Australian actor Hugh Jackman has agreed to preside over the upcoming 81st Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, the telecast's producers said. Producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon made the announcement Friday.

Roger Goodman has been named director of Hollywood's 81st Academy Awards telecast, producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon announced. This will be Goodman's first time directing the Oscar show.

Laurence Mark has been tapped to produce and Bill Condon to executive produce the 81st annual Academy Awards telecast in Los Angeles, it was announced. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis made the announcement Wednesday.

Martin Scorsese won the top honor Saturday from the Directors Guild of America for his mob saga "The Departed," moving him a step closer to finally receiving Hollywood's biggest filmmaking prize at the Academy Awards.

By Alison Rowat FILM OF THE WEEK DREAMGIRLS (12A) 3/5 Dir: Bill Condon With: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson FIVE years on from helping to reinvent the musical with the multiple Oscar-winning Chicago, Bill Condon gives the big-screen treatment to Dreamgirls.