This Thursday, January 10, be prepared to find out who will be duking it out for the ownership of the much coveted little golden men as the 85th annual Academy Award host Seth MacFarlane will be joined by Emma Stone to announce this years Oscar nominees.

Precedence has always had the Academy president making the announcements so this year will break tradition when Stone and MacFarlane deliver the nominees at 5:30 am to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater and the masses of international press. 

For more information on the Oscars, rules, regulations, past nominees and wins please the official Academy Awards website at www.oscar.com.