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What we know about the 2015 Oscars

What we know about the 2015 Oscars

By EW Staff

Updated February 17, 2015 at 12:00 PM EST

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The Oscars are almost here. Can you feel it?

Now that awards season’s premier ceremony is just a few days away, the night’s presenters (43 in total!) have all been announced—as well as the names of a slew of performers, several of whom are participating in mysterious, as-yet-undefined “special sequences.” Here’s the latest information on what we can expect at the 87th Academy Awards—we’ll update the list if more names continue to roll in.

Performers

Host Neil Patrick Harris, who will perform “an original multimedia, musical sequence” called “Moving Pictures,” penned by Oscar-winning Frozen songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Adam Levine, performing the Oscar-nominated “Lost Stars” from the film Begin Again (which features Levine)
Common and John Legend, performing the Oscar-nominated “Glory” from the film Selma
Rita Ora, performing the Oscar-nominated “Grateful” from the film Beyond the Lights
Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island, performing the Oscar-nominated “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
Tim McGraw, performing the Oscar-nominated “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from the documentary Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me
Anna Kendrick, performing “something special that is sure to be an ‘Only on the Oscars’ moment,” according to producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
Jack Black, who will join “a very special sequence”
Jennifer Hudson in another unspecified musical sequence
Lady Gaga, ditto

Presenters

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