OSCAR(R) PRODUCERS NAME PERFORMERS IN CELEBRATION OF MUSICALS OF THE LAST DECADE: JENNIFER HUDSON, CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, HUGH JACKMAN, RUSSELL CROWE, ANNE HATHAWAY, AMANDA SEYFRIED, EDDIE REDMAYNE, AARON TVEIT, SAMANTHA BARKS AND HELENA BONHAM CARTER

Academy Award(R) winners Jennifer Hudson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Crowe join this year's Oscar(R) nominees, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, along with Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barksand Helena Bonham Carter in a celebration honoring movie musicals of the last decade, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

"We are pleased to have been able to amass so much talent to create the celebration of musicals of the last decade that we envisioned," said Zadan and Meron. "We are thrilled that so many talented actors have agreed to bring our vision to life."

Earlier this month the producers announced a planned tribute recognizing the resurgence of musicals over the past decade with performances highlighting "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" and "Les Misérables."

Hudson, Zeta-Jones, Jackman, Hathaway, Crowe, Seyfried, Redmayne, Barks, Tveit and Bonham Carter join a stellar list of previously announced performers including Adele, Dame Shirley Bassey, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand and presenters including Jennifer Aniston, Michael Douglas, Jamie Foxx, Paul Rudd, Salma Hayek Pinault, Melissa McCarthy, Liam Neeson, John Travolta, Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Ted and "Marvel's The Avengers" cast members Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo; returning 2011 Oscar winners Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep; "Chicago" cast members Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger and Zeta-Jones; and special guests Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron.

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