The curtain will go up in a few hours on the 88th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Host Chris Rock is expected to, ah, rock the house — and he will have plenty of material with the controversy about the lack of diversity in Hollywood hanging over the glam event.
Here’s more on the controversy from ABC News and why it matters on Hollywood’s biggest night.
The list of nominees here. More on the Oscars on the Hollywood Reporter.
Plenty of Oscar events today, but the major ones will be on ABC. That network will broadcast the official pre-show at 4 p.m., Pacific Time, followed by the ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
Fronnie Lewis
Fronnie Lewis is the editor of mediacitygroove.com. She has an extensive background in newsgathering and writing, including more than two decades as a newswriter at KNBC-TV Los Angeles. She graduated from Stanford University, where she studied journalism and broadcast news.
