The 97th Academy Awards can be held on March 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mentioned.

That strikes the annual ceremony up a couple of week.

This yr’s Oscars had been held on March 10.

The telecast, which culminated in one of the best image win for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, was watched by an estimated 19.5 million folks, up about 4% from the yr prior.

The movie academy can be sticking with an earlier begin for the awards.

Like this yr’s present, the Oscars will kick off at 7pm Eastern, an hour sooner than they’ve usually finished.

ABC will once more air the Academy Awards.

The Golden Globes, after signing a brand new five-year cope with CBS, lately set January 5 because the date for subsequent yr’s ceremony.