After being pulled out of the audience by host Hugh Jackman for a song-and-dance number at last year’s Oscar show, Anne Hathaway has been tapped by Academy president Tom Sherak to lend a hand once again, this time at the February 2 announcement of Oscar nominations.
The job requires getting up very early, and it means Hathaway will be one of the first people to know the identity of the nominees. She’ll be given the list of names (and coached on the proper pronunciations) before the 5:38 a.m. announcement.
The announcement is always made by the Academy president (this will be Sherak’s first time), usually with the assistance of an Oscar-winning actor or actress – including, in recent years, Forest Whitaker, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody and Kathy Bates. It has also been handled by nominees like Salma Hayek or Hathaway.
(Photo by Jon Didier/AMPAS)
The AMPAS press release:
ANNE HATHAWAY TO JOIN ACADEMY PRESIDENT TOM SHERAK FOR OSCAR® NOMINATIONS
Beverly Hills, CA — Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress and Academy member Anne Hathaway.
Sherak and Hathaway will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com.
Last year Hathaway received her first Oscar nomination for her leading role in “Rachel Getting Married.” She first came to national attention in the 2006 sleeper hit “The Devil Wears Prada” opposite Meryl Streep. Hathaway will be seen next in “Valentine’s Day,” followed by the role of the White Queen in Tim Burton’s remake of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Love and Other Drugs” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. Her other film credits include “Bride Wars,” “Get Smart,” “Passengers,” “Becoming Jane,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Princess Diaries.”
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
