Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the 89th Academy Awards ceremony celebrates the best films of 2016.  Late-night talk show host, producer and comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the first time. The 89th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be broadcast live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST. The Oscars presentation will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Televised in the United States by ABC, the ceremony will be produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd while television host Jimmy Kimmel will be the presenter for the first time.

The nominees were announced by directors Guillermo del Toro, Jason Reigman, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actresses Brie Larson, Marcia Gay Harden, Glenn Close, Gabourey Sidibe and Jennifer Hudson, and actors Terrence Howard, Ken Watanabe, Demian Bichir and writer Dustin Lance Black.

This is the first time ever that the nominees are revealed via global live stream at the Academy's official websites (oscars.org and oscars.com), and through local broadcasters, including Good Morning America.

La La Land received a total fourteen nominations, a record set by All About Eve in 1950s and only tied by Titanic in 1997. The motion pictures Arrival and Moonlight came in second with eight nominations each.

Before the ceremony, we go over the records set by movies in past ceremonies.

The films which have won most awards are Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), which won 11 awards each.

Most nominations received by a single film are All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). Each film has received 14 nominations.

The largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category) was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The film won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing and Visual Effects.

Walt Disney won 26 awards, which make him the individual who has won most awards.

Meanwhile, Edith Head is the female who has won most awards. She won eight Oscars, all for Costume Design. She won the Oscars for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949), and ending with The Sting (1973). After 43 years she left Paramount for Universal, perhaps due to her successful partnership with Alfred Hitchcock. She also adapted her skills for television.

With four awards, all for Best Actress, Katherine Hepburn has won more acting Oscars than anybody else.

As to directing, John Ford tops the list with four awards.

While Italy has won most awards for Best Foreign Language Film (14 awards), France is the country that has received most nominations for this category with a total of 40 nominations. Italy has received in total 32 nominations.

Meanwhile, the foreign language films that have won most awards are Fanny And Alexander (1982) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), while the latter is the foreign-language film that has received most nominations with a total of ten nominations.

To end this post with a happy note: with 20 nominations, Meryl Streep is the actress with most total nominations for acting.

Additional note: This article was written before the awards, now we know, Moonlight was eventually named the best picture winner after it was mistakenly announced that La La Land had won the award. Warren Beatty, who was presenting the award with Dunaway, had been handed the incorrect envelope by representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

From David Bowie to Prince, George Michael and Debbie Reynolds, the year of 2016 took the lives of all-time beloved celebrities. But no death has left more questions unanswered than the loss Star Wars' icon Carrie Fisher.

In particular, what's "Star Wars" without Princess Leia? It is up to Disney to decide.

While fans worldwide, the cast and crew of the classic films mourn the death of Carrie Fisher, questions have arisen about how the actress' passing will affect the sci-fi franchise going forward.

According to Deadline, back in July 2016 Fisher finished filming the yet-to-be-named "Star Wars: Episode VIII", in which her role of Leia has a larger appearance than that of her cameo role in "The Force Awakens."

However, Disney and LucasFilm are yet to comment on how Fisher's death will affect the completion of "Episode VIII" or impact the script and filming of "Episode IX."

"The fact that we are talking about this shows how woven into the DNA of ‘Star Wars' Carrie Fisher is," Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, told

CNBC. "This is no small thing."

As there is a shortage of information about General Leia's story arc in the forthcoming films, fans and analysts can only guess how Disney will manage without the iconic actress and character.

After the demise of Paul Walker, a main player in the "Fast and Furious" films, writer Chris Morgan had to undertake the task of rewriting the script of "Furious 7" so that Walker's character could exit the series via footage that had already been shot during production.

The script was rearranged to account for Walker's absence and the production team was tasked to use a combination a CGI and Walker's younger brother as stand-ins to get the shots they needed to complete the film.

By the way, The Fate of the Furious - #F8 In Theaters April 14 2017 by Universal Pictures is looking pretty awesome.

Therefore, fans and analysts speculate that a similar fate could await future "Star Wars" films. Even though Fisher had finished her scenes for "Episode VIII, Disney could opt to alter the script in order to explain Leia's absence in future films. Episode VIII is scheduled to hit the theaters in December, 2017.

Following the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2014, Lionsgate decided to diminish the actor's role in the final installment of the "Hunger Games" franchise instead of digitally recreating the actor for the scenes he hadn't filmed yet.

The writers proceeded to use the footage they had of the actor to complete several scenes and gave some of his character's dialogue and actions to other characters.

It is yet to be known how essential the character of Leia is for "Episode IX" and if more script alternations will be necessary before its release in 2019.

As a standalone Han Solo Film is scheduled to be released by Disney in 2018, the production team will have more time to make major alterations to the final film in the new trilogy, if that is the direction they decide to head in.

Another direction would be to recreate Carrie Fisher digitally like they did in Rogue One . Instead of recasting the role of Grand Moff Tarkin, a character portrayed by the late Peter Cushing in the original trilogy, Director Gareth Edwards and the team at Industrial Light and Magic opted to recreate him digitally.

British actor Guy Henry was chosen to perform the role of Tarkin during the production and then digitally altered in post-production in order to look like Cushing.

This technique has caused some controversy around the legal and ethical issues arising around the portrayal of a demised actor's likeness on film; however, the technique sets a precedent that could mean Fisher's Leia can still appear in "Episode IX" without altering the script.

In this case, Disney might need permission from Fisher's estate to go ahead with the digital replication, unless it is enough for the production company to hold copyright to her performance in "The Force Awakens" to recreate her digitally.

"It's a somewhat novel area of law where, as a matter of best practice, they might seek out rights from the estate," Paul O'Brien, an associate attorney with Falcon, Jacobson & Gertler LLP, a New York law firm, told CNBC. "But if they had an agreement previously in place that allows them to create derivative works based on Carrie's prior performances they could be covered by that."

However, Disney is not entirely satisfied with the feedback fans gave to that technique in ‘Rogue One.'

"Based on the divisive way that fans have reacted to the effects in ‘Rogue One' and considering that her death will still be pretty fresh, I think they won't go the CGI route," Erik Davis, managing editor of Fandango said. "Unless, it's to touch up a tiny bit, a fraction of a scene. Sort of the way ‘Fast and Furious' did with Paul Walker. I think that that would be the only case that they would use effects."

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas' 22th anniversary in 2015. Based on 1993 American stop motion musical fantasy directed by Henry Selick, we've compiled unforgettable quotes from the famous film to celebrate over two decades since its release.

"I'm a master of fright, and a demon of light, and I'll scare you right out of your pants. To a guy in Kentucky I'm mister lucky. And I'm known throughout England and France. And since I'm dead, I can take off my head to recite Shakespeare quotations. No animal or man can scream like I can, with the fury of my recitations". - Jack Skellington

"There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads. They're busy building toys and absolutely no one is dead!". - Jack Skellington

"Well, what the heck, I really did my best. And by God, I really tasted something swell, that's right. And for a moment, why, I even touched the sky. And at least I left some stories they can tell, I did. And for the first time since I don't remember when I felt like my old bony self again. And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King... That's right. I am the Pumpkin King! And I just can't wait until next Halloween ‘cause I've got some new ideas that will really make them scream. And by God, I'm really gonna give it all my might! Uh-oh, I hope there's still time to set things right. Sandy Claws..." - Jack Skellington

"I am the shadown on the moon at night filling your dreams to the brim with fright". - Oogie Boogie Man

"Oh, the sound of rolling dice to me is music in the air, ‘cause I'm a gambling Boogie Man, although I don't play fair. It's much more fun, I must confess, with lives on the line. Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy, now that'll be just fine." - Oogie Boogie Man

"Are you a gambling man, Santa?" - Oogie Boogie Man

"Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be double dead!" - Oogie Boogie Man

"Say it once, say it twice, take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night". - The witches

Every fourth Thursday in November giant helium-filled balloons shaped like popular cartoon heroes float above the streets of New York City in the Thanksgiving Day Parade. The popular event is organised by Macy's, a mid-range to upscale chain of department stores, every year.

Thursday, November 24 is this years Thanksgiving Day 2016 Masses of people flood to the streets of Manhattan to watch the balloons shaped like Shrek, Buzz Lightyear, Snoopy and pals. The parade also features live music and other performances by celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Kermit the Frog aboard travelling floats.

College and high school marching bands from across the country also take part in the parade. Cheerleaders and dancers chosen by the National Cheerleaders Association from various high school across the country march down the streets. Likewise, the Radio City Rockettes are a classic performance. As a symbol of the imminent Christmas and holiday season, the figure of Santa Claus concludes the parade.

The parade starts at 9am, but people start arriving three hours before to get a good viewing spot, namely the area between 61st and 72nd streets on Central Park West. The even lasts three hours.

The parade starts in 77th street and Central Park then continues west to Columbus Circle in 59th street. Next, they march in Broadway to 34th street and Macy's Herald Square ending on 7th avenue. The streets that are part of the parade route are closed to traffic during the event.

The tradition dates back to 1924 and ties as second oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit. Both parades are four years younger than the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia.