- The Oscars 2025 is happening next month
- Emilia Perez leads the nominations with 13
- These are the presenters
The Oscars 2025 will see a whole host of big names take to the stage to give out the hotly anticipated awards at the ceremony on 2 March.
The stars expected to take to the stage at the 97th Academy Awards include previous winners Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, and Whoopi Goldberg. They also include Scarlett Johansson, Elle Fanning and Amy Poehler.
Conclave star John Lithgow will also do the honours alongside Thelma star June Squibb and Wicked’s Bowen Yang.
The above will join 2024’s acting winners, meaning Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr, Poor Things’ Emma Stone and The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph.
Read more: Everything we know about the Oscars 2025
Who is nominated at the Oscars 2025?
Emilia Perez leads on the night with 13 nods, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and others.
Already a film clouded in controversy for how it depicted being transgender and Mexico, it got into extra hot water when bigoted social media posts from its star Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced.
Emilia Pérez shouldn’t lose at the Oscars because of Karla Sofía Gascón’s past tweets. It should lose because it’s an absolutely terrible movie.
— Adam Feldman (@FeldmanAdam) February 6, 2025
On a less scandalous note, The Brutalist, The Substance and Wicked both follow behind with 10 nods.
The Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown, papal thriller Conclave and indie Anora are also in contention to win big.
What else is expected to happen?
The night is expected to follow on from the Grammys and honour those affected by the recent wildfires that ravaged Southern California.
Comedian and late-night legend Conan O’Brien will be hosting the night and praised the decision. His home in the Pacific Palisades stayed standing but his family has been unable to return.
“I know so many people who lost their homes, and I’m just ridiculously lucky,” O’Brien told The Associated Press. “So we want to make sure that that show reflects what’s happening and that we put a light on the right people in the right way.”
Read more: How 2025 Oscars will honour LA after wildfires
His podcast host and assistant, Sona Movsesian, lost her house in the blaze.
The ceremony’s organisers said the show will “celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires.”
