Oscars® Governors Ball Returns For 65th Year

The 96th Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 10, 2024

The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 96th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 10, returns for its 65th year.

  • Wolfgang Puck Catering celebrates its 30th year at the Governors Ball with a menu created by Wolfgang Puck and Eric Klein, and pastry design by Kamel Guechida and Garry Larduinat
  • Acclaimed mixologist Charles Joly returns – joined by Mexico’s 2023 World Class Bartender of the Year, Israel Barón – to curate a selection of Tequila Don Julio specialty cocktails, including “1942 Encore” and “Round of Applause”
  • Champagne Fleur de MIRAVAL – the only Champagne house exclusively devoted to Rosé – returns for a third consecutive year
  • For a second consecutive year, Clarendelle & Domaine Clarence Dillon wines will be the exclusive red and white wines poured at the Governors Ball and other Oscar-related events

The Governors Ball will take place in the Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of Ovation Hollywood immediately following the Oscars broadcast.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast in more than 200 outlets worldwide from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the new time of 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT with Executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.

The producers will continue to announce talent joining the show in the coming weeks.

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