<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"      Ellen DeGeneres has fronted the first trailer for next year&amp;#039;s Academy Awards. The promo, directed by Bridesmaids&amp;#039; Paul Feig, sees DeGeneres and 250 tuxedo-clad men and women dancing to Fitz and The Tantrums track &amp;#039;The Walker&amp;#039;. Filmed on the backlot at Warner Bros, Feig said that he wanted the promo&amp;#039;s message to be &amp;quot;that everyone gets to go to the Oscars this year&amp;quot;. DeGeneres quipped of the trailer: &amp;quot;Paul Feig has a reputation of being hilarious and nice and smart and I thought this was a great idea. I loved it. And I want to be in Bridesmaids 2, so two plus two - great Oscar promo, Bridesmaids 2, cher-ching!&amp;quot; The Academy Awards nominations will be announced on January 16, 2014, while Oscars will be presented on March 2. Oscars 2014: Gravity, Star Trek up for Visual Effects Academy Award Oscars 2014: 15 movies facing off in the Academy Awards race Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Screen Time:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a17341/oscars-trailer-ellen-degeneres/>