81st Academy Awards – Presenters and Performers

Presenters

• Alicia Keys – Best Original Score, Best Original Song
• Zac Efron – Best Original Score, Best Original Song
• Bill Maher – Best Documentary Film
• Kevin Kline – Best Supporting Actor
• Christopher Walken – Best Supporting Actor
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Best Supporting Actor
• Alan Arkin – Best Supporting Actor
• Joel Grey – Best Supporting Actor
• James Franco – Best Live Action Short
• Seth Rogen – Best Live Action Short
• Jessica Biel – Technical Awards Mention
• Natalie Portman – Best Cinematography
• Ben Stiller – Best Cinematography
• Jennifer Aniston – Best Short Film Animated, Animated Feature
• Jack Black – Best Short Film Animated, Animated Feature
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Best Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
• Daniel Craig – Best Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
• Robert Pattinson – Romance 2008 Montage
• Amanda Seyfried – Romance 2008 Montage
• Tina Fey – Best Screenplay Adapted and Original
• Steve Martin – Best Screenplay Adapted and Original
• Whoopi Goldberg – Best Supporting Actress
• Goldie Hawn – Best Supporting Actress
• Anjelica Huston – Best Supporting Actress
• Eva Marie Saint – Best Supporting Actress
• Tilda Swinton – Best Supporting Actress
• Will Smith – Best Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Visual Effects
• Reese Witherspoon – Best Director
• Sophia Loren – Best Actress
• Shirley MacLaine – Best Actress
• Marion Cotillard – Best Actress
• Nicole Kidman – Best Actress
• Halle Berry – Best Actress
• Michael Douglas – Best Actor
• Adrien Brody – Best Actor
• Robert De Niro – Best Actor
• Anthony Hopkins – Best Actor
• Ben Kingsley – Best Actor
• Steven Spielberg – Best Picture

Performers

• Queen Latifah performed “I’ll Be Seeing You” during the annual “In Memoriam” tribute.
• James Marvel last minute addition violinist.
• Anne Hathaway portrayed “Nixon” aside Hugh Jackman in the opening sequence
• Hugh Jackman, Beyoncé Knowles, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried, and Dominic Cooper performed a medley created by Baz Luhrmann of songs from movie musicals. The medley of nominees for best song was performed by A. R. Rahman, John Legend, and Mahalaxmi Iyer

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