Kristen Stewart 85th Annual Academy Awards Arrival

Los Angeles, California - Actress Kristen Stewart, 22, looked gorgeous in a floor length white strapless dress as she arrives at the 85th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress who is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga.

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Alicia Vikander 85th Academy Awards Arrival

Los Angeles, California - Actress Alicia Vikander, 24, looked gorgeous in a baby blue floor length dress as she arrives at the 85th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Alicia Amanda Vikander is a Swedish actress, known for her role in the Swedish TV drama Andra Avenyn, as well as for co-starring in the 2012 adaptation of Anna Karenina. She will play the role of Alice Deane in the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son.

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Maria Menounos 85th Annual Academy Awards Lovely

Los Angeles, California - Host Maria Menounos, 34, looked lovely in a floor length pink strapless grown as she arrives at the 85th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Maria Menounos is an American actress, journalist, television presenter and occasional professional wrestler.

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 Photographs Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images North America

ADELE TO PERFORM ACADEMY AWARD®-NOMINATED SONG FROM “SKYFALL” AT OSCARS®

"Skyfall"/SKYFALL (2012)

Performed by Adele.The “Skyfall” single was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, where famous albums were previously created by The Beatles and Pink Floyd. It was released on October 5 (Global James Bond day), and it debuted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the first Bong song nominated for an Oscar since “For Your Eyes Only” in 1981. The album is also the highest charting since 1985’s A VIEW TO A KILL. It is the second Bond soundtrack in the franchise’s 50-year history to not feature the title track on the album and is solely comprised of the Oscar-nominated score of Thomas Newman.Credit: Photo by Fred Duval/FilmMagic

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Adele will perform the Oscar®-nominated theme song from the latest James Bond movie at the 85th Academy Awards®, the show's producers announced today.  "Skyfall," from the film of the same name, was announced as a nominee for Original Song at the Academy’s Nominations Announcement on January 10.   The song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth, is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard's Top 10 and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since "For Your Eyes Only" in 1981.
Adele's exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time she will have performed "Skyfall" anywhere live and will also mark her first U.S. television performance since the Grammys® last year.
"It's an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again,” said Adele. “It's something I've never experienced and probably only ever will once!"
"We have enormous respect for Adele's unique artistry as a songwriter and a singer," said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producers of this year's Academy Awards show.  "She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world, and we believe that her performance of 'Skyfall' will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre™ and on television screens around the world."
Oscar.com celebrates Adele's performance with a special gallery of some of the most memorable James Bond theme songs through the years:
http://oscar.go.com/photos/themed-galleries/movies/bond-theme-songs
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

ABOUT CRAIG ZADAN AND NEIL MERON
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are producers of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films, television movies, series, and Broadway productions.  Their feature films include The Bucket List, Footloose, Hairspray, and Chicago, which won six Academy Awards including one for “Best Picture.”  For television, they’ve produced films of “Steel Magnolias,” "Life with Judy Garland," and "A Raisin in the Sun," among many others and the series “Smash” and “Drop Dead Diva.”  They recently returned to their roots in live theater by producing Broadway revivals of the Tony-winning “Promises, Promises” and the Tony-winning 50th Anniversary revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

CHRIS PINE AND ZOE SALDANA TO HOST ACADEMY'S SCI-TECH AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Actors Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 9, at The Beverly Hills Hotel.  They will present nine awards to 25 individual recipients during the evening.

"We are thrilled to have Chris and Zoe host the Sci-Tech Awards," said Academy President Hawk Koch.  "Their film experience with the kind of technical advancements these awards honor makes them the perfect pair for the job."

Pine starred in "Star Trek" in 2009 and will reprise his role as James T. Kirk in the sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness," due out in May.  He also will be seen in the title role of the upcoming feature "Jack Ryan," with Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner.  Pine’s other credits include the animated feature "Rise of the Guardians," "People Like Us," "This Means War" and "Unstoppable."

Saldana, who co-starred as Uhura in "Star Trek," will reprise her role in the sequel as well.  She also will be seen in "Blood Ties," with Mila Kunis and Marion Cotillard, due out later this year.  Her other credits include "Colombiana," "Avatar" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation, produced this year by David Friendly, will be included in the Oscar® telecast.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

85th ACADEMY AWARDS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Anne Hathaway nominated

Beverly Hills, California - Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards(r) were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year's Oscars host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. 

MacFarlane and Stone announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT in a live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com. 

       

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories - actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. 

       

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members on Saturday, January 19, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings will also be held at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. 

       

Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all categories. 

       

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre(tm) at Hollywood & Highland Center(r), and televised live on the ABC