Vanity Fair is preparing to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night of the year — the 2026 Oscars — and will take viewers along for the ride.
On Sunday, March 15, stars will descend on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to honor the best films of the past year. Immediately after the ceremony, attendees will make their way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to drink and dance the night away at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Other stars who did not attend the Oscars have also been known to join the festivities.
This year’s event will mark the magazine’s 32nd Oscar Party. Past parties were held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.
While the afterparty is closed to anyone not on the guest list, fans will still be able to catch celebrity arrivals via Vanity Fair’s designated red-carpet livestream.
Where and when will the red-carpet livestream be available to watch?
The Vanity Fair Oscar Party red-carpet livestream will be available to watch on vanityfair.com and Vanity Fair’s YouTube channel, directly after the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15 at 10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT.
Who is hosting the red carpet?
Internet sensations Quenlin Blackwell, Brittany Broski and Therapuss podcast host Jake Shane have been tapped to host this year’s Vanity Fair Oscar Party red carpet.
Last year, The Independent’s Kevin E G Perry was invited inside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party to mingle with the stars. Of his once-in-a-lifetime experience, he wrote: “It’s the sort of party where even the very famous are likely to end the night starstruck. The vibe is highbrow meets low: the free bar serves old fashioneds, white negronis and margaritas, while In-N-Out servers in paper hats do the rounds with trays of burgers.”
When does the Oscar ceremony start?
The 98th Academy Awards are scheduled to begin at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET, with official pre-ceremony red-carpet coverage kicking off at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET on ABC and Hulu. E! News will host its early red-carpet coverage beginning at 1pm PT/4pm ET.
Who is nominated this year?
The 2026 Oscar race is perhaps the tightest it’s been in recent years. Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror Sinners — starring Michael B. Jordan as twins — leads the pack with 16 nominations, more than any film in Oscars history, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary action drama, One Battle After Another, follows closely behind with 13 nominations.
Guillermo del Toro’s take on Frankenstein and Josh Safdie’s ping pong drama, Marty Supreme, also lead the nominees with nine nods apiece, as Chloé Zhao’s Shakespeare drama Hamnet heads into the competition with eight.
