89th Academy Awards
| 89th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 26, 2017 |
| Site |
Dolby Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S |
| Hosted by | Jimmy Kimmel |
| Produced by |
Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd |
| Highlights | |
| Most nominations | La La Land (14) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2016 and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 26, 2017. During the ceremony, AMPAS will present Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, will be produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd. Late night personality Jimmy Kimmel will host the ceremony for the first time.
In related events, the Academy held its 8th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2016. On February 11, 2017, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement will be presented by John Cho and Leslie Mann.
The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2017, at 5:18 a.m. PST (13:18 UTC; 8:18 a.m. EST) by directors Guillermo del Toro, Jason Reitman, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actresses Brie Larson, Marcia Gay Harden, Glenn Close, Gabourey Sidibe and Jennifer Hudson, and actors Terrence Howard, Ken Watanabe, Demián Bichir and writer Dustin Lance Black. For the first time in the Academy's history the nominees were revealed via global live stream at the Academy's official websites (oscars.org and oscars.com), and through local broadcasters, including Good Morning America.La La Land received the most nominations with a record-tying fourteen (1950's All About Eve and 1997's Titanic also achieved this distinction);Arrival and Moonlight came in second with eight apiece.
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