ANNE HATHAWAY TO HAND OUT OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Anne Hathaway will announce this year's (10) Academy Awards nominees in Los Angeles on 2 February (10).

The actress, who was nominated last year (09) for her role in Rachel Getting Married, will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak for the big reveal next Tuesday.

Sherak and Hathaway will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at an early morning news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Inglourious Basterds, Up In The Air, Avatar and The Hurt Locker have emerged as movie favourites ahead of the Oscars, while Je ff Bridges, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Renner, Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique ere among the actors and actress frontrunners to land Academy Awards.

The Oscars will be handed out on 7 March (10) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.