Last year’s winner Christoph Waltz confirmed as Oscar’s presenterFebruary 21, 2014 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Christoph Waltz has been confirmed as a presenter at the March 2 Oscars, joining previously announced Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway. It’s become an Academy Awards tradition for the four acting winners of the previous year to present the trophies in the thesp categories, Variety said. Also announced, Bette Midler will perform, her first time singing on the show after previous appearances as a presenter. The “Red Carpet Live” segment, starting at 4 p.m. PT, will be hosted by “Good Morning America” anchors Robin Roberts and Lara Spencer, and Jess Cagle, editor of People and editorial director of Entertainment Weekly. Those three returnees will be joined by actor Tyson Beckford. “Red Carpet Live” will be produced by Brad Lachman; Michael Seligman will serve as supervising producer and Bill Bracken as coordinating producer. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, producers of the Oscars telecast, are the pre-show’s executive producers. Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will be presented March 2 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. They will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |