Deepika joins Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan as presenter at Oscars 2023
Darpan News Desk IANS, 03 Mar, 2023 01:19 PM
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Actress Deepika Padukone is one of the chosen few from the world who will be presenting an award at the Oscars 2023 ceremony.
Deepika joins the likes of Emily Blunt, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Janelle Monae, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Connelly, Riz Ahmed, Melissa McCarthy among a few others to be part of this honour. The 95th Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
A list of names was shared on The Academy's Instagram handle. The caption read: "Meet your first slate of presenters for the 95th Oscars. Tune into ABC to watch the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! #Oscars95."
On the work front, Deepika will next be seen in 'Fighter' starring Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor. The film is directed by Siddhant Anand.
She will also be seen in 'Project K', alongside Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan.
After self quarantining at home due to testing positive with the coronavirus Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya, have been admitted to the Nanavati hospital. Both of them have developed breathlessness.
After sharing the news on Twitter that Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has COVID-19 and his son Abhishek Bachchan has also tested positive Covid-19, now the Bachan Khandan's Bahu Aishwarya Rai and the family's grandaughter Aaradhya Bachchan have also tested positive for the virus. Bachchan senior's wife Jaya, their daughter, Shweta Nanda and her two kids have all tested negative for the coronavirus.
Veteran actor Anupam Kher took to Twitter to share that his family which includes his mother Dulari, brother Raju, sister-in-law Rima and niece Vrinda have tested positive for coronavirus.
Bollywood's legend actor, Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan have both tested positive for COVID-19. Senior Bachchan was rushed to hospital Saturday night around 10pm when he experienced breathing problems.
Some sad news out of Bollywood, another death following the recent death of Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput, and Saroj Khan actor Jagdeep best known for comedic roles passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai.
