Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson Join Oscar Performers

The Academy Awards just got a lot more glamorous with a superstar line up of musical guests from Beyonce to James Taylor, telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced.

All three ?Dreamgirls? ? Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose are signed up. Beyonce will perform Original Song nominee ?Listen,? from the film while Hudson will sing ?Love You I Do,? and Rose along with other ?Dreamgirls? cast mates including Keith Robinson will take on ?Patience.?

Songwriting legend Randy Newman, a regular musical Oscar contender will perform his nominated song ?Our Town,? from the animated film ?Cars.?

Nominee Melissa Etheridge will perform her celebrated song ?I Need To Wake Up,? from the Al Gore fronted documentary ?An Inconvenient Truth.?

Presenters for Sunday?s event already include Ben Affleck, Jack Black, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Bond girl Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, Will & Jada?s son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Biel and Reese Witherspoon. Nominated actors Cate Blanchett, ?Little Miss Sunshine?s? Abigail Breslin, Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslet will also present.

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