The first round of presenters for the upcoming 96th Academy Awards have been announced!
On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared some of the stars who will take the stage to hand out Oscars on Hollywood’s biggest night.
The names include past Oscar winners like Mahershala Ali, Brendan Fraser, Matthew McConaughey, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh, as well as Hollywood legends like Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jessica Lange, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and more talented A-listers like Sam Rockwell, Lupita Nyong’o, and Zendaya.
The 2024 Oscars will be hosted once again by Jimmy Kimmel, returning for his fourth overall hosting gig.
Kimmel shared the first promo for this year’s ceremony on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this month, poking fun at the Barbie Oscars snubs with the help of some the film’s talented cast. After landing in Barbieland, the host has to ask for help from Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon), who takes him through all of the Best Picture nominees to get to “Oscarsland.”
Once they arrive in Los Angeles, America Ferrera offers an inspirational monologue to calm Kimmel’s nerves — much like her character Gloria’s viral speech in the film.
Even Ryan Gosling comes along for the ride while wearing a Kenough sweatshirt and toting a bag of In-N-Out, which he says is a “cool social media trend, where you get it before the Oscars.”
But when Kimmel says the trend is to have it after you’ve won the Oscar, Gosling says, “Well, that’s not going to happen. Good thing Greta’s got director in the bag.” A sly, if painful reminder for fans that Barbie director Greta Gerwig was snubbed for Best Director, despite the film becoming the no. 1 movie of the year at the box office, grossing more than $1.4 billion, and earning critical acclaim.
Leading lady Margot Robbie was also overlooked for the Best Actress category.
Barbie is still nominated for eight awards at the Oscars, including Best Picture, with Gosling and Ferrera both nominated for their supporting performances.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 10, at the new time of 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT.
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