A year after his infamous “Adele Dazeem” presenting flub, John Travolta has been announced as an Oscar presenter. Travolta’s mistake was the talk of last year’s Oscars after he mispronounced Idina Menzel’s name.
Jennifer Aniston, David Oyelowo, Kerry Washington, Sienna Miller, Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana were also announced as presenters. They will join last year’s winners; Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto, as well as Meryl Streep and Oprah.
Into The Woods actress, Anna Kendrick and Dreamgirls actress, Jennifer Hudson will perform in one of the musical sequences planned for the night. Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said Kendrick, “will be performing something special that is sure to be an ‘Only on the Oscars’ moment.”
The Oscars will air on February 22.
He obviously has friends in very high places, why do they keep asking him to present when he hasn’t had a hit film in years and he’s hardly a legend?
Up your nose with a rubber hose! 😛
Travolta hardly a legend? LMAO…
Tony Manero, Danny Zucko, Vincent Vega, Chili Palmer, (let me say) Bill Clinton and Edna Turnblad (following the heritage of Divine)… 6 icons only from the top of my head.
Not many actors make their characters to become part of the universal conciousness as much, as people remembering them by their name… We could try to remember 6 characters names from Meryl Streep, Robert de Niro or even Marlon Brando without looking IMDB or Wikipedia… he’s an icon maker and probably one of the most underrated great actors in Hollywood. I mean, just look as his “Swordfish” monologue.
I love John Travolta. That mistake last year was funny. I kinda liked that name better than her real one. But anyway, he’s a great talent and I wish there were more actors out there like him.
SCOTT: THE OTHER ONE
You just made my day. I am still laughing at your post about Travolta. You are TOO FUNNY!
And just when I get disgusted with all the rants and ravings with some of these clowns on Awards Daily, somebody like you posts something so witty . . . well, I just wet my pants.
YES! Let’s have him introduce “The Imitation Game” on the Oscars. AMPAS . . . are you listening?
He obviously has friends in very high places, why do they keep asking him to present when he hasn’t had a hit film in years and he’s hardly a legend?
Give him a fucking break for once.
You try saying Idina Menzel with a 9-inch cock half way down your throat!
“Here are your nominees for best foreign film…Ida directed…directed by…P…Paw Paw Paweeeel…nope. Nope nope nope.”
If they had, as a joke, Travolta attempt to read off the names and then Idina Menzel comes out to “help him” that might be the funniest and most self aware bit in years. At the end Travolta goes, “Thank you, Menzima.”
“I’m here to present the next best picture nominee. Whiplash directed by Damdon Chazeemiel.”
“And your best director nominees are…West Anders. Ale Jojo In a Tutu. Ricardo Dinkhamlet. Morphen Tilda. And Benedict Myldum.”
Maybe he will introduce The Imitation Game, a film about a talented gay man forced to live a double life, and seek covert sexual satisfaction, because of the pressures of the professional position he occupies and the conventions he is expected to live by. Just sayin’.
Truthfully, I assume he is being asked back for the very purpose of making a joke about last year, maybe by purposely screwing up some more names.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu seems a viable option too.
you misspelled Ida Django Gonegirlez IntotheWoodzu
Let’s have him introduce Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
He should have to introduce Benedict Cumberbatch.
im still laughing everytime im reminded, adele dazeem,
I hope Idina Menzel presents him as “Please welcome the wickedly tallented Travis Jarvolta”
I also thought he was great in PHENOMENON
Only two noms in his more than iconic career, “Saturday Night Fever” and “Pulp Fiction”…
… and so many snubs that are vertigo-inducing: “Blow Out”, “Get Shorty”, “Primary Colors”, “She’s so lovely”, “A Civil Action” and “Hairspray”, most notably… question is, will be live to at least receive a honorary Oscar? And, will the Academy hand him one to him, before Tom Cruise has it?