83rd Academy Awards Celebrity Presenters List Keeps Adding Stars

Scarlett Johansson and Russell Brown Join List of Oscar Announcers

Linda Ann Nickerson
The countdown to Oscar's big night is clicking along, even as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences keeps adding star presenters to it roster of celebrity participants.

Russell Brand ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek") and Scarlett Johansson ("The Horse Whisperer" and "Iron Man 2") are the latest additions (announced February 21) to the team of trophy presenters for the 83rd Oscars.

Who will present the gold statuettes for the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27th?

What Hollywood headliners will take to the stage as Oscars' presenters on Sunday evening in the Kodak Theatre?

Actress Anne Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada"and"The Princess Diaries") and actor James Franco (nominated for Oscar's Best Actor this year for his performance in "127 Hours") will share co-hosting duties for the 83rd Academy Awards.

A star-studded selection of Hollywood celebrities will back up the duo, tearing open the sealed envelopes and reading off the names of Oscar's winners.

Intriguingly, this year's selection of Oscar presenters focuses on veteran performers, rather than the up-and-coming crop of youngsters featured last year. (Remember Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart from the 2010 event?)

Here's the roster to-date of Academy Awards presenters for 2011.

Who will present the gold statuettes for the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27th?

The Oscar presenters list includes Annette Bening (four-time Oscar nominee, including "The Kids Are All Right"), Halle Berry (2001 Oscar winner for "Monsters Ball"), Cate Blanchett (five-time Oscar nominee and 2004 Oscar winner for "The Aviator"), Russell Brand (Mr. Katy Perry), Jeff Bridges (2010 Oscar winner for "Crazy Heart") and Sandra Bullock (2010 Oscar winner for "The Blind Side").

Additional celebrity presenters for the 83rd Academy Awards include Robert Downey, Jr. (two-time Oscar nominee), Tom Hanks (three time Oscar nominee and two-time Oscar winner - in 1993 for "Philadelphia" and in 1994 for "Forrest Gump") and Hugh Jackman (2009 Oscar host).

Still more of Oscar's presenters for February 27, 2011, are Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman (three-time Oscar nominee, including "Rabbit Hole," and 202 Oscar winner for "The Hours"), Jude Law (two-time Oscar nominee), Marisa Tomei (three-time Oscar nomination and 1992 Oscar winner for "My Cousin Vinny"), Oprah Winfrey (one-time Oscar nominee and executive producer winner for "Precious") and Reese Witherspoon (2005 Oscar-winner for "Walk the Line").

The Academy Awards ceremony, celebrating its 83rd year, will occur on Sunday evening, February 27, 2011, broadcast live on ABC TV from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. The celebrity cast for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences celebration continues to grow.

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  • Who will present the gold statuettes for the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27th?
  • Here's the roster to-date of Oscar's presenters for 2011, a virtual thespian veteran's day salute.
  • The Oscar presenters list includes several Academy Awards nominees and winners from past years.
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  • Honora James3/5/2011

    I only watch the red carpet ceremony before the show...curious about what the celebrities are wearing. After that...I am done.

  • Candice L. Collins2/22/2011

    cool indeed, I'll be DVR-ing it to watch when I can

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky2/22/2011

    Cool! I'll be watching and reporting on who wears what.

  • J.C. JORDAN2/21/2011

    Thanks for the update.

  • Patti Walden2/21/2011

    Interesting!

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