Celebrity Jamie Lee Curtis hilariously calls out Oscars on live TV: 'Am I presenting?' The reigning Best Supporting Actress winner said the Academy hasn't asked her to present at the upcoming ceremony: "Would you please call?" By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on January 17, 2024 09:43AM EST From The Bear to Haunted Mansion, Jamie Lee Curtis has seemingly been everywhere all at once since her Best Supporting Actress victory at the 2023 Oscars — that is, except in the planning stages for the upcoming Academy Awards. The 65-year-old made a hilarious public plea to the Academy on Tuesday's episode of Today, after claiming that the organization hasn't contacted her to fulfill the traditional duty of presiding category champions presenting Oscars to their successors during the telecast. Jamie Lee Curtis on 'Today'. Today Show/X “I’m going to ask them!" Curtis told Hoda Kotb after the host asked if she's ready to take the Oscars stage on March 10, turning to the camera to make her case. "Oscar people, am I presenting? It’s usually a tradition that last year’s winner presents this year, but they haven’t called yet. Would you please call? I’d like to get a dress, and I’d like to arrange things." EW has reached out to the Academy for more information. Curtis gave one of the year's most memorable Oscars speeches after winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Best Picture-winning epic Everything Everywhere All at Once, tearfully dedicating her triumph to her famous parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. "My mother and my father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories," she told the crowd before crying. "And I just won an Oscar!" Elsewhere on Today, Curtis spoke about her new children's book, Just One More Sleep, and coming into a new sense of maturity at this stage of her life. "When you have children, when you have books for children, it's all about the future. The present is very hard because they're growing," she told Kotb. "When you're my age, you're not thinking about the future because the future means you're going to be dead. I mean it. You're very much more in the present moment." Curtis discuss her new book and the Oscars in the Today clip above. Check out more from EW's The Awardist, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis, and our podcast diving into all the highlights from the year's best in TV. Related content: Awards season calendar 2024: See key show dates for Oscars, Grammys, and more Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite 20 years after Freaky Friday: 'You grew up and so beautifully!' The 14 best Jamie Lee Curtis movie and TV roles, ranked