The 88 Oscar Academy Awards will be screened live from
Hollywood on M-Net Movies Premiere, channel 103 on DStv, early this morning (Monday,
February 29, 2016, at 03h30, while viewers who don’t want to get up in the wee
hours of the morning to watch this big event, can still enjoy it on M-Net
Channel 101 tomorrow evening (Monday) at 19h30 (prime-time). The latter is a
delayed broadcast.
The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards were announced on
January 14, 2016, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California,
by directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, Academy president Cheryl Boone
Isaacs, and actor John Krasinski.
The Revenant
received the most nominations with 12 in total, with Mad Max: Fury Road coming in second with ten. For the second
consecutive year, a film directed by Alejandro G Iñárritu received the most
nominations.
The host of this year’s show is comedian and actor Chris
Rock.
For more information on the nominees visit http://www.dstv.com/en-za/news/oscar-nominees-announced-20160114
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