UPDATE (March 5): Will Arnett, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Hathaway, Paul Mescal and Gwyneth Paltrow have joined the list of presenters for the 2026 Oscars. Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the Oscars will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Downey, Hathaway and Paltrow are past Oscar winners, for Oppenheimer, Les Misérables and Shakespeare in Love, respectively. Hathaway also cohosted the Oscars in 2011 with James Franco.
Mescal is one of the stars of Hamnet, which received eight Oscar nominations, including best picture, though he was passed over for a best actor nod.

The producers will continue to announce talent appearing on the Oscars in the 10 days remaining before the show.

PREVIOUSLY (Feb. 26): Demi Moore was highly touted for an Oscar last year for The Substance, but ultimately lost to Mikey Madison for Anora. Both women will be back at the 2026 Oscars in roles that carry much less pressure — presenters.

Maya Rudolph, veteran film and TV star (and daughter of the late, great Minnie Riperton, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975 with “Lovin’ You”), will also present, as will Chase Infiniti, one of the stars of One Battle After Another, which amassed 13 Oscar nominations, second only to Sinners this year.

Other presenters announced Thursday (Feb. 26) are Javier Bardem, Chris Evans and Kumail Nanjiani. Previously announced presenters are last year’s winners of best actor (Adrien Brody), best supporting actor (Kieran Culkin) and best supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña).

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

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Conan O’Brien will host the show for the second year in a row. The official live red carpet show will air at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan are the show’s executive producers. Kapoor is also showrunner.

Sinners and One Battle After Another are followed on the nominations leaderboard by Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value, each with nine nods, and Hamnet with eight.

Places, please. Harry Styles is just one night away from taking the stage in Manchester, England, for the first-ever performance of his Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally album — and a trailer for his upcoming Netflix film documenting the show gives fans a glimpse at all the preparations he’s doing for the concert leading up to it.

In the adrenaline-boosting One Night in Manchester preview posted Thursday (March 5), the British pop star gathers with his band in a rehearsal space, dancing along to music and practicing vocals at a microphone. At one point, he rolls up his sleeves and tells the camera with a playful smile, “Let me go to work.”

As the intensity builds with Billboard Hot 100-topping single “Aperture” soundtracking shots of a massive concert crowd flashing in between the behind-the-scenes footage, onscreen text promises that Styles is ready to meet fans “wherever you are.”

Such was the idea behind One Night in Manchester, which will premiere on Sunday (March 8), two days after filming concludes at the one-night-only show at the city’s Co-op Live. Though only a few thousand fans scored tickets to the fast-approaching Friday (March 6) in-person event celebrating the release of Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally earlier that day, anyone can tune in to the special to see what they missed soon afterward.

Beyond commemorating Styles’ first album in four years, One Night in Manchester will also give fans a taste of what’s to come on the Grammy winner’s Together, Together tour, which kicks off in May. Styles will stop through just seven cities on the trek while playing more than 60 shows overall, explaining in a recent interview with Zane Lowe that there were multiple reasons for the mini-residency style of shows.

“I think it makes the show better,” he said in the Apple Music 1 interview. “I think you can build something that doesn’t have to travel every night. I think there’s something in this that allows me to, like, stay in my life while I’m doing it. And therefore I think [it] allows me to take care of myself better, which I think makes me better at doing the thing.”

Watch the trailer for Styles’ One Night in Manchester special above.

Like many aspiring talents drawn to Nashville’s music epicenter, when Zach John King moved to Music City in 2021, he joined a time-honored tradition, pursuing songwriting by day and waiting tables by night. He worked at Broadway-adjacent, upscale bar/restaurant The Twelve Thirty Club off Broadway, where he’d sometimes cross paths with country artists such as Jelly Roll, Dustin Lynch and Nate Smith.

“Nate Smith came in after his Opry debut, and I just walked up to him and asked him for advice,” King recalls to Billboard. “He told me his story about all the times he could have given up, but he didn’t and he kept going. He was just like, “Keep going, I promise, keep going.” Then two years later, I played some shows with him and brought that up. So it’s just crazy full-circle for me. It’s hard not to get discouraged about where you’re at, because you see it firsthand in Nashville. So you just have to be patient. Everyone’s at a different level.”

Now signed with Sony Music Nashville, King released the EP Slow Down last year, but in 2026, his schedule is only continuing to ramp up. His new song “Get to Drinkin,’” which he wrote with ACM songwriter of the decade winner Rhett Akins, Kyle Sturrock, Thomas Archer and Kyle Fishman, has been sent to radio. He’ll open more shows on Wallen’s Still the Problem Tour in April, and has opening slots on tours with Luke Bryan, Riley Green and Jon Pardi. He’ll also perform at Stagecoach this year.

“I’m so thankful that as things get bigger, there’s more work to do,” King says, adding that he’s learned lessons on work ethic and focus from watching how artists such as Wallen and their teams handle the operations propelling a massive music career.

“The artist on stage is having a blast, always. I think your perception is like, ‘This is just a blast. It’s just an hour and a half of fun,’ and that’s true. But what I really was taught this year is this business is more like a football game than a party. You have to be ready, you have to be focused, because at this point, we’re out with people that are the top of the top of the top. There’s no margin for anything other than the best we got. There are so many incredible people in this business that if you take your foot off the gas for a second, the tide will turn.”

Billboard spoke with King about his new single, his journey to Nashville, and more lessons he’s learned along the way.

What is the story behind “Get to Drinkin’”?

There’s a few songs that I just cut that literally aren’t even three months old, and that’s one of them. We had a [writing] retreat in December, the week before Christmas, right outside of Nashville. We were doing two writes per day for three days and the only people that were in every writing room were me and Rhett Akins. It was the last day and the last write on that retreat and we were trying to make a melancholy topic fun.

I’m not a big believer in enemies in songs. I think relationships and love and breakups are never black and white. There’s always a middle ground, where it’s not like one person’s the good guy and one’s the bad guy. The song is really tackling the moment where you’re sitting there thinking that this person still thinks about you, that this person misses you — the reality is that’s probably not the case at all.

Did you always want to be an artist?

I moved to Nashville just to write. There was no thought of artistry until about seven months in, when I started writing songs and started putting vocals on demos. Then it snowballed. Around that time, I started missing performing and the creative control of artistry. The thing about songwriters, and one of the most admirable things about Nashville songwriters, is the songwriter’s ability to navigate what the artist wants without shooting ideas down or without constricting the artist’s opinions. That’s a skill.

What were you doing before pursuing music?

I was a behavioral therapist in Athens. It was a great gig. I was working with children with autism and we were doing a therapy called ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis)Therapy, which is incredibly groundbreaking. It got a degree in counseling and ministerial leadership, and got the job through a buddy of mine. I tell people all the time, that was the most fulfilling job I’ve probably ever had. And I say that specifically to say: Music is amazing and it’s what I’m supposed to be doing, but there’s something about the selflessness of helping other people. The people that are on the front lines specifically with autism, the parents of children with autism, the kids themselves, the leaders in the clinic, I have nothing but praise to give everybody.

This past year has seen you elevate to a different level, career-wise. How did you end up opening shows for Morgan Wallen in stadiums, while still playing your own club shows?

I had hired my team basically two weeks prior to that. Morgan found me on TikTok and I remember it was that July 4^th that my manager Matt [Reed, of Hyphen Media Group] had lunch with Morgan’s manager [Austin Neal]. Austin also runs the Neal Agency, which is my booking agency. Austin was like, “I like Zach’s music,” and my manager asked who had showed it to him and it was Morgan. That was so motivating that the biggest country artist in the world enjoys what I do.

Then later, my team called me and asked if I wanted to do some shows on Morgan’s tour. He had added a performance slot. Of course, I wanted to do the show and asked when they needed me and they were like, “Can you be ready in three days?” And we did. I have an incredible team and a great band. And Morgan’s whole camp, including him, all top down, just some of the best in the business.

You are working on a full-fledged project. What has it been like creating the body of music for that?

The Nashville “machine” is sort of an interesting one because in a perfect world, I would be able to take four months off, go to a studio every day and work on a record. What really ends up happening with the schedule and the touring is you cut incrementally, you cut each little bit of time you have. So we get the best songs we can when writing and that’s mainly come from writing retreats. I used to write five days a week on 16^th Avenue. Now, I’ll come off the road and we’ll do a retreat for three days and get some songs and then we’ll look at the songs we have. I have a good chunk of the album done.

What is the last song you listened to?

“Ceilings,” by Lizzy McAlpine.

What is the first concert you remember ever going to?

Switchfoot at the Georgia Theatre in Athens. I was in eighth grade and it’s what made me want to play music for a living.

What are your on-the-road must-haves?

A Bluetooth speaker, plenty of water, we do have some Miller Lite, and a little Jack and diet Coke. I have to have running shoes. It motivates me to exercise more when I’m on the road.

What’s your favorite podcast right now?

I like Theo [Von]’s podcast. I’ve also enjoyed Modern Wisdom lately.

When you’re not on tour, what do you do to chill?

I go to the woods. It’s my favorite place to be, even if it’s just sitting in a deer stand or getting on a quail hunt. I love to fish and I love to cook, just turn on some music and cook. I’ll do homemade pasta or smoke a pork shoulder. I’m trying to get better at healthier options.