Actress Helen Mirren at the BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards in Los Angeles in this Nov. 1, 2007, file photo. Mirren will be among the presenters at the Feb. 24 ceremony at the Kodak Theatre, Oscar officials announced Thursday, Feb. 14.
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British actress Sienna Miller, seen here in 2007, told a London court Monday how she felt "hunted" by "frenzied" paparazzi photographers as they pursued her home after last year's BAFTA awards.
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French actress Marion Cotillard poses for photographs after she won her British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) for Leading Actress in London. "Atonement", the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's best-selling novel, was named Best Film at the star-studded BAFTAs, Britain's showpiece movie awards.
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LOS ANGELES - The strike is off and the star power is on for the 80th annual Academy Awards.
Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman will be among the presenters at the Feb. 24 ceremony at the Kodak Theatre, Oscar officials announced Thursday.
Other presenters include Denzel Washington, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Cameron Diaz, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks, said telecast producer Gil Cates and film academy President Sid Ganis.
The show will also feature performances of the year's five nominated songs. "Enchanted" star Amy Adams will sing "Happy Working Song," one of the film's three nominated tunes. Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders will perform "That's How You Know," and Jon McLaughlin will sing "So Close," also from "Enchanted."
The stars of "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, will perform their song "Falling Slowly." Jamia Simone Nash, along with the IMPACT repertory Theatre of Harlem, will sing "Raise It Up" from "August Rush."
Jon Stewart was previously announced as the show's host.
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