Jennifer Aniston, John Travolta, Chris Pratt added to Oscar presenters listFebruary 12, 2015 - 10:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo, Sienna Miller, Chris Pratt and John Travolta have been announced as the latest presenters for the 87th annual Academy Awards, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced, according to TheWrap. Airing live from the Hollywood’s Dolby Theater on February 22, the ceremony will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. For Aniston and Oyelowo, the bookings are a chance to show that they have no hard feelings over the failure of the Academy’s Actors Branch to nominate them for their roles in “Cake” and “Selma,” respectively. The two were among the most high-profile “snubs” of Oscar nomination morning. And for Travolta, the telecast could provide an opportunity for redemption — or a chance to publicly apologize, or at least poke a little fun at himself, on the same stage where the “Pulp Fiction” star famously introduced Idina Menzel as “Adele Dazeem” at last year’s Oscars. First-timer Oyelowo will present and also represent his Best Picture nominee “Selma,” as will Miller for “American Sniper.” Though she is far better known as a TV star (on “Scandal,” a show that airs on the Oscars’ home network, ABC) than a film actress, Washington is a returning Oscar presenter. She introduced Pharrell Williams in 2014 for his performance of”Happy,” and managed to get his name right. Pratt, the star of the Oscar-nominated “Guardians of the Galaxy,” will further carve out A-list status by gracing the Academy stage, and garner some decent facetime in promoting “Jurassic World.” This group joins previously announced presenters like Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |