Elizabeth Banks will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 20, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Banks will present 15 awards to 45 individual recipients during the evening.
Banks’s upcoming roles will be in The Next Three Days, directed by Paul Haggis, and co-starring Russell Crowe, and in The Details, with Tobey Maguire and Laura Linney. Banks’ credits include Definitely, Maybe, W., The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Seabiscuit, Catch Me If You Can and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the United States, it'll be televised live by ABC.