Stream the 2026 Oscar Nominations Live Online

The countdown to the 2026 Oscar nominations has officially begun. On Thursday, January 22, Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman will announce the nominees for the 98th Academy Awards. This highly anticipated event starts at 5:30 a.m. PT and will be available for streaming on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, and various social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

In addition, viewers can watch the announcement on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” with “ABC News Live” accessible via Disney+ and Hulu. With a competitive best picture race anticipated, many awards watchers are eager to see how nominations will unfold.

Expected Nominations

Variety’s senior awards editor, Clayton Davis, has predicted the following titles may receive nominations:

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Two films, “Sinners” by Ryan Coogler and “One Battle After Another” by Paul Thomas Anderson, are expected to be front-runners. Both films have the potential to challenge the record of 14 nominations held by “All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997), and “La La Land” (2016).

New Category and Acting Predictions

This year marks a significant change in the Academy Awards, as a new category for best casting has been introduced. This expansion brings the total number of categories to 24, with the best picture category limited to 10 nominees.

In the acting categories, Davis forecasts a competitive lineup. For best actor, he predicts nominations for:

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Chalamet arrives on nomination morning following a Golden Globe win that puts him ahead of DiCaprio.

For best actress, expected nominees include:

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

A Look Ahead to the Ceremony

Conan O’Brien will return as the host for this year’s Oscars after a successful debut in 2025, which attracted the show’s largest audience in five years. The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre, airing live on ABC and streaming on Hulu.

Be sure to stream the 2026 Oscar nominations live online and stay tuned for updates on the nominees and the ceremony.