Meryl Streep and Robert Osborne on the red carpet at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Credit: Erik Ovanespour / ©A.M.P.A.S.

Film historian, Robert Osborne will once again greet the guests on the red carpet at this year’s Academy Awards. It’s the fifth time that Osborne has chatted it up with the stars on the arrivals line - and those conversations are broadcast loudly for the fans in the coveted bleacher seats along the carpet.

Osborne has a long relationship with the movies and the Oscars. His columns have been a mainstay for the Hollywood Reporter, but he is also the author of the Academy’s 80 Years of Oscar, the official history of the Academy Awards. Osborne’s other gig is the primetime host of Turner Classic Movies.

The Oscars are awarded March 7th at the Kodak Theatre and will be broadcast live on ABC beginning 5:00 p.m. PT, 8:00 p.m. ET.