Josh Hutcherson, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana and Octavia Spencer will be presenters at this year's Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.
Hutcherson has appeared in such films as "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2008), "The Kids Are All Right" (2010) and all three "Hunger Games" films to date. He will star later this year in the series finale, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2."
Johansson, whose film credits include "Lost in Translation" (2003), "Match Point" (2005), "Her" (2013) and "Lucy" (2014), will reprise her recurring role as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the upcoming film "Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Saldana has appeared in such features as "Avatar" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014). She will next appear in "Infinitely Polar Bear" due out later this year.
Spencer won an Oscar® for her supporting role in the 2011 film "The Help." Her other film credits include "Fruitvale Station" (2013), "Snowpiercer" (2014) and "Black or White" (2014). She will appear in the upcoming "Divergent" sequel "Insurgent."
The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the
ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Designed to be the ultimate complement to the broadcast, The Oscars Backstage will also be live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT in the US on the WATCH
ABC app for desktop, mobile and connected TV devices. Presented again this year by Samsung Galaxy®, The Oscars Backstage lets fans select from three channels that will pull from more than 15 live cameras strategically placed
ON THE RED CARPET and throughout the backstage areas of the Dolby Theatre, providing fans with insider views into the most memorable moments of the night. Popular cameras positions include the Director's Cut (including Thank You cam), Audience and Backstage.
Additionally, fans who have verified with a participating pay TV provider in one of the eight
ABC Owned markets - Chicago, Fresno, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham and San Francisco - can access a live feed of the Oscars preshow, full awards telecast and "
Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" as part of the regular WATCH
ABC service. Live streaming is currently available through Comcast, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, DISH,
DIRECTV (coming soon), Midcontinent Communications, Verizon FiOS, Google Fiber and AT&T U-verse, among others. Once aired, the full Oscars telecast will be available on demand via WATCH
ABC for verified viewers for three days. WATCH
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The 10th annual "
Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" airs Sunday, February 22 at 12:05 a.m. ET after the late local news and at 10:00 p.m. PT on ABC. Broadcasting from Disney's El Capitan Theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of L.A.'s star-studded Walk of Fame, the studio is just steps away from Dolby Theater, home to the "Academy Awards." Kimmel's previous post-Oscar specials have featured viral comedy bits and guest appearances by
Oprah Winfrey,
Tom Cruise,
Kevin Spacey, Ellen DeGeneres,
Meryl Streep,
Tom Hanks,
Ben Affleck,
Jamie Foxx,
Channing Tatum,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Matt Damon,
Jon Stewart,
Morgan Freeman,
Billy Crystal,
Martin Scorsese,
Chris Hemsworth,
Christoph Waltz,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Gary Oldman,
Anjelica Huston,
Ben Kingsley, and many more. Over the past six years, the show's post-Oscar comedy bits have racked up over 55 million views on the "
Jimmy Kimmel Live"
Youtube channel.
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