Star Trek actor Chris Pine, his Star Trek director J.J. Abrams (also working on a little movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and Gravity filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón will join Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs on Jan. 15 to reveal the contenders for the 87th Academy Awards.

Usually, only the 12 celebrity and movie categories are announced before a global TV audience, with one actor and the Academy president doing the presentation. Telecast producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan are adding extra announcers this time because now all 24 categories will be revealed live.

Pine, who has a film in contention this year with Into the Woods, will reveal most of the traditional dozen categories alongside Boone Isaacs, and Abrams and Cuarón will announce the competitors in many of the other behind-the-scenes fields that were previously only revealed via press release.

Here’s how next Thursday’s announcement will go down:

5:38 a.m. PT – Pine and Boone Isaacs will announce:
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best Supporting Actor
– Best Supporting Actress
– Cinematography
– Costume Design
– Directing
– Foreign Language Film
– Makeup and Hairstyling
– Original Score
– Adapted Screenplay
– Original Screenplay
– Best Picture

Source: EW.com

Be sure to set your DVR’s once again! Chris is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next Monday, December 22nd to promote Disney’s Into The Woods!

Monday, December 22: Guests include Chris Pine, David Oyelowo and Bobby Flay. Show 185

Source: nbcumv.com

Set your DVR’s because Chris will be on Live with Kelly & Michael and Good Morning America this Tuesday, December 16th to promote Disney’s upcoming film Into The Woods!

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According to the official sites of both Jimmy Kimmel Live and ELLEN, Chris is set to appear this week to promote Horrible Bosses 2 as it hits theaters on November 26th.

Jimmy Kimmel (Tuesday, November 25th)
Chris Pine, Evangeline Lilly, Music from Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo

ELLEN (Wednesday, November 26th)
CHRIS PINE is here! He’s traded in his space gear from “Star Trek” for a suit and tie in the new movie “Horrible Bosses 2,” and no matter what difficult stunts his character may pull, Chris still looks gorgeous doing them. The handsome star of films like “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and “Unstoppable” continues his dynamic career with this hilarious new comedy, and he’ll share his side of the story with Ellen! Chris has too many attributes to list, but Ellen loves that he’s a softie at heart. She may not have successfully made him cry when he was here before, but that won’t stop her from trying something else when he returns!

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Off Camera with Sam Jones, featuring Chris Pine premieres on DirecTV’s Audience Channel 239 on Sunday November 23rd at 10pm.