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Oscar Prep The Oscars will be presented this Sunday night! (The ceremony begins at 8pm EST and airs on ABC.) In preparation, the Academy has announced the full list of presenters. In addition to those announced last week , some of the starry presenters are: Amy Adams ; Penelope Cruz ; Viola Davis ; Robert De Niro ; Joseph Gordon-Levitt ; Michael B. Jordan ; Anna Kendrick ; Bill Murray ; Kim Novak ; Sidney Poitier ; and Charlize Theron . Read the press release for the full list, and visit the Oscars Presenters gallery to find out who their heroes are. (Remember that "heroes" is the theme this year. Whatever.) Rolling Stone posted a list of the 12 people most likely to join the EGOT club . (EGOT = Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Only 11 people are in the club right now (including Mel Brooks, Marvin Hamlisch and Rita Moreno), and on Sunday night, Bobby Lopez could join them. (He won Tonys for Avenue Q ; Tonys and a Grammy for The Book of Mormon ; and an Emmy (daytime) for ...

  Newest List: Funny Ladies Who Should Make Their Broadway Debut !   Have you checked out Culturalist? It's one of my favorite things on the Internet these days. As it says on the site, "...users shape, share and debate their opinion about anything and everything through Top Ten lists." Culturalist borrows from the "top ten" concept, mixes it with a bit of Buzz Feed's listicle style and allows users to declare their favorites in... well, just about anything. Lists can be broad, like "Best Comedians of All Time," or intriguingly specific, like "Best Broadway Musicals that Did Not Win a Tony for Best Musical." There's also an option to create "worst of" lists, but I like to focus on the awesome stuff out in the world. Join me on Culturalist and add your opinion to the mix! Follow me to stay up to date, or continue to check this page for my latest list: Ten Icons I Wish I Could Have Met for Drinks Best Upc...

Emmy Extras In case you missed any of it, here's a round up of Emmy coverage: Full wrap up , including a list of award winners and fashion winners and losers Emmys Pinterest board , complete with red carpet photos, pics of all the winners and fun party snapshots Culturalist's Best Emmy Gifs , including my picks Broadway.com has a round up of the stage veterans, like Jeff Daniels  and Bobby Cannavale , who won Emmys The Hollywood Reporter  offers: number of wins by network and series  (HBO and Behind the Candelabra  lead the packs); backstage pictures ; and best and worst moments from the telecast Vulture offers the best freeze frames from the broadcast Buzz Feed also gets into the game , bringing us "The 19 Best Seen and Unseen Moments" from the Emmys Neil Patrick Harris , our Emmy host ( who delivered record ratings ), treats us to a number in the middle of the show: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes Feature Writing and Directing Debut The talented (...