The Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, kicks off live on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26, with a 7 p.m. ET preshow and 8:30 p.m. ceremony

Hollywood’s biggest night is coming to you live and uncut from PEOPLE & Entertainment Weekly’s Red Carpet Live streaming pre-show, with exclusive access to the stars and all the buzz from the Academy Awards.

The livestream kicks off Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. ET. Celebrity guests will give viewers a glimpse behind the scenes as they get ready for the red carpet, and expert editors from across the Time Inc. family will join in to talk fashion and film.

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PEOPLE Deputy Editor JD Heyman and Lola Ogunnaike, host of PEOPLE/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN’s) Entertainment Weekly: The Show, will be on the red carpet in LA., while PEOPLE Now hosts Jeremy Parsons and Andrea Boehlke will lead the panel discussions from the NY studio with the Time Inc. experts.

With PEOPLE’s Oscars Fan Experience, viewers can participate by sending in videos about their favorites to win an Oscar to Burst.com/Oscars. Through the Oscars Fan Experience Sweepstakes, hundreds of VIP subscribers will sit in front-row seats at the Oscars red carpet, followed by an exclusive viewing party right across the street from the ceremony.

And PEOPLE and EW editorial director Jess Cagle will give a behind-the-scenes look at Oscars prep.

PEN will also debut a Red Carpet Fashion Wrap-Up the morning after the big night, and videos on demand will be available after the show.

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The Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, kicks off live on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26, with a 7 p.m. ET preshow and 8:30 p.m. ceremony.