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Mark Wahlberg and his Teddy Bear co-star, Ted will be presenters on the Oscar show, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

Mark Wahlberg and his teddy bear co-star, TED will be presenters on the Oscar show, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

In the week leading up to the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year's nominees.

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from 'A Star Is Born' on the March 28, 1977 show, winning the Best Original Song Oscar for 'Evergreen' that same night. In the video below, we bring you her last Oscars performance. Check it out below!

Just announced! Two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from 'A Star Is Born' on the March 28, 1977 show, winning the Best Original Song Oscar for 'Evergreen' that same night.

The first-ever Oscar Roadtrip will kick off on Monday, February 4, in New York City, and over the next three weeks will bring the excitement of the Oscars to numerous cities across the country. Fans along the way will have a chance to hold an actual Oscar statuette before it arrives on the Hollywood red carpet in time for the 85th Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, February 24.

The first-ever Oscar Roadtrip will kick off on Monday, February 4, in New York City, and over the next three weeks will bring the excitement of the Oscars to numerous cities across the country. Fans along the way will have a chance to hold an actual Oscar statuette before it arrives on the Hollywood red carpet in time for the 85th Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, February 24.

Grammy(R) Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones will perform 'Everybody Needs a Best Friend' from the motion picture 'Ted,' telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. 'Everybody Needs a Best Friend,' with music by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane, is nominated for an Original Song Oscar. This will be Jones' first time performing on an Oscar show.

Talk Show Listings For Today, January 28

The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined the individual nominees for "Amour" in the Best Picture category for the Oscars. They are producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz.

With only a month to go before the big night, Seth MacFarlane, host of the 85th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS decided to spoof one of the all-time scariest films ever made, Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.' Check out the brand-new Oscar promo below!

This February, FOX fuels up with major television events, all-new episodes and big guest stars, including the landmark 850th episode of COPS Feb. 2;

Talk Show Listings For Monday, January 28

"The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance in the last decade," said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. "We are excited to showcase three musical films -- 'Chicago,' 'Dreamgirls' and 'Les Miserables' -- on our Oscar show."

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will star on Broadway in a limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Sean Mathias, in the fall of 2013.

For Oscar fans who just can't seem to win their Oscar ballot pool because of that one craft category, Oscar.com today launched BEHIND THE BALLOT, a six-part video series exploring how Academy members view and ultimately determine who'll win Oscars for Production Design, Cinematography, Makeup & Hairstyling, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Costume Design.