel, Natalia Lafourcade, Andra Day, Common and Keala Settle.

What are major Oscar Awards 2018 Nominations Highlights?

As many as seven movies are going head to head to bag the Oscars 2018 for Best Picture. They are Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It is going to be extremely tough to pick one up, but our bet is on Get Out, The Shape of Water or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Coming to Best Director award, our pick is Guillermo del Toro picking Oscars 2018 for The Shape of Water and beating other nominees Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Jordan Peele (Get Out), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread).

Moving to Oscars 2018 for Best Actor with nominees being Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq), our pick is Gary Oldman’s splendid performance as Winston Churchill! Time for Oscars 2018 for Best Actress. The nominees are Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saorise Ronan (Lady Bird), and Meryl Streep (The Post). The heart wants Meryl Streep to win her fourth Academy Awards with The Post (she is impressive as Katharine Graham) but mind points Frances McDormand to be the ultimate winner. Here's Complete Oscar 2018 Nominations: List Movies & Actors Nominated for Various Categories of 90th Academy Award. For now, let us keep our fingers crossed.

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