Glenn Close will not present at 95th Academy Awards Ceremony After testing positive for COVID-19, CBS News confirmed.
The veteran entertainer, 75, was set to join a chorus of celebrities announcing the awards at Sunday night’s ceremony. Among the dignitaries who will be presenting awards at the Academy Awards are Riz Ahmed, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael BAnd Troy Cutsor, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monae, and more. Also starring in the show is Harrison Ford, who starred opposite Close in the 1997 thriller Air Force One, which in turn earned him Academy Award nominations for sound and film editing.
Close’s publicist, Catherine Ullim, confirmed that the actor has contracted COVID-19 and will no longer be able to attend Sunday’s Academy Awards.
“She was very much looking forward to participating in the show,” Olim said in a statement. The publicist has not shared details about the extent of Close’s symptoms. The Academy has not commented on the news of her illness, and the voting body did not provide information on who will replace her on Sunday night.
Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Reportedly, Close was supposed to announce this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner Delivery time. the 2023 candidates In Category: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “” Top Gun: Maverick, “Triangle of Sadness” and “Women Talking”.
An eight-time Academy Award nominee, Close has won critical acclaim over the course of her decades-long career in film, television, and Broadway. In addition to earning Oscar nods for her roles in films like “The Big Chill,” “Fatal Attraction,” and most recently, “Hillbilly Elegy,” Close has won numerous Emmys, Tonys, and Screen Actors Guild awards.
In 2019, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.
[ad_2]
