New Delhi:
The Academy on Tuesday announced more Oscars presenters including Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb and Bowen Yang.
They join last year’s Oscar winners Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr., who were previously announced, as per Variety.
Stone won best actress for playing Bella Baxter in Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos; Murphy was best actor for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer; Randolph won best supporting actress for her performance as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne; and Downey Jr. won best supporting actor for playing Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.
Additional presenters for this year’s ceremony are yet to be announced.
The Academy Awards nominations were unveiled in January after voting had been extended twice because of the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of at least 28 people and catastrophic property damage.
This week, the Oscars announced that its March telecast will “acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires.
Timothee Chalamet, who has proved his box office drawing power with Dune and Wonka, was nominated for best actor for his chameleonic performance as Dylan in A Complete Unknown. He will face off against The Brutalist star Adrien Brody, who became the youngest best actor winner in history at 29 for 2003’s The Pianist.
Other best actor nominees include Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice).
The Oscars will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu on March 2. Conan O’Brien will host this year’s ceremony.
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