The climax of the awards season has arrived…
And it’s the year of the Irish as our chances of bagging a statuette are more favourable than ever.
Both Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and John Crowley’s Brooklyn have been given 4 and 3 nods respectively, with Lenny also nominated for Best Director.
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) goes head to head with Brie Larson (Room) for Best Actress, and Michael Fassbender is in there for Best Actor in Steve Jobs.
Stutterer by Irish Director is in there for best live action short.
As we prepare to turn the red carpet green, here’s what you need to know.
What?
The 88th Academy Awards
Where?
The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
When?
Stars will arrive on the red carpet from about 4pm PST and the ceremony will start around 5pm. For us that means a late night – red carpet starting midnight Irish time and ceremony at 1:30am and going on until 5am.
How?
Sky Living will start with a red carpet preview from 11:30pm. E! will be live from 10:30pm.
For the full ceremony, viewers will need to tune into Sky’s Oscars-only channel, Sky 331/Virgin Media 307.
For the highlights, tune into RTÉ 2 on Monday evening at 9pm.
Meanwhile, check out our Oscar’s social media predictions.
