2020 Oscars: Zazie Beetz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mindy Kaling Among Diverse Group of Presenters

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Oscar producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced the second round of presenters for the awards show which airs on Feb. 9.

The diverse group includes Zazie Beetz, Timothée Chalamet, Will Ferrell, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Marie Tran and Kristen Wiig.

“We’re excited to welcome these talented artists to help celebrate this year’s movies,” said Howell Taylor and Allain. “Each brings their own unique energy and appeal to our global audience.”

They join Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali and Regina King, who were announced as the first round of presenters. It’s an Oscars tradition that the acting awards are by last year’s winners.

“We love the tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning actors on stage to celebrate the achievements of their peers and are thrilled to welcome back these four great talents,” read a statement from Howell Taylor and Allain.

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Three of the four actors won their Oscars for playing real-life roles. Malek won Best Actor for his performance as Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” while Colman pulled off a surprise victory for Best Actress for her satirical take on Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”

In the supporting categories, Ali won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work as jazz musician Dr. Don Shirley in the Best Picture-winning “Green Book,” joining his victory in 2017 for his performance in another Best Picture winner, “Moonlight.” Speaking of “Moonlight,” the director of that film, Barry Jenkins, directed Regina King in her Best Supporting Actress winning performance in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She played Sharon Rivers, who fights to get her daughter’s soulmate freed after he is falsely convicted on rape charges.

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The tradition of acting Oscar winners presenting awards a year later has gone back decades but has hit a snag in recent years. Last year’s supporting role winners Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney were not initially asked to present the awards, but were later invited after a tweet from Janney noting the lack of contact from Oscar producers prompted a backlash.

In 2018, Best Actor winner Casey Affleck announced that he would not present or even attend the Oscars that year, saying he did not want to distract from the actors being honored. Affleck reached settlements with two women in 2010 who accused him of sexual harassment, accusations that resurfaced both before and after Affleck’s Oscar victory for “Manchester By The Sea.”

Oscars 2020: See the Nominees in All 24 Categories (Photos)

Nine films are nominated for Best Picture at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars ceremony, which takes place the earliest ever in awards season, will take place on Feb. 9. And for the second year in a row, this year’s ceremony will have no host. Check out the full list of nominees in all 24 categories.
BEST PICTURE

“Ford v Ferrari,”

“The Irishman,”

“Jojo Rabbit,”

“Joker,”

“Little Women,”

“Marriage Story,”

“1917,”

“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,”

“Parasite” (Pictured)
Neon
BEST DIRECTOR

Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite,”

Todd Phillips, “Joker,”

Sam Mendes, “1917,”

Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman” (Pictured),

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Netflix
BEST ACTOR

Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory,”

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,”

Adam Driver, “Marriage Story,”

Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker,” (Pictured)

Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
Warner Bros.
BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet,”

Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story,”

Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women,”

Charlize Theron, “Bombshell,”

Renée Zellweger, “Judy” (pictured)
Roadside Attractions/LD Entertainment
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”

Al Pacino, “The Irishman”

Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”

Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (pictured)
Sony Pictures
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell” (pictured),

Laura Dern, “Marriage Story,”

Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit,”

Florence Pugh, “Little Women,”

Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
STXfilms
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“Knives Out,”

“Marriage Story” (pictured),

“1917,”

“Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood,”

“Parasite”
Netflix
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“The Irishman,”

“Jojo Rabbit,”

“Joker,”

“Little Women,”

“The Two Popes” (pictured)
Peter Mountain/Netflix
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“The Irishman,”

“Joker,”

“The Lighthouse” (pictured),

“1917,”

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
A24/Photo by Eric Chakeen
BEST FILM EDITING

“Ford v Ferrari,”

“The Irishman,”

“Jojo Rabbit,”

“Joker,”

“Parasite”
Netflix
BEST COSTUME DESIGN

“The Irishman,”

“Jojo Rabbit,”

“Joker,”

“Little Women” (pictured),

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Sony
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

“Bombshell” (pictured)

“Joker,”

“Judy,”

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,”

“1917”
Lionsgate
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

“Joker,”

“Little Women” (pictured),

“Marriage Story,”

“1917,”

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Fox Searchlight
BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4,"

“Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II” (pictured),

“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman,”

“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough,”

“Stand Up” from “Harriet”
Disney
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

“The Irishman,”

“Jojo Rabbit,”

“1917” (pictured, Dennis Gassner),

“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,”

“Parasite”
Universal
BEST SOUND EDITING

“Ford v Ferrari,”

“Joker,”

“1917,”

“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,”

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (pictured)
Walt Disney Studios
BEST SOUND MIXING

“Ad Astra” (pictured)

“Ford v Ferrari,”

“Joker,”

“1917,”

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
20th Century Fox
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

“Avengers: Endgame,”

“The Irishman,”

“The Lion King” (pictured),

“1917,”

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Disney
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

“Corpus Christi,” Poland

“Honeyland,” North Macedonia

“Les Misérables,” France

“Pain and Glory,” Spain (pictured)

“Parasite,” South Korea
Sony Pictures Classics
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,”

“I Lost My Body,”

“Klaus,”

“Missing Link,”

“Toy Story 4” (pictured)
Disney-Pixar
BEST ANIMATED SHORT

“Dcera (Daughter),”

“Hair Love,”

“Kitbull” (pictured)

“Memorable”

“Sister”
Pixar
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“American Factory,”

“The Cave” (pictured),

“The Edge of Democracy,”

“For Sama,”

“Honeyland”
Nat Geo
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

“In the Absence,”

“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” (pictured)

“Life Overtakes Me,”

“St. Louis Superman,”

“Walk Run Cha-Cha”
Netflix
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

“Brotherhood,”

“Nefta Football Club” (pictured)

“The Neighbors’ Window,”

“Saria,”

“A Sister”
Mubi

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The 92nd Academy Awards take place on Feb. 9

Nine films are nominated for Best Picture at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars ceremony, which takes place the earliest ever in awards season, will take place on Feb. 9. And for the second year in a row, this year’s ceremony will have no host. Check out the full list of nominees in all 24 categories.

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