Last year’s acting Oscar winners Kate Winslet, Sean Penn and Penelope Cruz will all return to the ceremony to present awards this year.
The three stars all won awards in the acting categories at the 2009 bash, along with Heath Ledger, who posthumously won the Best Supporting Actor gong for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Cruz, 35, picked up the Best Supporting Actress award for Vicky Cristina Barcelona at last year’s ceremony and has been nominated again this year for her supporting performance in Nine.
Penn, 49, won the Best Actor gong last year for his leading role in Milk and Kate Winslet, 34, picked up Best Actress for her part in The Reader.
The Academy’s telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced that the three stars will return to the ceremony on March 7 to present awards.