Gibson, Butler to be Globes presenters

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Gerard Butler, Mel Gibson and Sophia Loren are to be presenters at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards show in Los Angeles, organizers said.

The event is to take place Jan. 17 at The Beverly Hilton. Ricky Gervais is to serve as host of the show, which will be broadcast live on NBC.

Butler, Gibson and Loren join previously announced presenters Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Colin Farrell, Matthew Fox, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Sam Worthington.

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are to present the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field," the association said.

"I'm most looking forward to sharing the stage with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese," Gervais said in a statement. "Who'd have thought it? The biggest heartthrob, greatest actor and best director in the world ... and those three, all in one place."