The producers of the forthcoming 90th annual Academy Awards announced Tuesday a new batch of Oscar presenters, several of them themselves Oscar winners.
The 14 presenters named Tuesday morning by producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd are Emily Blunt, Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Eugenio Derbez, Ansel Elgort, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Eiza Gonzalez, Ashley Judd, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong’o and Christopher Walken.
“These actors have embodied some of the most heroic, aspirational and indelible characters ever brought to the screen,” said De Luca and Todd in a statement. “In so doing, they’ve not only entertained the world, but illuminated the full range of the human experience.”
The Oscar winners among the newly announced presenters are Bullock; Fonda, who has won two; Foster, who also won two; Kidman; McConaughey; Mirren; Moreno; Nyong’o; and Walken.
De Luca and Todd previously named 22 Oscar presenters:
Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Laura Dern, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Holland, Kumail Nanjiani, Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Daniela Vega, Gal Gadot, Mark Hamill, Armie Hammer, Oscar Isaac, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gina Rodriguez, Eva Marie Saint, Wes Studi, Kelly Marie Tran and Zendaya.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood and will be broadcast live on the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the Oscars will be televised in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
–City News Service