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Harrison Ford will no longer present at 2025 Oscars after shingles diagnosis

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Hollywood icon Harrison Ford, who was previously announced to present at the 2025 Oscars this weekend, will no longer appear at the event after being diagnosed with shingles, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively report.

Ford, 82, is doing okay and is resting after the diagnosis, which he received yesterday. EW has learned that the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchise actor dropped out of the Oscars ceremony this morning.

EW has reached out to representatives for the actor and the Academy for comment.

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The star attended the 2025 SAG Awards last weekend, where he playfully interrupted his Shrinking costar Jessica Williams’ opening introduction during the Netflix broadcast.

Ford, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work in Witness, was announced Wednesday as one of the presenters joining the show, alongside Dave Bautista, Gal Gadot, Andrew Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Margaret Qualley, Alba Rohrwacher, Rachel Zegler, and 2025 Best Supporting Actress nominee Zoe Saldaña.

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Other previously announced presenters set to attend the broadcast include reigning acting winners Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey, Jr., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as Whoopi Goldberg, who will make her grand return to the Oscars as a presenter for the first time in almost 10 years.

Past acting winners like Penélope Cruz, Halle Berry, and Goldie Hawn will also present during the telecast, among others.

The 2025 Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will air Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and Hulu, with the official red carpet presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

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