Oscars 2023: When is it? Where can you watch it? And why is it called an ‘Oscar’?

For those watching outside the U.S., the Oscars website provides a guide covering what international outlets carry the event.

The Oscars ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who is likely hoping to avoid any incidents like last year’s where Will Smith smacked Chris Rock. “It’s still shocking that that happened,” Kimmel told People magazine.

Then again, Kimmel was the host in 2017, when the infamous mix-up happened with “La La Land” initially being announced as the Best Picture winner instead of the actual victor, “Moonlight.”

Among the most nominated movies this year: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (11 nominations), “All Quiet on the Western Front” (nine nominations) and “The Banshees of Inisherin” (nine nominations). All three of those films are vying for Best Picture, along with “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Women Talking” and “Triangle of Sadness.”

The 2023 ceremony will feature such high-profile presenters as Harrison Ford, Halle Berry, Michael B. Jordan, Dwayne Johnson, Melissa McCarthy, Mindy Kaling, Eva Longoria, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andie MacDowell, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Hugh Grant, Nicole Kidman, Sigourney Weaver and John Travolta.

Musical performers include Rihanna, David Byrne and Lenny Kravitz.

For those who want to begin their Oscars festivities early, there are two pre-show ABC broadcasts: “On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95,” which begins at 1 p.m. Eastern, and “Countdown to the Oscars,” which begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Pre-show coverage can also be streamed on ABC News Live beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

And while we’re talking everything Oscars, here’s another thing to consider: How did the award get its name? Apparently, there’s no straight answer.

Some sources say it may have come from the famed actress Bette Davis, who observed that the backside of the statuette reminded her of her husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson. But others say Margaret Herrick, the onetime executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, coined the name because the trophy bore a resemblance to her uncle Oscar. And still others point to gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky as having created the name.

No matter: The “Oscar” name has stuck. Enjoy the show.