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Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford named among this year s star-studded list of Oscars presenters
The Oscars has been delayed this year because of the coronavirus pandemic but a star-studded presenters list including Brad Pitt has been announced, with more names still to be added
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Brad Pitt is among a long list of star-studded presenters for this year s Oscars (Image: Getty Images)
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Bong Joon-ho to appear at 93rd Academy Awards as presenter
Posted : 2021-04-13 15:50
By Kwak Yeon-soo
Director Bong Joon-ho, whose film Parasite won four awards at last year s Academy Awards ― Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film ― will take part in the 93rd Oscars ceremony as a presenter.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday a number of this year s presenters, which also included Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Additional presenters will be announced at a later date. It is still unclear which category Bong will present, but U.S. outlets such as Deadline predicted he will give the Best Director Award.
For decades, awards shows provided a front-row seat to TV viewers’ favorite performers.
Even as audiences for sitcoms and dramas were siphoned away by streaming services, the Oscars, the Grammys and the Golden Globes could be relied upon every year to deliver the biggest TV ratings outside of NFL football.
But over the past year, awards shows could not catch a break as the pandemic turned the spectacles into low-key, socially distanced and often virtual affairs. Both the CBS telecast of the 63rd Grammy Awards (9.2 million viewers on March 14) and NBC’s presentation of the 93rd Golden Globe Awards (6.9 million viewers on Feb. 28) dropped more than 50% from 2020 levels, according to Nielsen.