Though the odds of them screwing up the Best Picture announcement two years in a row are extremely slim, there are still a lot of reasons to watch the 2018 Oscars. Most importantly, the 90th Academy Awards come at a pivotal time in the entertainment industry, when the #MeToo movement has rippled well beyond just film and television.

This will be a night that must deliver some powerful speeches, where the most powerful people in Hollywood can directly confront the shadows in the industry.

The list of nominations is mostly right this year—specifically, giving Get Out (which was largely ignored at the Golden Globes) four major nominations: The film was nominated for Best Picture, Jordan Peele for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Daniel Kaluuya for Best Actor. Peele is the first African-American ever nominated for directing, writing, and producing in the same year. After being passed over for Best Director at the Golden Globes, Greta Gerwig received a Best Director nomination for her coming-of-age film Lady Bird, which was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, and Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf.

Beyond the awards they'll be handing out to A-list celebrities (and then the lesser-known production designers, editors, and short filmmakers), there will be a slate of potentially excellent performers. Mary J. Blige, who is also nominated for Best Supporting Actress, will sing "Mighty River" from Mudbound, Common and Andra Day will unite for Marshall's "Stand Up for Something," Coco voice actor Gael Garcia Bernal will join Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade to perform "Remember Me," Keala Settle will bring down the house with "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman, and Sufjan Stevens might just reduce us all to sloppy, teary messes with "Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name.

Those are all some very worthwhile reasons to watch history (hopefully) go down at the 2018 Oscars. So, how can you watch the Oscars?



Well, you can do it the OG way of tuning into ABC on March 4 at 6:30 p.m. ET for the red carpet and the ceremony at 8 p.m. ET. It's also available to stream at http://abc.go.com/watch-live in available markets.

If you're some sort of cord-cutting millennial, you can also watch the Oscars on Hulu, YouTube, Sling TV, DirecTV, and PlayStation Vue in selected markets. I've also heard that certain "social news aggregation" sites have specific pages dedicated to streaming events like this. Though, I'd never advocate for such things.

Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.

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