Preggers On The Red Carpet Oscar Nominees And Their Baby Bumps

*Annette Bening. Competing with Portman for the Best-Actress statuette (for "The Kids Are All Right"), Bening isnt pregnant this year. But she was expecting in 2000 when she attended as a nominee in that same categoryfor "American Beauty." Better luck this time? (She lost in 2000 to Hilary Swank.)

*Meryl Streep. The year 1983 was a good one for the multiple Oscar winner and nominee. She won in the best-actress category ("Sophies Choice") and a few months later gave birth to a baby girl.

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*Cate Blanchett. Her two nominations in 2008 (best actress, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," and supporting actress, "Im Not There") didnt double her chances of success. But though she went home empty-handed, she had a bundle of joy less than two months later with the birth of a son.

*Catherine Zeta-Jones. She made pregnancyall her eight months of itlook sizzling hot at the 2003 awards ceremony. By nights end, she had more than impending motherhood to glow about: Academy voters rewarded her sexy performance in "Chicago" with the best-supporting-actress Oscar.

*Glenn Close. It was Close, but no cigar in 1988s best-actress category. Nominated for her chilling performance in Fatal Attraction, Close lost to Chers endearing star turn in Moonstruck. (It was another close call at the Oscars, since Closes baby was born a mere two weeks after the April 11 ceremonies.)

*Rachel Weisz. She might have been the dark horse, up against the likes of Michelle Williams and Frances McDormand. But Weisz nonetheless took the best-supporting-actress honors in 2006 for The Constant Gardener. In her eloquent acceptance speech, she made no reference to her pregnancy, though since she was almost seven months along, her baby bump got to the stage ahead of her.