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Oscar winners and nominees won’t be the only stars shining at the big show this Sunday — the famous faces presenting the awards and live performers will also have their moments in the spotlight.
This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its final batch of celebrities tapped to present at the 98th annual Academy Awards. Here are the details.
Oscar nominees are set to receive a massive “Everyone Wins” gift bag valued at about $350,000, featuring bucket-list trips, wellness retreats, beauty upgrades, luxury gear and a few surprise extras.
The Oscars presenters
This is the star-studded lineup of presenters who will be holding those envelopes:
- Rose Byrne
- Nicole Kidman
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Delroy Lindo
- Ewan McGregor
- Wagner Moura
- Pedro Pascal
- Bill Pullman
- Lewis Pullman
- Channing Tatum
- Sigourney Weaver
The celebs join these previously announced presenters:
- Will Arnett
- Adrien Brody
- Javier Bardem
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Kieran Culkin
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Chris Evans
- Anne Hathaway
- Chase Infiniti
- Mikey Madison
- Paul Mescal
- Demi Moore
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Maya Rudolph
- Zoe Saldaña.
Like last year, Conan O’Brien will host the Oscars.
EJAE is getting ready for Hollywood’s biggest night. The “KPop Demon Hunters” star shared exclusively with Access Hollywood on the set of her upcoming Super Bowl commercial how she feels about performing her now-Oscar-nominated hit song “Golden” at the ceremony, and which celebs she’s hoping sing along.
The Oscars entertainment
As for this year’s live entertainment, fans can expect performances of two Oscar-nominated original songs: “Golden” from Netflix’s Oscar-nominated animated mega-hit, “KPop Demon Hunters,” and “I Lied to You” from “Sinners,” the buzzy film that’s leading this year’s Oscars with a record 16 nominations.
Singers Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami — the singing voices behind Huntrix, the fictional K-pop group featured in “KPop Demon Hunters” — will perform the hit song from the film.
According to the Academy, the performance will begin by blending Korean instrumentalists and dance, “celebrating the folklore and cultural inspiration” rooted in the film’s story.
Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.
Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq will perform “I Lied to You,” joined by Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith.
The Academy said the performance will “explore the role music plays in the film’s storytelling” and is designed to be an homage to the “singular visual style” of “Sinners.”
The live entertainment lineup at the 2026 Oscars will also include appearances by singer Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
The 98th annual Academy Awards airs live at 4 p.m. on ABC and Hulu.