The Academy Awards

Jon Stewart is an American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, and producer best known as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and for his political satire

Hugh Jackman is an Australian film producer and actor best known for his role as Wolverine in the movie X-Men and its sequels

Alec Baldwin is an American actor who first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing, which aired on CBS from 1984 to 1986

Steve Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer best known for his roles in comedy films such as ¡Three Amigos! (1986), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Roxanne (1987), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Father of the Bride (1991), Leap of Faith (1992) and Bowfinger (1999)

James Franco is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer best known for his role as Daniel Desario in the television series Freaks and Geeks, and for his role as Harry Osborn in the 2004 film Spider-Man 2

Billy Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director

Michael Caine is a double Oscar-winning English actor known for his wide variety of supporting film roles over the years

Burt Reynolds was an American actor whose best known roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance and Bandit in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.

Gene was the third son of James Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and Harriet Curran, who were both children of Irish Catholic immigrants

Walter Matthau had a distinguished career in film, theatre and television that spanned over 50 years

George Segal was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jack Gallo in the television sitcom Just Shoot Me!.

Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for 30 years

Robin Williams was an American actor and comedian who rose to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the television sitcom Mork & Mindy, later becoming known for his stand-up comedy work and for performing in many feature films since 1980

Alan Alda is an American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H, from 1972-1983

Chevy Chase is an American actor, writer and comedian best known for his role as Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films.

David Letterman is an award-winning American television personality, late night talk show host, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner and philanthropist

Chris Rock is the Emmy Award-winning executive producer, co-creator and narrator of UPN's comedy Everybody Hates Chris

Seth MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, producer, actor, singer, voice artist and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the characters

Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor best known for his television roles as the teenage doctor Doogie Howser, M.D. and the womanising Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother.

Jimmy Kimmel is an American television talk-show host and comedian best known for hosting the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live and for co-creating and presenting The Man Show

Anne Hathaway is an American actress best known for her role as Mia Thermopolis in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries, in 2001

Carol Burnett is an American actress and comedienne best known for her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 to 1978

Goldie Hawn is an American actress, director and producer

Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru who rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou

Ellen Burstyn is an American actress whose career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series

Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author

Ellen DeGeneres is an American actress, stand-up comedian and daytime talk show host, best known for her sitcom Ellen (in an episode of which she came "out of the closet") and for her syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show