Rami Malek, Olivia Colman and Last Year’s Acting Oscar

The custom of the performing classes on the Academy Awards being offered by final yr’s winners will proceed as 2019 Oscar winners Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali and Regina King have been named by the Academy on Tuesday as the primary spherical of presenters for the 2020 Oscars.

“We love the tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning actors on stage to celebrate the achievements of their peers and are thrilled to welcome back these four great talents,” learn an announcement from present producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain.

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Three of the 4 actors received their Oscars for taking part in actual life roles. Malek received Best Actor for his efficiency as Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” whereas Colman pulled off a shock victory for Best Actress for her satirical tackle Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”

In the supporting classes, Ali received his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work as jazz musician Dr. Don Shirley within the Best Picture profitable “Green Book,” becoming a member of his victory in 2017 for his efficiency in one other Best Picture winner, “Moonlight.” Speaking of “Moonlight,” the director of that movie, Barry Jenkins, directed Regina King in her Best Supporting Actress profitable efficiency in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She performed Sharon Rivers, who fights to get her daughter’s soulmate freed after he’s falsely convicted on rape fees.

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The custom of performing Oscar winners presenting awards a yr later has gone again many years, however has hit a snag in recent times. Last yr’s supporting function winners Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney weren’t initially requested to current the awards, however had been later invited after a tweet from Janney noting the dearth of contact from Oscar producers prompted a backlash.

In 2018, Best Actor winner Casey Affleck introduced that he wouldn’t current and even attend the Oscars that yr, saying he didn’t wish to distract from the actors being honored. Affleck reached settlements with two ladies in 2010 who accused him of sexual harassment, accusations that resurfaced each earlier than and after Affleck’s Oscar victory for “Manchester By The Sea.”