Miss Piggy BAFTA Host

Miss Piggy BAFTA Host, MISS Piggy will host a red carpet show in advance of the British Academy Film Awards, event organisers have announced.

The diva will grill celebs as they arrive at the Feb 12 ceremony in London, as part of the Orange BAFTA Red Carpet Show With Miss Piggy.

“Imagine the likes of Clooney, Dujardin, Fassbender, Oldman and Pitt achieving the very pinnacle of their careers by getting a chance to speak with the one and only moi – Miss Piggy!” the glamorous puppet said in a statement.

“Naturally, I will be asking questions that only moi would dare to ask,” she added.

The star of The Muppet Show, who is portrayed by puppeteer Eric Jacobson, recently hit the big screen as part of The Muppets movie, starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams.

The film was released in the US last November – grossing $122.5 million so far – and will be released in the UK on Feb. 10.

The Muppets were created by Jim Henson in the 1950s.

Leann Rimes Surgery

Leann Rimes Surgery, “K, coming clean….I had minor surgery this week and I’ve been in SO much pain it’s not even funny,” Rimes Tweeted on February 5. “Nothing major just annoying! Pain pain go away!!!!!! When it’s mouth pain and jaw pain it makes your whole head pound! YUCK.”

The 29-year-old Grammy-winning country singer clarified that the surgery was for medical purposes. And though she received medication, “nada” was taking the pain away, but recovering at her beach house in Malibu seemed to help.

“The pain is subsiding finally for a moment. My head has been vibrating all day. Maybe the sand under my feet is helping,” Rimes Tweeted later in the day.

Rimes’ reps told E! News that the surgery was to correct the singer’s TMJ.

Aside from suffering from what she called “chipmunk cheeks,” Rimes seemed to be in good spirits. After one fan wished her luck with her “facial surgery,” she responded, “facial surgery lol that makes it sound like I got work done. You are gonna start some rumors.”

Rimes has been open about her plastic surgery after undergoing breast enhancement surgery in December 2010. She has made headlines over the past year for her weight loss.

Rimes married actor Eddie Cibrian, who starred in the short-lived NBC series “The Play boy Cub,” in April 2011. Weeks after their wedding, Rimes posted photos of herself in bikinis and raised concern among many that she may have lost too much weight.

Rimes has often defended her body and diet, especially on her Twitter account, which she often updates several times an hour and uses to chat with fans and critics.

Rimes and Cibrian opened up about the subject of bullying at the Trevor Project’s annual benefit “Trevor Live” in Los Angeles in December. The group, which leads in suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youths, has garnered much support from the Hollywood community.

2012 Bafta Awards Nominations

2012 Bafta Awards Nominations, The BAFTA 2012 (Orange British Academy Film Awards) nominations were announced this morning by at Bafta in Piccadilly by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, Great Expectations actress Holliday Grainger and BAFTA chairman Tim Corrie.

Meryl Streep has been nominated for the coveted Leading Actress award for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, while Michelle Williams is also up for the gong for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn.

Other competition in the category includes Tilda Swinton, for the part she played in We Need To Talk About Kevin, as well as Viola Davis for The Help, and Berenice Bejo for top-nominated film The Artist.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Gary Oldman, Jean Dujardin and Michael Fassbender are all in the running for the Leading Actor award.

Silent film The Artist has scooped the largest number of nominations at this year’s BAFTAs, up for a mammoth 12 gongs, while Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy follows with 11, including a nomination for Leading Actor for Gary Oldman.

Martin Scorsese’s first children’s film Hugo, meanwhile scored nine nominations, including best director, while My Week With Marilyn scored six nominations. The Help and War Horse are each nominated five times. The full list can be found below.

And Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay is up for best director, for We Need To Talk About Kevin, adapted from Lionel Shriver’s best-selling novel about the mother of a boy who goes on a high-school killing-spree.