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Halle Berry, Marisa Tomei, Oprah Winfrey, et al. to Be Academy Award Presenters

Marisa Tomei
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Marisa Tomei
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

An initial lineup of celebrities who will be presenters at the Oscars has been announced, according to an Associated Press report. As previously reported, James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, which will air live on ABC on February 27.

Among the presenters will be Academy Award winner and stage stalwart Marisa Tomei; talk show hostess and Broadway’s The Color Purple producer Oprah Winfrey; and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who is widely rumored to be making her Broadway debut in the forthcoming production of The Mountaintop.

Additional artists scheduled to appear are Academy Awards winners Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges.