We’re only days away from the 96th Oscars ceremony, and the anticipation is higher than ever. To add to the excitement, the Academy has confirmed some presenters, including names such as Zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino and more.
Other presenters include last year’s winners Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan. One of the traditions of the Academy is that winners in the acting categories present the same award to the opposite gender the following year. However, sometimes they switch things up.
Mahershala Ali, Nicholas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, and Sam Rockwell complete this first group of presenters announced for the ceremony, which will take place at the Dolby Theatre on March 10. It will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who returns for the fourth time.
Full list of presenters for the Oscars 2024
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy will re-introduce a format in which five past winners introduced the five current nominees for each of the acting awards. The only time they did this was during the 2009 Academy Awards. Here are the full list of presenters:
Bad Bunny Chris Hemsworth Dwayne Johnson Michael Keaton Regina King Jennifer Lawrence Kate McKinnon Rita Moreno John Mulaney Catherine O’Hara Octavia Spencer Ramy Youssef Michelle Yeoh Zendaya Mahershala Ali Nicholas Cage Jamie Lee Curtis Brendan Fraser Jessica Lange Matthew McConaughey Lupita Nyong’o Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Ke Huy Quan Sam Rockwell Anya Taylor-Joy Ariana Grande Issa Rae Emily Blunt America Ferrera Ben Kingsley Melissa McCarthy Ryan Gosling Steven Spielberg Charlize Theron Christoph Waltz Forest Whitaker Sally Field Cynthia Erivo Tim Robbins Mary Steenburgen
Most nominated movies this year
This year, the most-nominated film is Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” which has 13 nods. It is followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is the fourth with eight nominations.
Rounding out the best picture lineup is “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “Maestro,” “Past Lives” and “The Zone of Interest.” This is also the first time that three movies directed by women are competing in the category.