Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Streisand, Bates To Present At Oscars

Look for Barbra Streisand, Kathy Bates and Charlize Theron to appear during next Sunday's Academy Award telecast. The Oscar winners have been tapped to present at this year's ceremony. The Academy also added previous Oscar nominees Robert Downey, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah, and John Travolta to the growing list of participants. They join previously-announced presenters Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Jason Bateman. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be presented at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Sunday, March 7th. ABC will televise the ceremony live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.

Tonight, ABC will take a look at some of this year's Oscar nominees "Before They Were Famous." Tune in to a special Oscar-themed episode of ABC's "20/20" at 10:00 pm Eastern for a look at the early years of nominees George Clooney, Mo'Nique and Jeff Bridges.