Scarlett Johansson and Russell Brand at Oscars

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American actress Scarlett Johansson and British comedian Russell Brand will be among the presenters at the 83rd Academy Awards at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on Sunday, February 27, announced Oscar producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, reports People.

They will join a formidable group of Hollywood A-listers: Annette Bening, Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Oprah Winfrey, and Reese Witherspoon.

Musical performers include Zachary Levi, Alan Menken, Mandy Moore, Randy Newman, Gwyneth Paltrow, A. R. Rhaman, and Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine.

Opting for a younger face for this year’s Academy Awards, actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco were named as hosts. Franco’s nomination for best actor marks the first time since 1973 that an actor has hosted the award ceremony in the same year that they were nominated for an acting award.

Russell Brand shares the screen with Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner in a remake of Arthur due out in theaters this April. Scarlett Johansson stars alongside Matt Damon in Cameron Crowe’s comedy-drama We Bought a Zoo, due out December 23.