Actress Jennifer Lawrence has been chosen to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak to announce the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, the organization behind the awards ceremony announced on January 9.

The official announcements for the nominees will take place on January 24. Lawrence and Sherak will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. PT during a news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Lawrence, 21, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2011 for her work in “Winter’s Bone.” Up next she will be seen in the highly anticipated film “The Hunger Games,” based on a Young Adult novel by the same name. Read the rest of this entry »

Emmy Rossum says she had some real-life sisterly advice for Emma Kenney, who plays her little sister on the R-rated Showtime series “Shameless.”

Rossum, 25, told Chelsea Handler on a recent episode of the comedienne’s E! talk show “Chelsea Lately” that she taught Kenney, 12, how to shave her legs.

“We have nude scenes so I was in the trailer, shaving my legs before a nude scene and she came in the trailer and I’m in like, you know, pasties and my robe, getting ready for my naked scene and she’s like, ‘Oh, that’s how you … shaving your legs? I’ve never done that before’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it,’” Rossum said.

“So then, we’re lathering her up and she’s shaving and of course, when I called my mom when I went home, I was like, ‘Yeah, we shaved her legs,’ the actress added. “She was like, ‘You robbed her mother of that experience. She’s becoming a woman. You’re taking it away from her.’ So I felt terrible.” Read the rest of this entry »

Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed a daughter, baby-bumping the music power duo to a trio Saturday night. According to a report by E! News, sources confirmed the singer gave birth via scheduled C-section at Lenox Hill hospital in New York. The baby’s name was originally reported by E! as Ivy Blue. The New York Daily News says the girl’s name is Blue Ivy.

Update: 9:00 a.m. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow confirmed the baby’s name as Blue Ivy when asked by a follower on Twitter. “RT @Sparrow_Teague @GwynethPaltrow is it ivy blue, or blue ivy? so confused..It’s Blue Ivy Carter,” Paltrow wrote.The actress previously sent out a Tweet welcoming the baby saying, “Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already.”Spokespeople for both Beyonce and Jay-Z have commented on the birth or the name of the child.Beyonce’s sister Solange Knowles shared her first thoughts of the new baby early Sunday morning tweeting, “The most beautiful girl in the world.”

The couple’s close friend and music mogul Russell Simmons celebrated the new arrival by tweeting, “congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.”Rihanna also gave a shout on Twitter, “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.”The 30-year-old singer announced her pregnancy during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in August. During her 2011 MTV VMA performance she told the audience, “I want you to feel the love that’s growing inside me.” At the end she opened her sequined tuxedo jacket and rubbed her stomach, to the delight of the crowd. Read the rest of this entry »

Kim Kardashian might have hoped that a visit the other side of the planet would provide some respite from her marital troubles, but never one to waste an opportunity for self-promotion, she debuted her handbag line in Australia while she was there. Apparently, making a bunch of publicized appearances to hawk your own products constitutes business, not sightseeing, which violates the conditions of Kim’s tourist visa. The Australian Department of Immigration in Canberra has now placed her on a watch list, since she’s apparently done this twice before — in 2007 to promote Blonde beer, and in 2009 to promote her TV show.

WILL Smithand Jada Pinkett are still together.

The Hollywood couple — who earlier this year faced rumors they had split — went to hot Miami club Liv to hear David Guetta spin records.

The pair joined Guetta and his wife, Cathy, at their aptly titled “[Bleep] Me, I’m Famous” party at the nightclub inside the Fontainebleau Hotel on Saturday night, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

Jada and Will arrived late and went directly to the DJ booth to join Guetta.

“They were hanging out all night. Jada and Will are huge fans,” a source said.

“Jada broke out into a dance routine on top of the DJ booth — the crowd went insane.”