The Academy Awards have revealed which celebrities you'll see presenting Oscars and performing songs at the Feb. 23 awards ceremony, The Los Angeles Times reports.
On a year when the Oscars' serious diversity issue finally came to a head with a boycott led by Spike Lee, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, people have been waiting to see who would take the stage.
We now know that lineup will include appearances by Kevin Hart and Pharrell Williams, as well as a performance by The Weeknd (who is nominated in the Best Original Song category for his contribution to the Fifty Shades soundtrack).
Also set to appear on stage: Benicio del Toro, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey, Ryan Gosling, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Charlize Theron and Jacob Tremblay.
It's going to be really interesting to see how the show addresses, or ignores, the whole #OscarsSoWhite situation. If we had to bet, though, we'd put our money on host Chris Rock addressing the controversy head-on. It's about to get real uncomfortable in Hollywood.
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