Oscars latest: The red carpet is now open – and the stars are starting to arrive

It's Oscars Sunday and stars including Jessie Buckley, Michael B Jordan, Timothee Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emma Stone are among the nominees at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the ceremony today. Follow the latest Sky News coverage from LA.

If you get nominated for an Oscar, it's always a big deal. Even Meryl Streep must still get excited, you would assume, and she has loads.

Director and writer Lee Knight is a British nominee who's shortlisted for the first time for his short film, A Friend Of Dorothy. Not only that, but according to the experts at predictors Gold Derby, he has a high chance of winning (they currently rank the film in second place, with a 36.6% chance).

The short stars Miriam Margolyes as a lonely widow who meets 17-year-old JJ, played by Alistair Nwachukwu, when he accidentally kicks his football into her garden – and an unlikely friendship blossoms.

Knight has been in LA for a while now, attending events ahead of the ceremony.

He's sent us over a few photos to give an idea of what it's like to be in La La Land as an Oscar nominee.

"Oh my goodness, it's just overwhelming," he told us, speaking about his nomination and the whirlwind ahead of today's ceremony. "You work so hard on something for so long and it's all about the work, but then suddenly these awards and these campaigns kind of take over.

"Nothing really prepares you for it. The Oscars is the highest accolade within the arts, within this business. I still don't think I've got my head round it."

We'll be cheering him on – hopefully I'll see him in the winners room later on!

Killarney, Jessie Buckley's picturesque Co Kerry home town, was brimming with pride for the local star ahead of Oscars night.

Flags in the Kerry colours with Buckley on them and posters wishing her luck hang in shop windows.

There are also banners advertising the town's St Patrick's Day parade that feature Buckley in a green coat.

The city is incidentally also the hometown of the German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender, who has been nominated for two Oscars but hasn't won any yet.

If Buckley wins best actress, she will become the first Irish woman to take home the Oscar in that category.

The excitement has gripped the rest of the country, too: Irish premier Micheal Martin took the time on Sunday to wish Buckley luck.

Nominated alongside Buckley is her Irish Hamnet co-star, Paul Mescal.

But Killarney residents are proud of Buckley whatever happens.

"She's a winner anyway – it's amazing what she's done for the town and the lift she's given," Hazel O’Malley, a local shop owner, told PA.

Jessie Buckley has made her entrance on the red carpet in a classy outfit in red and pink.

The Irish star is nominated for best actress for Hamnet and, if critics are to be believed, she is the towering favourite in this category.

It's obviously a huge night for dozens of nominees tonight, but it's always a big occasion for the host as well.

This year it's Conan O'Brien – for the second time in a row.

He's arrived at the Dolby Theatre with his wife Liza Powel O'Brien.

Arts and entertainment reporter Bethany Minelleis watching the red carpet, because this bit is all about the fashion.

Keep track of all the arrivals in her rolling report.

With just a few hours to go now until the show, we can see the first celebrities on the red carpet.

Hello again! After a quick team picture earlier, I've said goodbye to the other three while they head to their position to cover arrivals and the ceremony.

After a short taxi ride, I'm inside the Dolby Theatre and ready for the show.

There are no pictures allowed inside here, which I'm sad about as I would love to show you the food (almost a banquet, really) that has been laid out for us journalists and other people working behind the scenes.

Winners will be brought into this room after collecting their Oscars on stage, and we'll get the opportunity to ask them questions. There are a lot of journalists in here, but fingers crossed I'll get to ask at least one.

It doesn't start for a few hours but the red carpet is now open so we'll start seeing arrivals soon. It's good to be here early to grab a seat and get settled, plus there were road closures to navigate.

"Is something going on this weekend?" my driver asked me as we got near.

Hollywood is so used to celebrity that even the Oscars passes some people by, it seems.

The Sky News team is now hot-footing it to the ceremony.

I'll be in the interview room at the Old Dolby Theatre, where winners will come to answer questions after receiving their awards.

Here's a quick pic of Katie looking like an Oscar winner before we separate, as Katie, Claire and Paul will be covering arrivals and then the Elton John afterparty later on.

I'll be back with updates once I'm in the room – see you soon!

In a few years, the Oscars may have a very different feel.

From 2029, for ceremony nuumber 101, the show will be streamed live on YouTube after decades on the ABC network in the US.

It means the annual film awards will be available to the video-sharing platform's two billion users for free around the world.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the deal with Google-owned YouTube at the end of last year, saying the streaming giant will have the exclusive global rights to the awards, including the red carpet and Governors Ball afterparty, from 2029 to 2033.

"We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to be the future home of the Oscars and our year-round academy programming," said Academy chief executive Bill Kramer and president Lynette Howell Taylor.

Last year's Academy Awards were watched by 19.7 million viewers on the Disney-owned ABC, a five-year high but far below the show's biggest audience of 57 million in 1998.

The network has been the broadcast home to the Oscars for almost its entire history. NBC first televised the Oscars in 1953, but ABC picked up the rights in 1961.

Aside from a period between 1971 and 1975, when NBC again aired the show, the Oscars have been on ABC.

They will bow out in style, airing their final broadcast for the Oscars 100th anniversary.

It's just after 11.30am here in Los Angeles, and the Sky News Oscars team is busy getting red carpet ready.

As our on-camera arts and entertainment correspondent,Katie Spenceris getting her glam done professionally at our hotel before we head off to our respective positions to cover the show.

It's interesting chatting to hair stylist Melissa and make-up artist Naisha, who are used to adding the zhuzh for those going to awards shows – while the Oscars is the biggie, LA has plenty of other star-studded events to keep them busy all year.

Melissa, who has helped colour the hair of A-listers including Jennifer Lopez and Ariana Grande in the past, is working on five people today, and Katie is her first.

"I consult about what they're wearing, what kind of style they want and then we both come to an image together," she says. "For Katie we're doing waves, old school Hollywood.

"These can be long days so you kind of have to power through the whole entire weekend."

Naisha, who has been a make-up artist for almost 10 years, says awards weekends are always busy. She started at 7am and Katie is her fourth client today

"I love doing red carpet looks," she says. "I'm thinking a brown, smoky eye for Katie. I don't like to do black because I feel like it's too heavy and it's still light out."

"A lot of times I don't know people. I do make-up and they're like, oh, I wrote this movie."