Benicio Del Toro to Present at 74th Academy Awards

Beverly Hills, CA - Academy Award(R) winner Benicio Del Toro will make his first Oscar show
appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards, producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Del Toro received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor last year honoring his performance in 
Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic."

Del Toro's other film credits include "Snatch," co-starring Brad Pitt; "The Pledge," with 
Jack Nicholson and "The Usual Suspects," opposite Kevin Spacey.

Del Toro will next star in the Paramount Pictures film "The Hunted," co-starring Tommy Lee 
Jones.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on Sunday, March 
24, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and televised live by the ABC Television 
Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST.  A half-hour arrival segment will precede the 
presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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