Oscar Tries Going for the Laughs Oscar sure seems determined to have a sense of humor this year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to slowly dole out its list of presenters, emphasis on slowly. On Tuesday came word that two very un-Oscar-esque comedic actors, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, will present. They join the likes of Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, the cast of "Bridesmaids," Bradley Cooper, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Cameron Diaz. Billy Crystal, of course, is hosting. Though the producers of the telecast are keeping mum about their plans, Academy insiders say they see dialing up the comedy as one of the only ways to salvage ratings for the telecast in a year when so few of the movies being honored have hit it big at the box office. There's "The Help" and ... well, there's "The Help." On Monday the Academy unveiled "Oscar Etiquette," a promotional video produced by the Funny or Die folks and starring Kevin Kline and Mike Myers. You can see the Academy gears grinding in another way now that the list of presenters is becoming more populated. Last year, a large number of the envelope openers were nominees in other categories - Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Amy Adams and so on. Getting stars to attend if they're not nominated is surprisingly difficult, producers of previous Oscar shows say. The problem: That meant fewer overall stars for the folks at home to ogle. So volume in addition to funny seems to be an emphasis this time around. Other presenters include non-nominated stars like Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas, Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez.