Last year's Academy Award winners—Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph—are set to grace the stage once again, this time as presenters at the 2025 Oscars.

Stone secured the Best Actress award for her role as Bella Baxter in "Poor Things", directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Murphy was named Best Actor for portraying J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer". Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers", while Downey Jr. clinched Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lewis Strauss in "Oppenheimer".

Stone now holds two Academy Awards, having previously earned the Best Actress title for her performance in Damien Chazelle's "La La Land". Meanwhile, Murphy, Randolph, and Downey Jr. celebrated their first-ever Oscar wins in 2024.

During her acceptance speech for her second Oscar, Stone admitted to feeling overwhelmed by the moment. "I was panicking about this," she shared, before recalling advice from director Yorgos Lanthimos. "He told me to take myself out of it. And he was right—it's not about me. It's about a team coming together to create something greater than the sum of its parts."

The full lineup of presenters for this year's Academy Awards is yet to be revealed.

The 97th edition of the Oscars will be hosted by Conan O'Brien and is set to take place at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, kicking off at 4pm PT and 7pm ET. 

Audiences can catch the broadcast live on ABC or stream it via Hulu, marking the first time the streaming platform is offering a live telecast. The red carpet coverage will begin 30 minutes before the ceremony.

Leading the production team is executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor, alongside executive producer Katy Mullan and co-executive producer Rob Pain. The producers' panel includes Sarah Levine Hall, Taryn Hurd, Jeff Ross, and Mike Sweeney. 

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