Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Cate Blanchett to present at OscarsFebruary 5, 2015 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o will return to the Dolby Theatre to present Academy Awards on Feb. 22, Oscar show producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan announced, according to TheWrap. The quartet all won Oscars in the acting categories last year. McConaughey and Leto won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, both for “Dallas Buyers Club.” Blanchett won Best Actress for “Blue Jasmine,” while Nyong’o was named Best Supporting Actress for “12 Years a Slave.” The previous year’s four acting nominees are typically the first presenters announced, and the announcement of McConaughey, Blanchett, Leto and Nyong’o, which was first made on Twitter, were indeed the first presenters to be revealed on the show. The 87th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre and will be broadcast live on ABC. Photo: Matt Petit/AMPAS Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |