Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Cate Blanchett to present at OscarsFebruary 5, 2015 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o will return to the Dolby Theatre to present Academy Awards on Feb. 22, Oscar show producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan announced, according to TheWrap. The quartet all won Oscars in the acting categories last year. McConaughey and Leto won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, both for “Dallas Buyers Club.” Blanchett won Best Actress for “Blue Jasmine,” while Nyong’o was named Best Supporting Actress for “12 Years a Slave.” The previous year’s four acting nominees are typically the first presenters announced, and the announcement of McConaughey, Blanchett, Leto and Nyong’o, which was first made on Twitter, were indeed the first presenters to be revealed on the show. The 87th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre and will be broadcast live on ABC. Photo: Matt Petit/AMPAS 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. |