Salma Hayek joins list of presenters at 95th Academy Awards

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony is quickly approaching and the academy’s producers have announced its second round of celebrities who will be presenting awards at the Oscars Sunday night. The list includes Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Grant, and Nicole Kidman.

The academy is releasing regular updates on presenters, performers, and other hints as to what audiences can expect for Hollywood’s golden awards show, with more presenters to be announced in the coming days.

Who are the 2023 Academy Awards presenters?

Freshly added to the list of presenters for the 95th Academy Awards are Halle Bailey, Antonio Banderas, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Grant, Danai Gurira, Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman, Florence Pugh, and Sigourney Weaver

The presenters list that was previously released included Zoe Saldaña, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Jennifer Connelly, and Ariana DeBose.

Audiences will also see Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, and Michael B. Jordan.

Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Riz Ahmed, Melissa McCarthy, Questlove, and Donnie Yen will also present an Academy Award.

The 95th Oscars returns to the old-fashioned way of presenting

The Oscars organization made some changes for the 2023 show, specifically as it pertains to structure. Last year a decision was made to allow for pre-taping of eight category winner announcements, which did not go over well within the industry, or among fans.

Now all 23 categories will be presented in real time from the Oscars stage.

The update puts the excitement back into the event, with the spotlight focusing again on the moment when presenters announce the winners.

The Academy posted the first round of presenters to their official Twitter account .

“Meet your first slate of presenters for the 95th Oscars,” the academy wrote in the caption. “Tune into ABC to watch the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! #Oscars95.”

Oscars 2023 key facts

With Jimmy Kimmel returning as the evening’s host, having hosted previously in 2017 and 2018, the 2023 Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 12 at 8pm eastern standard time. Kimmel’s wife and head writer, Molly McNearney, is this year’s executive producer, with Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner also acting as producers.

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ dominates the nominations list with 11 total, along with nine-times nominated ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’.

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘Elvis’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘Tár’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘Women Talking’ are all nominated for the best picture award.