Past winners to be Oscar presenters

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 1 (UPI) -- Past Oscar winners Kathy Bates, Barbra Streisand and Charlize Theron have signed on to be presenters at Sunday's 82nd Academy Awards show in Los Angeles.

Also slated to appear on the telecast are former Oscar nominees Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah and John Travolta, organizers said Monday.

Collectively the group has earned 16 nominations and won four Academy Awards.

Among the previously announced presenters for Sunday's gala are Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Bateman, Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Ben Stiller.