The most coveted award in the history of cinema, the 89th Academy Awards
are soon to be upon us on February 27th on Star Movies. As fans look
forward to the biggest awards show, its less than a week away as we introduce
the nominees of the most desired award in the business. A break from tradition,
the Academy announced that this time it will be announced via a global live
stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, a satellite
feed, and local broadcasters in an American morning TV show.
Before we await for January 24th to arrive to see
which of your favourite film or star is nominated for the golden statute, let
us quickly look through some of the biggest names who will join the AMPAS
President on the 24th of January at 8:30pm LIVE on Star Movies to
kick-start the Oscar fever.
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress for the movie- Dreamgirls. She is a Grammy Award-winner recording
artist and best-selling author. From American Idol (2002) to Oscars she has
written her own career story and proved that even a reality show can take you
somewhere where one must not have dreamt ever in his or her lifetime. Hudson
being an impact musician, her sophomore album, "I Remember Me,"
debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200. She co-starred in the box office hit
"Sex and the City: The Movie."
Brie Larson
Brie Larson last year earned the Oscar for Best
Actress in Leading Role for the movie- Room. Golden Globes and BAFTA
Awards winner built a career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature
film star and emerging recording artist with her impressive craft. She starred
in The Trouble with Bliss (2011) opposite Michael C. Hall. Besides acting, Brie
has simultaneously nurtured an ever-growing musical career.
Emmanuel Lubezki
After collecting the Oscar for Best Achievement in
Cinematography twice in his life, Luzbeki bagged it even for the third time
in 2016 for the excellent film The Revenant and is a proud Nominee Announcer of
the 89thedition of Oscar. Lubezki has been nominated for eight Academy Awards
for Best Cinematography, winning three, for Gravity (2013), Birdman(2014), and
The Revenant (2015). He is the first cinematographer in history to
win three consecutive Academy Awards.
Jason Reitman
Jason being one of the presenters of Oscar Nominees 2017
had been nominated for three different categories viz. Best Motion Picture of
the Year, Best Achievement in Directing and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
for the Up In The Air. His other masterstrokes include Thank You for
Smoking, Juno and Young Adult. For Juno too he was nominated in
Academy Awards for Best Achievement in Directing.
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe will also be joining the other hosts of
Oscar Nominations. He was nominated both for The Academy Awards and The Golden
Globes, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Last Samurai. After
coming up with his first TV appearance in 1982 he started getting noticed
amongst viewers. He made a miraculous comeback in The Last Samurai (2003),
where he co-starred with Tom Cruise which gave him a push to the centre stage
of Hollywood. His career bloomed when he starred with Christopher Nolan’s
Inception starring Leonardo Dicaprio.
