Countdown to the Oscars: Presenters announced for acting awards
The Motion Picture Academy issued a statement today announcing that Sean Penn, Kate Winslet and Penélope Cruz will all return to the Academy Awards next month as presenters for the major acting categories. All three won Oscars last year. (The other acting award went to Heath Ledger, who is deceased.)
I am hopeful that producers will return to the tradition of allowing previous acting winners to be solo presenters. If tradition wins out, Penn would be presenting best actress, while Winslet would present best actor and Cruz would present best supporting actor.
Last year the producers used a team of 5 previous winners to present each acting award. It wasn’t cute and I didn’t like it.
Final ballots were also mailed today to all 5,777 voting members of the Academy; they are due back by March 2. The 82nd annual Academy Awards are March 7 on ABC.
