After a lot of anticipation, the 96th Academy Awards are less than two weeks away, and this year’s ceremony is shaping up to be amazing. The first round of presenters has been announced and it includes several former Oscar winners, including Michelle Yeoh and Lupita Nyong’o.
With the exception of Zendaya (Dune franchise) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Ant-Man), all of the newly announced presenters are former Oscar winners. Yeoh will be joined by last year’s winners Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan Curtis, and Jamie Lee Curtis – and they’ll be in pretty good company!
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), Jessica Lange (Tootsie), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), and Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) will also hit the stage, and they all have at least one Oscar under their belt.
Adding a roster of former Academy Award winners to the lineup isn’t a coincidence, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They report that the upcoming ceremony will return to the “Field of Dreams-like format” from 2009, inviting five former acting winners to introduce the five current nominees in their respective categories.
The 96th Academy Awards will take place on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting the show for the fourth time.
