TOM CRUISE, TIM ROTH AND BRíAN F. O’BYRNE TO PRESENT AT OSCAR WILDE EVENT

Jupiter Rising

Tom Cruise, Tim Roth and Brian O’Byrne, will be presenters at the fifth annual "Oscar Wilde: Honoring The Irish in Film" pre-Academy Awards party, Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Ebell of Los Angeles.

The US-Ireland Alliance, a non profit organization that fosters ties between the US and Ireland, will honor multi-award-winning screenwriter, producer and director J.J. Abrams, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, and actress Saoirse Ronan at the intimate, casual awards ceremony that has become a must-have ticket on the Thursday night before the Academy Awards.

Tom Cruise will present the Oscar Wilde to J.J. Abrams. It was recently announced that Tom will star in, and J.J. will produce, Mission Impossible IV for Paramount. The pair worked together on Mission Impossible III, which starred Mr. Cruise and was directed by Mr. Abrams. Mr. Cruise was most recently seen in Valkyrie and will next be seen this summer, in the action-comedy Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz. Mr. Cruise has starred in nearly 40 films with more than a dozen of them earning more than $100 million. He has been nominated for an Academy Award three times, for Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, and Born on the Fourth of July.

Tim Roth will present to Seamus McGarvey. The two met when Seamus was the cinematographer for The War Zone, a 1999 film directed by Mr. Roth. Tim made his studio feature debut in Rob Roy opposite Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange, in a villainous role that earned him Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. He currently stars in the Fox series, Lie to Me, as a pioneer in the field of deception detection. He was recently seen in The Incredible Hulk, Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth, and Funny Games, opposite Naomi Watts. He gained worldwide recognition for his roles in two Quentin Tarantino films: Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

Saoirse Ronan will be unable to attend, as she will be filming in Europe. Directed again by Joe Wright, she will star as a teenage assassin in Hanna, co-starring Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. Saoirse will accept her award by video and will be introduced in L.A. by Brían O'Byrne. Brían won a Tony Award for his portrayal of a serial killer in Frozen. He was also Tony nominated for his role as the priest in Doubt, for which he won the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. He was Tony nominated for his role in Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and for the Drama Desk Award for his role in Conor McPherson’s Shining City. Directed by Garry Hynes, Brían was Tony nominated for roles in two Martin McDonagh plays -- The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West. Among his many film roles, he played the priest in Clint Eastwood’s, Million Dollar Baby and will soon be seen in Brooklyn’s Finest.

Jupiter Rising, the Los Angeles act featuring Spencer Nezey and Jessie Payo, will open for Irish band Bell X1 during the concert portion of the evening. Jupiter Rising recently released their new album, The Quiet Hype, in which they create state of the art pop with clever twists including the crisp beats and enveloping atmospherics as may be found in the catchy "Falling Away."

Created to bring together people in the entertainment industries in the US and Ireland, the event has led to collaboration among artists and business for both countries. 2009 National Book Award winner, Colum McCann, will emcee the evening event.

Past honorees have included Hylda Queally, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Fiona Shaw, Colm Meaney, Jim Brooks, Van Morrison, Bill Monahan, Terry George, Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan and David Holmes.

Major sponsors of the event include American Airlines, Culture Ireland, the Irish Film Board, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. The event committee includes Brad Grey, CEO of Paramount Pictures; Dick Cook, former Chairman of Walt Disney Studios; Charlie Koones, CEO of Rockmore Media; Alan Moloney, Parallel Films, Howard T. Owens, Managing Director of Reveille; John Fogelman of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment; and John Gardiner of Skadden Arps.