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"Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone will announce this year&amp;#039;s Academy Award nominations.  MacFarlane&amp;#039;s participation marks the first time the ceremony&amp;#039;s host has taken part in the nominations announcement since 1972, when Charlton Heston was involved.    The nominations will be unveiled in a news conference at 5.30am PT (1.30pm GMT) on Thursday, January 10.  MacFarlane was announced as host of the 85th Academy Awards in October. Nominations for this year&amp;#039;s Golden Globes, and for the Producers Guild of America awards \u2013\u00A0which are widely regarded as the best predictor of what films will go on to win Oscar nominations \u2013\u00A0have already been announced.  This year&amp;#039;s Academy Awards will take place on February 24, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.  &amp;gt; Anne Hathaway offers Oscars hosting advice to Seth MacFarlane &amp;gt; Seth MacFarlane: &amp;#039;Oscars will dance between the traditional and the new&amp;#039; Watch veteran Oscars host Billy Crystal discussing the choice of MacFarlane with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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