More stars have been announced as presenters at this year’s Oscars ceremony, adding to the already exciting list of names.
Will Packer and Shayla Cowan, producers of the awards show, revealed on Monday that Elliot Page, Jennifer Garner, Tiffany Haddish, Bill Murray, Encanto‘s Stephanie Beatriz, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater, and Shaun White will be presenters at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday.
The newly added presenters will be taking the stage along with those previously announced, including Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner, Anthony Hopkins, Lily James, Zoë Kravitz, John Leguizamo, Simu Liu, Rami Malek, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock, Uma Thurman, Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter, Yuh-Jung Youn, Woody Harrelson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Bailey, Daniel Kaluuya, Mila Kunis, Shawn Mendes, Lupita Nyong’o, Tyler Perry, Tracee Ellis Ross, Naomi Scott, Wesley Snipes and John Travolta.
This year’s Oscars ceremony has the first all-Black producers team.
“You need something other than just a chance to see stars. We have to make a show that is entertaining and appeals to a broad swath of the viewing public,” Packer said. “My approach is to bring everybody together around the idea of a love for cinema. And so one of the things you’ll see is that not everyone involved with the show may be a movie person.”
“It absolutely means that we are not limited to just folks within the [traditional] movie industry,” he added. “I want to make sure this felt like something that was as wide-ranging and far-reaching as the movies themselves.”
The 2022 Oscars will be held Sunday at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre and televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.
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