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Glenn Close, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ariana DeBose are some of the stars confirmed as presenters of the 95th edition of the Oscarsaccording to a statement from the Hollywood Academy published on Tuesday.
Emily BluntJennifer Connelly Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Riz Ahmed, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña and Donnie Yen complete the first list of actors and actresses who will participate in hosting the gala.The rest of the personalities will be announced the days before the most renowned film event in the industry, which will take place next March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (USA). The event can be followed throughout Latin America through the TNT signal, TNT Series (in original language), and HBO Max.
Recently, the organization also confirmed the participation of Rihannawho will sing the song lift me upfrom the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; and Sofia Carson and Diane Warren will interpret Applauseof the tape Tell It Like A Woman.
Besides, David Byrne, Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu will participate in the show with the song This Is a Lifeof the movie Everything Everywhere at the Same Time.
The central conductor of the gala will be the comedian and presenter Jimmy Kimmelin what will be his third time leading the ceremony.
The tapes that are emerging as the favorites to win the Oscar for best film are Everything Everywhere at the Same Timewhich recently picked up the Producers Guild Award; The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg, after his triumph at the Golden Globes; as well as No news at the frontby Edward Berger, which was crowned at the BAFTA Awards.
Other big-budget works also appear in the premier category, such as Top Gun: Maverickby Joseph Kosinski, and Avatar: the Path of Waterby James Cameron; and films with less commercial projection such as The triangle of sadnessby Ruben Östlund, or They sayfrom filmmaker Sarah Polley.
The Hollywood Academy seeks to make the 95th edition of the Oscars as attractive as possible to make people forget the controversial slap that Will Smith tipped comedian Chris Rock for joking about his wife’s alopecia during last year’s ceremony.
