Songwriter and Anderson native Jon McLaughlin will be among the performers at the 80th Academy Awards telecast tonight.
McLaughlin will perform “So Close,” a song he performed for the soundtrack of Disney’s “Enchanted.” The song is written by Alan Menken with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
“So Close” is one of three songs nominated from the musical about a Disney fairy tale colliding with modern day New York.
Amy Adams will sing “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted.”
Also from “Enchanted” will be “That’s How You Know,” sung by Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders. Both are written by Menken and Schwartz.
Rounding out the musical performances, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova will sing their nominated song, “Falling Slowly,” from the motion picture “Once,” and Jamia Simone Nash will perform “Raise It Up,” from “August Rush,” with the IMPACT Repertory Theatre of Harlem, headed by Jamal Joseph, who shares the song’s music and lyric credit with Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas.
Additionally, presenters have been announced for the telecast, including all four of last year’s winners in the acting categories — Alan Arkin, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker — as well as Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill, Dwayne Johnson, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy, Queen Latifah, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Hilary Swank, John Travolta, Denzel Washington and Renee Zellweger.
Second-time Oscar show host Jon Stewart will also bring on several writers to work on the telecast.
The Academy Awards will be presented tonight from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and aired live locally on ABC affiliate WRTV (Channel 6), Indianapolis.
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