Oscar Presenters Announced

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 15, 2007

There is never any shortage of big names who are willing to get up on stage and wax political before announcing the winner of a coveted award. This is what makes it easy for Academy Awards show producer Laura Ziskin to find presenters to open the envelopes and hand out little gold men. The difficult part is finding the right group of presenters to compliment this year’s host Ellen Degeneres. This year’s presenters will include some hot commodities as well as some old favorites. Here is the confirmed list this far:

Daniel Craig
Will Ferrell
Nicole Kidman
Reese Witherspoon
Cate Blanchett
Steve Carell
Penelope Cruz
Tom Hanks
Rachel Weisz
Ben Affleck
Tom Cruise
Kirsten Dunst
Kate Winslet

No real surprises here. Gossipers hope that Tom Cruise brings along his estranged wife, who was once a Hollywood hot commodity but now appears publicly with the frequency of Vice President Dick Cheney. Oddly enough, they both lived at one point in an undisclosed underground location. Go figure? Another interesting choice is Steve Carell, star of television’s The Office. Everyone will be waiting to see who will become this year’s Ben Stiller and pull a stunt similar to walking out in a green suit and pretending to be invisible, so my bet is on Carell. Because lets face it, Will Ferrell is just too obvious a choice for that. All-in-all it is a solid list, and with more to come this year’s Oscar ceremonies have the air of being potentially entertaining. But even if they seemed like they would suck, would that stop you from tuning in?

That’s what I thought.

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