The Academy has tapped Jennifer Lawrence, a 2011 Oscar nominee for her breakthrough role in the gritty indie drama Winter’s Bone, to help announce the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards. The nominees will be revealed on January 24, 2012 at 5:30am PT by Lawrence and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak.
Newbie Academy member Lawrence and Sherak will reveal 10 of the 24 categories during the news conference in Beverly Hills. The remainder of the nominees will be released to the world via the media and the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Lawrence will next be seen starring as Katniss Everdeen in one of the most anticipated films of 2012: The Hunger Games.
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
