In addition to the threesome, Marion Cotillard and Meryl Streep have also been tapped as additional award presenters for the annual ceremony set to take place on Sunday, February 22.
- Feb 7, 2015
AceShowbiz - The long list of Oscars 2015 presenters keeps growing with the addition of Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon. Besides, Oprah Winfrey, Marion Cotillard and Meryl Streep have also been tapped to hand out statues at the highly anticipated award ceremony.
Those additional presenters were revealed Friday, February 6 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They join previously announced names which among others included Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o.
News of the additional Oscars presenters came in the wake of official confirmation that actor-comedian Jack Black would deliver a "special" performance at the event. The show's producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan were quoted as saying, "Jack Black is a complete original comic voice and we're beyond thrilled that he has agreed to join the Oscars show in a very special sequence."
This year's annual Academy Awards, which will be the 87th, will be held Sunday, February 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 P.M. PST (8:30 P.M. EST/01:30 UTC). Neil Patrick Harris is on board hosting the annual Oscars.
