The Oscars Is Back On Astro! Here's How You Can Watch It For FREE

The 92^nd installment of the Oscars is set to take place on 10 February (Monday), 9am at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

You can catch all of your favourite stars and movie makers at the prestigious film award ceremony exclusively LIVE on Hello (Astro Ch 110) and Astro Ria (Astro Ch 104) on 10 February 2020, 9am.

The Oscars red carpet event will start at 7.30am on both channels.

As usual, fans and critics have come up with their own slate of predictions.

Some titles even made history such as ‘Parasite’, which became the first South Korean movie to be nominated in the Best Picture and Best Director category. The filmed picked up a total of six nominations.

So, to prep you up for the big day, why don’t you spend some time over the weekend binge-watching these Oscar-nominated films that are available on Astro On Demand.

#1 ‘Joker’

Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Score Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing

#2 ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’

Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design

#3 ‘Parasite’

Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing

#4 ‘Rocketman’

Nominated for: Best Original Song

#5 ‘Maleficent 2’

Nominated for: Best Makeup and Hairstyling

#5 'Ad Astra’

Nominated for: Best Sound Mixing

#6 ‘The Lion King’

Nominated for: Best Visual Effects

There will be a total of 24 categories up for grabs this year. Here are 10 of it. To view the rest, click here.

NOMINATIONS

1. Best Picture * Ford v Ferrari * The Irishman * Jojo Rabbit * Joker * Little Women * Marriage Story * 1917 * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood * Parasite

2. Best Actor * Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) * Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) * Adam Driver (Marriage Story) * Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) * Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

3. Best Actress * Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) * Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) * Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) * Charlize Theron (Bombshell) * Renee Zellweger (Judy)

4. Best Supporting Actor * Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) * Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes) * Al Pacino (The Irishman) * Joe Pesci (The Irishman) * Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

5. Best Supporting Actress * Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell) * Laura Dern (Marriage Story) * Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit) * Florence Pugh (Little Women) * Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

6. Best Director * Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) * Todd Phillips (Joker) * Sam Mendes (1917) * Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) * Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)

7. Best Animated Film * How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois) * I Lost My Body (Jeremy Clapin) * Klaus (Sergio Pablos) * Missing Link (Chris Butler) * Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley)

8. Best Original Screenplay * Knives Out (Rian Johnson) * Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach) * 1917 (Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns) * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino) * Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han)

9. Best Cinematography * The Irishman (Rodrigo Prieto) * Joker (Lawrence Sher) * The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke) * 1917 (Roger Deakins) * Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Robert Richardson)