AWARDS BEAT
Four days after Academy Awards producers announced what they had said would be their last group of presenters, the Oscars have added one more name: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The wrestler-turned-actor will serve as a presenter on Sunday’s show — and his booking means the show’s lineup of participants is now “kinda complete,” according to a Thursday tweet from Craig Zadan, who is producing the show with Neil Meron.
Then again, Meron also advised in his tweet that viewers should “expect some cool surprises” on Sunday, so maybe the lineup isn’t complete after all.
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Johnson, who rose to fame wrestling in the WWE, most recently starred in “Hercules” and will appear in the upcoming “San Andreas” and “Furious 7.”
The Oscars will take place on Sunday in the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris will host.
TheWrap's 2015 Oscar Nominees Party at The District (Photos)
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TheWrap's sixth annual Pre-Oscar party featured live performances and 74 Oscar nominees.
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Diane Warren performs "Grateful" (Best Original Song nominee from "Beyond the Lights") in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
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Fellow nominee Gregg Alexander followed Diane Warren's performance with one of his own, "Lost Stars," which is nominated from "Begin Again."
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The "Boyhood" team celebrated their film's six Oscar nominations with TheWrap Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman and Awards Editor Steve Pond.
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Waxman congratulated Patricia Arquette, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Boyhood."
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"Boyhood" filmmaker Richard Linklater, nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, also walked the red carpet.
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"Boyhood's" young star Ellar Coltrane made a red carpet appearance.
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Patricia Arquette, nominated for Best Supporting Actress ("Boyhood") is hoping to repeat her Golden Globe win.
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Dan Gilroy, the writer and director of "Nightcrawler," chatted to guests about his Best Original Screenplay nomination.
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"The Imitation Game" producers Ido Ostrowsky and Nora Grossman celebrated their film's eight nominations.
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Award-winning producer and Electus Founder/CEO Ben Silverman bonded with Sharon Waxman at the event.
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"Leviathan" director Andrey Zvyagintsev celebrated his Best Foreign Film nomination.
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"Django Unchained" executive producer Michael Shamberg talked with Participant Media CEO Jim Berk.
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"Boyhood" filmmaker Richard Linklater shared his secrets on directing.
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"The Phone Call's" director Matt Kirby talked to TheWrap about the film's nomination for Best Short.
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The venue for TheWrap's Oscar party was The District by Hannah An in West Hollywood, California.
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Keith Richman, President of Defy Media, mingled at the gathering.
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Ava DuVernay, whose film "Selma" is nominated for Best Picture, posed with Hannah An and Sharon Waxman.
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TheWrap's Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman (right) and restaurateur Hannah An (left).
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Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (left) and Best Foreign Language Film ("Wild Tales") nominee Damian Szifron (right).
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Restaurateur Hannah An (left) and Tiffany An walked the red carpet.
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Rory Kennedy, who directed nominated documentary "Last Days in Vietnam," posed on the red carpet.
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Pawel Pawlikowski, writer and director of Best Foreign Language Film nominee "Ida," crossed his arms playfully for the cameras.
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"Whiplash" writer and director Damien Chazelle was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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"The Imitation Game's" Oscar-nominated editor Billy Goldenberg.
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Dan Gilroy, Oscar nominee in the Best Original Screenplay category for "Nightcrawler," walked the red carpet.
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Team "Boyhood" was made up of director Richard Linklater, producer Cathleen Sutherland, editor Sandra Adair, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Colltrane.
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TheWrap's Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman with Executive Editor Joseph Kapsch.
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Best Animated Feature nominee "How to Train Your Dragon 2's" director Dean Deblois and producer Bonnie Arnold.
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Director Laura Poitras' "Citizenfour," about NSA leaker Edward Snowden, is nominated for Best Documentary.
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"Citizenfour" Producer Dirk Wilutzky, director Laura Poitras and editor Mathilde Bonnefoy
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Writer Damian Szifron celebrates his Oscar nomination for "Wild Tales."
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TheWrap Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman introduced the night's musical numbers.
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Sharon Waxman introduced Diane Warren, who has been nominated for seven Oscars throughout her career.
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Diane Warren prepared to sing her Oscar-nominated song "Grateful," which she wrote for "Beyond the Lights."
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Diane Warren wowed the crowd with her voice and musicianship.
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Diane Warren took to the piano for her performance.
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Sharon Waxman introduced singer-songwriter Gregg Alexander.
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Gregg Alexander dazzled the crowd with his Oscar-nominated song "Lost Stars," written for the John Carney film "Begin Again."
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The movie rendition of Gregg Alexander's song is performed by stars Keira Knightley and Adam Levine.
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Hannah An thanked the crowd for attending.
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Director Talkhon Hamzavi, producer Stefan Eichenberger and actress Nissa Kashani of Oscar-nominated short "Parvaneh."
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Director Christopher Hees of Oscar-nominated short film "The Bigger Picture."
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Best Documentary Short "Joanna" director Aneta Kopacz.
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Keven McAlester, producer of Oscar-nominated Best Documentary Feature "Last Days in Vietnam."
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Actor Tommy James Murphy (left) celebrated a successful evening Catherine, Hannah and Tiffany An.
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"Timbuktu" director Abderrahmane Sissako.
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Julian Raymond co-wrote Oscar-nominated Best Original Song "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me."
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Makeup artists and Oscar nominees Dennis Liddiard (left) and Bill Corso of "Foxcatcher."
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"Captain America: The Winter Soldier's" Oscar-nominated Visual Effects team Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick.
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Oscar-nominated Best Live Action Short Film "Butter Lamp" producer Julien Feret.
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Oscar-nominated Best Live Action Short Film "Butter Lamp" director Hu Wei.
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"The Imitation Game" producer Teddy Schwarzman posed on the red carpet, the film is nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture.
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Producer Kristina Reed and director Patrick Osborne of Disney's "Feast," nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
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Ellen Goosenberg Kent, the Oscar-nominated director of ""Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1," nominated in the Best Documentary Short category.
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Danielle Brisebois co-wrote "Begin Again's" Oscar-nominated song "Lost Stars."
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Oscar nominee Thomas Curley, sound mixer of "Whiplash."
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"Birdman" sound mixer and Oscar nominee Jon Taylor.
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Maria Djurkovic is nominated for Best Production Design for "The Imitation Game."
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Ben Wilkins is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Sound Mixing category for his work on "Whiplash."
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Andrew Lockley, nominated in the Best Visual Effects category for "Interstellar."
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Composer Shawn Patterson received his first Oscar nomination for writing Best Original Song contender "Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie."
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Paul Franklin is nominated in the Best Visual Effects category for his work on "Interstellar."
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Tomasz Sliwinski is nominated in the Best Documentary Short category for "Our Curse."
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Scott Fisher is nominated in the Best Visual Effects category for his work on "Interstellar."
TheWrap’s 6th annual pre-awards event welcomed 74 Academy Award nominees and more than 300 guests at The District in West Hollywood on Monday, Feb. 2
TheWrap's sixth annual Pre-Oscar party featured live performances and 74 Oscar nominees.