Category: Presenters

The annual Academy-hosted pre-show is back again, with past pre-show hosts Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer and Jess Cagle, being joined by first-time host Tyson Beckford. Below is the press release. Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer, Jess Cagle and Tyson Beckford to host Oscars® “Red Carpet Live” Show BEVERLY HILLS, CA – “Good Morning America” anchors Robin…

It is tradition for the acting winners (and formerly the Best Director winner) to show up the next year to present Oscars for the corresponding categories for the other gender. This year, three of last year’s four winning actors are scheduled to return this year.

The performers of the four Oscar-nominated Best Original Songs will be appearing on the Oscar telecast. In addition, Bette Midler is slated for an unspecified musical performance. Before we get to the individual press releases sent out by the Academy, let’s give a quick run down of the nominees and the people performing.

Tradition has always been that a hot young starlet, typically one with Oscar aspirations (or a recent nominee) announces the nominees for the Academy Awards. This was done because the fellow annoucing partner has always been the President of the Academy who has, up until this year, typically been a man. With new president Cheryl…

Best news from the Academy YET! Ellen DeGeneres Returns To Host The Oscars® BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Television icon Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars® for a second time, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, on the ABC…

Two very big names presenting at the Oscars and they are the kinds of legends who get to present Best Picture. Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman Named as Presenters on Oscar® Telecast Beverly Hills, CA – Multiple Academy Award® winners Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman will present on this year’s Oscar telecast, show producers Craig…

A quartet of ladies, two worthy of adulation, two worth ignoring. You can probably figure out which I mean. Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart And Kerry Washington To Present On Oscar® Telecast Beverly Hills, CA – Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda will join Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart and Kerry Washington to present on the…

The Academy dumping three press releases in the span of one day seems like a rather desperate, last-minute thing. Slow, methodical releases of information are preferred to this onslaught. Here are three more articles on presenters, events and hosts. Oscar® Producers Name Performers in Celebration of Musicals of the Last Decade

Once again, I missed all of these presenters being announced (as well as an addition to the Red Carpet show hosting list). Here are the press releases from the Academy: Additional Host Named for Oscars® Red-Carpet Show

Here are two press releases from the Academy announcing the hosts for their annual pre-show coverage and their new Backstage Pass coverage: Hosts Named for Oscars® Red-Carpet Show

And here’s the second presenter group, announced today. Oscar® Nominees Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain And Jennifer Lawrence To Present

Here’s the first presenter group, announced yesterday. Best Actress Oscar® Winners – Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman And Reese Witherspoon – To Present

Of all of the announcements to date, this is the only one that has made me excited. Bassey is the First Lady of Bond songs having sung two of the definitive title tunes: “Goldfinger” and “Diamonds Are Forever” with “Moonraker” another top song. For her to be appaering on the show is spectacular news and…

Now we have some rather bizarre selections, not from who was chosen, but how they are doing it. In years’ past, each presenter received his or her own announcement. This makes three releases so far that have had multiple names attached (I don’t count the Ted/Mark Wahlberg announcement since MacFarlane, who voiced Ted, is already…