Gwyneth Paltrow has confirmed she will present an Oscar at the ceremony.

Paltrow returned to the limelight in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow in October 2004, following a short break to have her first child - a daughter called Apple.

Her upcoming projects include a film adaptation of the memoir Running With Scissors and playing Peggy Lee in the biopic of Truman Capote, entitled Every Word is True.

Paltrow won a best actress Academy Award in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love reports BBC online.

Director Martin Scorsese will also be handing out a trophy on Oscar night.

Nominated for best director for The Aviator, Scorsese has been nominated seven times before but has always walked away empty-handed.

Source: Press Release