The nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning and silent film The Artist is the forerunner, racking up 10 Oscar noms. It's the first silent film in 85 years to be named in the top category.

The Artist will be up against The Descendants, The Help, Moneyball, Hugo, War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Tree of Life and Midnight in Paris.

And the rivalry between good friends George Clooney and Brad Pitt will continue this awards season, as expected. Both were nominated in the best actor category -- Clooney for The Descendants, Brad Pitt for Moneyball. Also, The Artist's Jean Dujardin, Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy).

The nominees for best actress are Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Viola Davis (The Help), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).

The nominees for best director are Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) and Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life).

The 84th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26.

Click through for the full list of nominees.

Dressed in head-to-toe grey to match the dreary weather, a very preg Jennifer Garner stepped out in the rain on Monday afternoon to pick up a new red Range Rover in Santa Monica, while also taking an important call on her pink bunny phone.

The Butter star is expecting her third child with Ben Affleck this winter, and the actor is said to be overjoyed to finally have another man around the house.

Jennifer recently revealed on the Tonight Show that daughters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3, have been picking out names for their little brother, and they're definitely unique.

"Our girls are working on names. At first they were definitely Disney; it was like Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse Affleck, and then they've moved on," Jen confessed. "Then it was Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Smee, and now they're just over it and they're writing lists and coming up with lists and coming in and saying, 'Let's have a baby naming contest,' 'Let's have a baby naming poll.' They ask everyone because they just wanna know, but we're not telling them."

Victoria, who?

David Beckham seemed to be quite taken with another brunette beauty, as he watched son Cruz practice karate while chatting up his new lady friend, on Monday evening.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Beckham is currently in London with 6-month-old daughter Harper, where she'll begin work on her next collection for several weeks.

David admits that his little girl's designer wardrobe is already breaking the bank, telling Google.com, "Her wardrobe is ridiculous. I'm glad I got a two-year contract." David recently renewed his contract with the LA Galaxy, signing a $16 million per-year deal that will keep his family settled in the Golden State for the next few years.

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Stepping out publicly for the first time since confirming his split with wife of seven years, Heidi Klum, Seal stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the release of his new album, and open up on his recent split.

The "Kiss from a Rose" singer, who was still wearing his wedding ring, tells Ellen of the recent breakup:

"I think we were shocked. You go into these things with the greatest intentions when you say 'I do' and you say '’til death do us part.' Those vows hold value. They are not just words.

These things happen. We pretty much said how we feel and made it clear in the release statement. But, for intensive purposes of this show, you just grow apart after awhile.

You try and you work through it and the thing that you quickly realize when you are married and you become a parent you do the best that you can. It makes you actually appreciate your parents a lot more."

Seal went on to praise the Victoria's Secret Angel, confessing:

"The thing that I’m most proud about this great woman who married (and I really do mean that from the bottom of my heart), is that together she has given me four incredible gifts…four beautiful children.

She still, in my opinion, the most wonderful woman in the world. I think our priority was to remain civil and do this thing with dignity. We still very much love each other.

It’s not a question of we were never to follow suit of some break-up or separations that you hear about, especially in our industry. It’s a shame. To say that neither of us were grieving would be an out and out lie (and I don’t mind telling you that).

I think the operative here is that we are civil to each other and we both have a tremendous amount of respect and love and we try and do this with as much dignity as we possibly can. And of course, when you have four children, you hope and pray that the rest of the world will respect that we have four children and that their little hearts are at stake too."

The Grammy winner later discussed the reason why he decided to keep his wedding ring on, revealing:

"I think it’s just pretty much a token of how I feel about this woman. We have eight years. Eight wonderful years together.

Just because we have decided to separate doesn’t necessarily mean you take off your ring and you’re no longer connected to that person. We will be connected in many ways ‘til the rest of our lives…. though our children and also through this tremendous admiration, respect and love that we have for each other.

Will we wear the ring for the rest of our lives? Who knows? But right now it feels really comfortable on my hand so I have intentions of taking it off anytime soon."

The German supermodel reportedly filed for divorce from Seal due to his "hard partying ways" and "volcanic temper."

Are you shocked over the Heidi/Seal split?

Seal is about to embark on a big publicity push for his upcoming album Soul 2, and X17online has learned that his label, Warner Bros. Records, is not preventing media outlets from asking questions about his recent split from Heidi Klum.

The "Kiss From A Rose" singer is taping The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday afternoon. As for whether Ellen will ask questions about his separation from Heidi, a publicist at Warner Bros. Records tells X17online exclusively:

"Out of respect to Seal, we don't think Ellen will go there with the questioning. She's not tabloidy. If this were Wendy Williams, that would be different."

The couple's split being announced the day before Seal's big record release is "purely coincidental," the rep at the label tells us. She adds:

"Seal and Heidi's split has nothing to do with his new album coming out tomorrow. He's had these promotional dates scheduled for months. This is horrible timing."

But as we know, even bad publicity can work in someone's favor. The publicist admits:

"As sad as it is, their split has definitely generated awareness to the new album. We'll support him as best we can."

The first single “Let’s Stay Together" from the new album was released on November 1. Pretty ironic title, don't you think?

Kelly Osbourne graces the new cover of OK! Australia, and the Fashion Police host shows off her amazing bikini bod and reveals how she lost 50 pounds. While we have to give her major props for the dramatic weight loss, we wish she hadn't made those comments about Christina Aguilera's battle with the bulge...

Remember what Kelly O used to look like?

Over the weekend Kat Von D was spotted going for a solo stroll in Hollywood, and the reality star/tattoo artist wore a pair of elaborate shiny leggings that seemed inspired by a piece of medieval art. While this is very similar to some of the ink she designs, we're not so sure they belong on a pair of pants...

Later Jesse James' ex-ladylove went to the Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood, and the next day she tweeted, "Wow. Haven't slept in this late in ages! Good morning!" Sounds like someone had a great time!

Mel Gibson attended the Mad Max Marathon at the American Cinematique at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood over the weekend, and later we spotted the actor driving off in his chauffeured Smart Car. Yes, this really happened!