Oscars producer Will Packer and his team announced on Wednesday the final slate of presenters for the 94th annual Academy Awards. These nine new names are Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Momoa, Jill Scott, J.K. Simmons, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Rachel Zegler. That news brings the total to 46 celebrities taking the stage, although there could also be some surprises. The event airs live on Sunday, March 27, for ABC. First-time hosts are Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
Four of five Best Original Song contenders are performing on Sunday’s ceremony. Beyonce will sing “Be Alive” from “King Richard.” Billie Eilish and Finneas will perform “No Time to Die” from the James Bond film. Reba McEntire will sing “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days.” Sebastian Yatra will perform “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto.” No word on how the Van Morrison tune “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” will be handled, if at all.
The Oscars Twitter account last week mentioned tributes to “The Godfather” 50th anniversary and the James Bond 60th anniversary. Plus, there will be a first-ever live performance of the smash hit “We Need to Talk About Bruno” from “Encanto.
One excellent ongoing tradition is having the previous year’s acting winners return to hand out new Oscars. Among the revealed presenters are Sir Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Kaluuya and Yuh-Jung Youn. That means Best Actress reigning champ Frances McDormand is likely not showing up.
Who are the 46 ceremony presenters revealed? Here is our compiled list below, plus a photo gallery you can tour above.
CEREMONY PRESENTERS:
Halle Bailey
Stephanie Beatriz
Josh Brolin
Ruth E. Carter
Sean “Diddy” Combs
Kevin Costner
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jacob Elordi
Lady Gaga
Jennifer Garner
Jake Gyllenhaal
Tiffany Haddish
Woody Harrelson
Tony Hawk
H.E.R.
Anthony Hopkins (Actress ???)
Samuel L. Jackson
Lily James
Daniel Kaluuya (Supporting Actress ???)
DJ Khaled
Zoe Kravitz
Mila Kunis
John Leguizamo
Simu Liu
Rami Malek
Shawn Mendes
Jason Momoa
Bill Murray
Lupita Nyong’o
Elliot Page
Rosie Perez
Tyler Perry
Chris Rock
Tracee Ellis Ross
Jill Scott
Naomi Scott
J.K. Simmons
Kelly Slater
Wesley Snipes
Uma Thurman
John Travolta
Yuh-Jung Youn (Supporting Actor ???)
Shaun White
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Rachel Zegler
Rumors have been circulating that iconic movie duos and casts might be reuniting on stage. Based on these names announced above, will “Pulp Fiction” co-stars Jackson, Travolta and Thurman be joining together that night? And how about a “White Men Can’t Jump” reunion for Harrelson, Perez and Snipes?
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Halle Bailey
Image Credit: Stephane Feugere for WWD Bailey is best known for her five Grammy nominations and will be starring in a live-action remake for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”
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Stephanie Beatriz
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety Beatriz is best known for “Encanto,” “In the Heights” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
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Beyonce
Image Credit: NCNA Beyonce is performing “Be Alive” from “King Richard,” which is nominated for Best Original Song.
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Josh Brolin
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Deadline Brolin is a previous nominee for “Milk.”
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Ruth E. Carter
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Deadline Carter is an Oscar winner for “Black Panther” costume design.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren for PMC Combs is a rapper, songwriter, record executive, actor who is a three-time Grammy winner.
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Kevin Costner
Costner is a two-time Oscar winner for producing and directing “Dances with Wolves.”
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Image Credit: Lev Radin / M10s / MEGA Curtis is best known for “Halloween,” “A Fish Called Wanda” and “True Lies.”
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Billie Eilish and Finneas
Image Credit: Phil McCarten/CBS Billie Eilish and Finneas are performing “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die,” nominated for Best Original Song.
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Jacob Elordi
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety Elordi is best known for “The Kissing Booth” and “Euphoria.”
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Lady Gaga
Image Credit: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / MEGA Lady Gaga is an Oscar winner for Best Original Song in “A Star Is Born.”
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Jennifer Garner
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder for Variety Garner is best known for “The Adam Project,” “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Alias.”
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Image Credit: Dominique Maitre/WWD Gyllenhaal is a previous nominee for “Brokeback Mountain.”
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Tiffany Haddish
Image Credit: John Salangsang/Variety Haddish is an Emmy winner best known for “The Afterparty,” “The Card Counter” and “Girls Trip.”
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Regina Hall
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety Hall is hosting the Academy Awards for the 1st time.
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Woody Harrelson
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Variety Harrelson is a three-time Oscar nominee for “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “The Messenger” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” He also won an Emmy for “Cheers.”
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Tony Hawk
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Hawk is one of the top skateboarders in American history.
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H.E.R.
Image Credit: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency H.E.R. won the Oscar for Best Original Song from “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
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Anthony Hopkins
Image Credit: Mega Hopkins is a two-time Oscar winner for “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Father.”
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Samuel L. Jackson
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Variety Jackson was an Oscar nominee for “Pulp Fiction” and receives an Honorary Oscar this month for life achievement.
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Lily James
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety James is best known for “Pam and Tommy,” “The Dig” and “Cinderella.”
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Daniel Kaluuya
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Kaluuya is the reigning winners as Best Supporting Actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah.” He was also nominated for “Get Out.”
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DJ Khaled
Image Credit: Michele Eve Sandberg/RSTN DJ Khaled is a music executive, producer and performer with one Grammy win among his three nominations.
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Zoe Kravitz
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Kravitz is best known for “Big Little Lies,” “Max Max: Fury Road” and “The Batman.”
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Mila Kunis
Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Variety Kunis is best known for “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Black Swan” and “Four Good Days.”
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John Leguizamo
Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Variety Leguizamo is best known for “Encanto,” “John Wick” and “Moulin Rouge.”
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Simu Liu
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for PMC Liu is best known for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings.”
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Rami Malek
Image Credit: Lexie Moreland/WWD Malek is an Oscar winner for “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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Reba McEntire
Image Credit: CBS Reba McEntire is performing “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days,” nominated for Best Original Song
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Shawn Mendes
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Mendes is a singer/songwriter with several top hits and received three Grammy nominations.
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Jason Momoa
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Momoa is best known for “Aquaman,” “Justice League” and “Dune.”
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Bill Murray
Image Credit: JIM RUYMEN/UPI/Newscom/The Mega Agency Murray was an Oscar nominee as Best Actor for “Lost in Translation.”
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Lupita Nyong’o
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Nyong’o won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for “12 Years a Slave.”
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Elliot Page
Image Credit: Courtesy of Wynne Neilly Page is a previous nominee for “Juno” and is also known for “The Umbrella Academy,” “Gaycation” and the “X-Men” franchise.
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Rosie Perez
Image Credit: Michael Buckner (Deadline) Perez was an Oscar nominee for “Fearless.”
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Tyler Perry
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores for Variety Perry is an actor, director, screenwriter and executive who received the 2021 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Chris Rock
Image Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo/Newscom/The Mega Agency Rock is a two-time Oscars host, a four-time Emmy winner and three-time Grammy winner.
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Tracee Ellis Ross
Image Credit: Brian To/WWD Ross is best known as the star of ABC’s “black-ish” and revealed Oscar nominations in February.
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Amy Schumer
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Schumer is hosting the Academy Awards for the 1st time.
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Jill Scott
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Scott is an actress and singer who is a 13-time Grammy nominee with three wins.
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Naomi Scott
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Scott is an actress and singer known for “Aladdin,” “Power Rangers” and “Charlie’s Angels.”
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J.K. Simmons
Image Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/JTMPhotos, Int'l. / MEGA Simmons won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for “Whiplash.” He is nominated in the same category for “Being the Ricardos.”
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Kelly Slater
Image Credit: Rob Latour/WWD Slater is one of the greatest professional surfers of all time.
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Wesley Snipes
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Variety Snipes is best known for “New Jack City,” “White Men Can’t Jump” and the “Blade” trilogy.
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Wanda Sykes
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Sykes is hosting the Academy Awards for the 1st time.
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Uma Thurman
Image Credit: Nina Westervelt/WWD Thurman was an Oscar nominee for “Pulp Fiction.”
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John Travolta
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Variety Travolta was nominated at the Oscars for “Saturday Night Fever” and “Pulp Fiction.”
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Shaun White
Image Credit: Dolly Faibyshev/Variety White is a three-time Olympics gold medal winner in snowboarding.
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Sebastián Yatra
Image Credit: GDA Photo Service/Newscom/The Mega Agency Sebastián Yatra is performing “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto,” nominated for Best Original Song.
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Serena Williams and Venus Williams
Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety The Williams sisters are two of the all-time great tennis stars and executive producers of Best Picture nominee “King Richard.”
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Yuh-Jung Youn
Image Credit: Yonhap News/YNA/Newscom/The Mega Agency Youn won the Oscar in 2021 for Best Supporting Actress in “Minari.”
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Rachel Zegler
Image Credit: AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN / MEGA Zegler is best known for starring in the 2021 edition of “West Side Story.”
