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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain to Present at the 2013 Oscars

Jessica Chastain in 'Zero Dark Thirty' - Photo © Columbia Pictures
Best Actress Oscar nominees Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence as well as Best Picture nominee Ben Affleck have just been added to the list of 2013 Oscar presenters. The 85th Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron confirmed their involvement as presenters on the show.
 
Affleck didn’t receive a Best Director nomination but his Argo will be competing in the top category, Best Picture. Chastain earned a Best Actress nomination for her work in Zero Dark Thirty while Lawrence picked up her Best Actress nomination for Silver Linings Playbook.
 
The list of presenters now includes Affleck, Chastain, Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Ted, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer, Meryl Streep, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
 
The 85th Academy Awards will take place on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood.
 
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 

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Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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