Matt Damon, Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep have been announced as presenters for the Academy Awards on Sunday (26.02.17).
The trio will join Jason Bateman, Ryan Gosling, Salma Hayek, Taraji P. Henson, Warren Beatty, Sofia Boutella, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Fox, Dev Patel, Seth Rogen, Octavia Spencer and Vince Vaughn as they hand out accolades at the annual movie awards.
Producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd previously announced that Amy Adams, Riz Ahmed, Javier Bardem, Halle Berry, John Cho, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Dornan, Chris Evans, Gael García Bernal, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Dakota Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, Felicity Jones, Brie Larson, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Mann, Kate McKinnon, Janelle Monáe, David Oyelowo, Mark Rylance, Hailee Steinfeld, Emma Stone, Charlize Theron and Alicia Vikander will all take to the stage at the ceremony.
At the ceremony, ‘La LaLand’ leads the nominations with 14 nods – equalling the record set by 1997 movie ‘Titanic’ – in categories including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Production Design.
The musical’s leading man, Gosling, is in the running for Best Actor but faces competition from ‘Manchester By The Sea’ star Casey Affleck, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’s Andrew Garfield, ‘Captain Fantastic’s Viggo Mortensen and ‘Fences’ actor Denzel Washington.
And in the Best Actress category, ‘La La Land’ has another nomination for Emma Stone, who will face off against ‘Elle’ star Isabelle Huppert, ‘Loving’s Ruth Negga, ‘Jackie’s Natalie Portman, and ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ actress Meryl Streep.
Jimmy Kimmel is this year’s Oscars host.
