Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Marisa Tomei & Oprah Winfrey Presenters At 83rd Academy Awards

Past Winners and Nominees Lead List of Oscar® Presenters

Beverly Hills, CA – Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Marisa Tomei and Oprah Winfrey will present on the 83rd Academy Awards®, telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today.

In 2001 Berry won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Monsters Ball.” She can currently be seen in “Frankie & Alice.”

Last year, Bridges and Bullock took home the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars® for their leading roles in “Crazy Heart” and “The Blind Side,” respectively.

Bridges is a five-time Oscar nominee, who can next be seen in “True Grit” and “Tron: Legacy,” both due out this month. Bullock will appear next in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”

Tomei has received three nominations and won an Oscar in 1992 for her supporting role in “My Cousin Vinny.” She is currently shooting “Ides of March” and will be seen next in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and “Lincoln Lawyer.”

Winfrey was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in “The Color Purple.” She recently lent her voice to the character Eudora in “The Princess and the Frog” and served as executive producer of 2009 Best Picture nominee “Precious.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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