In the wee hours of Monday morning, Academy Awards producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan announced the 46 presenters for the 86th Academy Awards, which will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres on Sunday. As ever, there’s a solid slate of silver screen royalty (Robert De Niro, Glenn Close, Kevin Spacey), up-and-coming stars (Michael B. Jordan, Emma Watson, Andrew Garfield) and previous year’s winners (Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway). Often, the presenters are paired with someone with whom they’re about to share the screen, or a peer with similar gravitas. Or, in the case of the previous year’s winners, they present alone. That said, it would be more fun to pair some of these stars up in a less predictable fashion. A few ideas: Daniel Day-Lewis and Tyler Perry Daniel Day-Lewis is a three-time Oscar-winning actor who is universally lauded for his willingness to throw himself into a role. By nearly all accounts, he is the finest actor of his generation. Tyler Perry is a prolific writer, actor, director and producer best known for his numerous performances as Madea, a 78-year-old woman. If Day-Lewis is looking for a real challenge, he could take a stab at taking the Madea role from Perry — as the 11-time Razzie nominee looks to tackle more serious parts. Jennifer Lawrence and Anna Kendrick The competition for America’s Most Winsome Sweetheart has been fierce, but it’s time to crown a winner. Do you go for the wildly talented, Oscar-winning, Letterman-charming, self-deprecating Hunger Games starlet or the wildly talented, Oscar-nominated, social media-winning, “When I’m Gone”-reviving Pitch Perfect thesp? There’s really no wrong answer here — though there’s a chance we may be seeing a bit less of J-Law in the next couple of years. Harrison Ford and Anne Hathaway Think James Franco let Hathaway down by not embracing their 2011 Oscar hosting gig with gusto and enthusiasm? Ford would make Franco look like, well, Anne Hathaway. And that’s saying something. Matthew McConaughey and Joseph Gordon-Levitt There are plenty of people on this list that McConaughey could be paired![]()
