Anne Hathaway to announce Oscar nominees

Actress Anne Hathaway will help to announce the nominees for the 2010 Oscars. Photo / AP

Anne Hathaway will announce this year's Oscar nominations.

The Devil Wears Prada star – who was up for the Best Actress Academy Award last year for her role in Rachel Getting Married – will join Academy President Tom Sherak to announce the names of those put forward for the acting world's most prestigious honours.

Sherak and Hathaway will reveal nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a news conference at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Beverly Hills headquarters on February 2.

While the 27-year-old actress will announce the names of the those who are nominated, the presenting duties of the main ceremony fall to Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

The comedians will be the first people to co-host the event as a pair since the first Oscars show in 1929.

Steve joked: "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin."

Steve - who has presented the show twice before - earned an Emmy Award nomination for his first turn in 2001, but it will be the first time 30 Rock star Alec has taken on hosting duties.

Referring to Steve's musical abilities, Alec joked: "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars - it's the opportunity of a lifetime."

Among the actors expected to receive nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards – which take place on March 7 - are Meryl Streep for Julie and Julia, Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds and George Clooney for Up In The Air.

Critically acclaimed drama Precious... – which stars Mariah Carey - is being widely tipped to receive the nod for Best Picture.

- BANG! SHOWBIZ