Zeta-Jones planning Oscar singing debut

The very pregnant Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah are to perform a duet from their musical Chicago at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Move On is nominated for best original song. Zeta-Jones, whose second child with husband Michael Douglas is due in April, performed the number in the film with co-star Renee Zellweger.

Zellweger declined to reprise her performance for the live Oscar ceremony, the academy announced.

Latifah and Zeta-Jones are both nominated in the supporting-actress category for their roles in Chicago, while Zellweger is up for best actress. The film has 13 nominations, including best picture.

Other scheduled performers in the best-song category include Paul Simon’s Father and Daughter from the animated The Wild Thornberrys Movie and U2’s The Hands That Built America from Gangs of New York.

Burn it Blue from the film Frida, is to be performed by singers Lila Downs and Caetano Veloso.

Eminem’s Lose Yourself, from his film 8 Mile, is also nominated, but the rapper’s record label has said he won’t attend the show.