More names have been added to the lineup of presenters for the 97th Academy Awards.
On Wednesday morning, it was announced that Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Goldie Hawn, Ben Stiller, Ana de Armas, Sterling K. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp and Connie Nielsen will take to the Oscar stage presenters.
The new additions will join Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb and Bowen Yang.
This announcement comes after it was revealed that last year’s acting winners Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph will present as well.
It was also announced that actor Nick Offerman, of “Parks and Recreation” fame, will serve as the ceremony’s announcer.
Last week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) revealed it’s ditching its “Fab Five” format, which features five previous winners or nominees during the reading of the nominees.
For the 2024 ceremony, the award for Best Actress was presented by previous winners Sally Field, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron and Michelle Yeoh, each of whom took a moment to list the accomplishments of a specific Best Actress honoree. Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley, Matthew McConaughey and Forest Whitaker did the same while presenting the Best Actor category.
Presenter changes aside, this year’s Oscars come a little less than two months after the deadly Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through the region.
The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be held on March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on ABC at 4:00 p.m. PST. For the first time ever, the award show will be streamed on Hulu.
