Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan to present at the Oscars
LOS ANGELES – Continuing an Oscar tradition, last year’s four Academy Award-winning performers will return to this year’s ceremony as presenters, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday.
Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan, who all won Oscars last year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and Brendan Fraser, who won best actor for “The Whale,” will serve as presenters at the 96th Oscars, scheduled for March 10.
Michelle Yeoh (in photo), Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan, who all won Oscars last year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” will be among the presenters at the 96th Oscars. FILE PHOTO
Other performers scheduled to present honors during the event are Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Rockwell and Zendaya, according to the Academy.
The 96th Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and televised live on ABC. This year’s ceremony will start at 4 p.m., an hour earlier than the traditional 5 p.m. start time.
The Academy Awards has showered nominations on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations.
Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture and Nolan’s direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt; and multiple honors for the sweeping craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama.
The year’s biggest hit, “Barbie,” came away with a nominations haul slightly less than its partner in Barbenheimer mania. Greta Gerwig’s feminist comedy was nominated for eight awards, including best picture; Ryan Gosling for best supporting actor; and two best song candidates in “What Was I Made For” and “I’m Just Ken.”
