Oscar Ceremony Details

79th Annual Academy Awards - THE OSCARS

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25th at 8:30PM Eastern on ABC.

Half hour arrival official arrival special "The Road to Oscar" at 8PM Eastern on ABC.

Red Carpet Coverage on E! and TV Guide Channel 6-8PM Eastern.


Host: Ellen Degeneres

Scheduled Presenters:

Ben Affleck, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Francis Ford Coppola, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Robert De Niro, Catherine Deneuve, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert Downey Jr, Kirsten Dunst, Clint Eastwood, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Al Gore, Eva Green, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Greg Kinnear, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, George Lucas, Tobey Maguire, James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Clive Owen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Ken Watanabe, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon.

Not too shabby?

That's seriously the most presenters I can remember for an Oscar show. Plus, as always, there's a few who won't be announced.

(Special thanks to Laura Ziskin for a truly outstanding, original list. 3 of my suggestions made it: Emily, Clive and Anne.)