Los Angeles: Media gathered for the moment and other workers were busy hanging lights and curtains in the arrivals area outside the Dolby Theatre here.
Tom Hanks, Chris Rock and Taika Waititi are some of the presenters who will take the Oscars stage during Sunday's ceremony. Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced Wednesday the final slate of actors who signed up to present awards on the ABC broadcast along with Jane Fonda, Oscar Isaac and Natalie Portman.
Other names in the overall lineup include Mahershala Ali, Will Ferrell, Keanu Reeves, Regina King, Salma Hayek, Gal Gadot, Spike Lee and Sigourney Weaver.
The much anticipated 2020 award night will be bankrolled by Oscar-nominated producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain, in their first involvement with the Academy Awards.
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The producers said in a statement that they are grateful to have a dynamic group of presenters for an exciting show. They are also promising an inclusive and theatrical show on Sunday.
For unversed, ABC Entertainment, has announced that the 2020 Oscars will have no host. This is the second time in a row that ABC and The Academy has decided for a hostless event.
Last year actor-comedian Kevin Harts was initially supposed to host the event but stepped down from the role as he got in between controversies that surfaced in which he expressed anti-gay sentiments and used homophobic terminology, cited The Hollywood Reporter. Thus in 2019, The Academy decided not to replace Hart and instead held the ceremony without a host.
The 92nd Academy Awards will be televised live on ABC Sunday starting at 8 p.m. ET.
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