Who will make news in 2013?

Expect to see "The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco hosting the first awards show of the season on Jan. 9. For the second consecutive year, the actress is host of the People's Choice Awards, to be broadcast from Los Angeles on CBS. She also is nominated for Favorite Comedic TV Actress. Here, she speaks at the 2012 People's Choice Awards on Jan. 11, 2012.

Keep clicking to see which other celebrities are set to make news in 2013.

Jason Aldean, shown June 7, 2012, in Nashville, will be one of the featured performers at the People's Choice Awards. He's also up for the Favorite Country Artist award.

Affleck doesn't close door on Senate run

Actor Ben Affleck has said he won't consider a Massachusetts senate seat at the moment, but that doesn't mean you won't be seeing an awful lot of him in the next few months. He's the director and star of "Argo," which has been nominated for a host of awards including five Golden Globes. Can an Oscar be far behind?

Actors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, seen here at last year's Golden Globe Awards, are hosting this year's ceremony and both are up for the same award -- Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, comedy or musical.

Actress Jodie Foster, pictured at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2011, is being honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at this year's Golden Globes Ceremony. The actress will receive the organization's Cecil B. DeMille award.

President Barack Obama is the one taking the oath for office in January but you can be sure all eyes will be on the Obama family on Inauguration weekend. There is much interest in what first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters asha and Malia will be doing and wearing as their head of household reups for another four years.

Cliff Watts,AP Photo/Parkwood Entertainment

Beyonce will be in the news in February when she performs in the half-time show at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. The "Crazy in Love" singer is also trying to recruit "enthusiastic volunteers" to join her for the gridiron performance. Here, she's seen performing in the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Aug. 10, 2012

Frank Ocean made headlines in 2012 by revealing that he has had same-sex relationships, but this year he is likely to make headlines because of his music. His well-reviewed album "Channel Orange" is up for Album of the Year at the Grammys in February, and its "Thinkin' 'Bout You" picked up a Record of the Year nomination. Ocean performs at the Oya music festival in Oslo, Norway, on Aug. 9, 2012.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here at the premiere of "Liz & Dick" on Nov. 20, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif., could be going back to jail in 2013 if a judge determines she violated her probation last June when she allegedly crashed her Porsche into a garbage truck. Her next court hearing on the charges is Jan. 13.

This seems to be the year for women as awards show hosts. Actress Rebel Wilson, seen here at the "Pitch Perfect" premiere on Sept. 24, 2012, is set to host MTV's annual movie awards, on April 14 in Culver City, Calif. She is the first woman to host the show in more than a decade.

Actor/writer Seth MacFarlane is the exception -- one of the few male awards show hosts this year. MacFarlane, pictured during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 23, 2012, in Los Angeles, will host the Oscars for the first time on Feb. 24.

Bruce Springsteen kicks off "12-12-12" Sandy benefit concert

You'll be hearing about "The Boss" a lot next year when the music community gathers to honor him as MusiCares Person of the Year on Feb. 8 in Los Angeles. The gala dinner and tribute benefits MusiCares, a fund that ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need. Here, Bruce Springsteen kicks off the "12-12-12" concert for Sandy relief at Madison Square Garden in New York City with his song "Land of Hope and Dreams."

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is sure to pick up more awards this season for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." He's already got an Oscar but there is no reason why he can't win another -- or at least an Oscar nomination.

He may be dead but he can still make news. Actor Larry Hagman, who died in November, is going to be a celeb in this spring's episode of "I Get That a Lot," a prank-type show in which stars masquerade as ordinary people and act like they're not famous when they're recognized.

Whitney Houston final autopsy report released

The late pop singer Whitney Houston, whose death in February 2012 sent shock waves through Hollywood, may be back in the news in 2013 when her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, publishes a memoir about her famous daughter. It is set to come out in February, almost a year to the day when Houston was found dead in her hotel room as she was preparing for a pre-Grammy party. The book is said to chronicle Houston's struggles with drug abuse, which may have contributed to her death.

Britain's Prince William stands next to his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, as she leaves the King Edward VII hospital in central London, Dec. 6, 2012. — AP Photo

Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, will be making news all spring and summer as they prepare for the birth of their first child. The pregnancy was announced in early December after the duchess was hospitalized for acute morning sickness. She was said to be still in her first trimester.

The U.S. is also expecting a "royal" baby of sorts in 2013 when celebutante Kim Kardashian, left, gives birth to her first child with rapper Kanye West, right. The rapper announced the news during a pre-New Year's concert in Atlantic City. The two are seen here at the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

James Franco and Michelle Williams will be doing the talk shows and premieres in early March to promote their eagerly awaited movie, "Oz the Great and Powerful." Director Sam Raimi's take on the classic "Wizard of Oz" tale opens in theaters on March 8.

Amanda Knox, the Seattle student who spent four years in a Perugia, Italy, jail cell, accused of killing her roommate, will publish her memoir, "Waiting To Be Heard," on April 30.

Randy Newman, seen with his Oscar for best original song for "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" on Feb. 27, 2011, in Los Angeles, is among the Class of 2013 to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The April 18 concert in Los Angles also will induct Rush, Public Enemy, Heart and the late musicians Donna Summer and Albert King.

Word is that heavy metal band Black Sabbath, seen here at its Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction on March 13, 2006, is releasing a new album in 2013. It would be the group's 19th album but first release since 1995's "Forbidden." It also would be the first recording with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals since 1978's "Never Say Die!" and first recording with Geezer Butler on bass since 1994's "Cross Purposes."

Carey Mulligan, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio are shown in a scene from "The Great Gatsby," Baz Luhrman's long-awaited movie based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Age novel. It had been scheduled to open in the 2012 holiday season but its release date was pushed back until May.

You'll be hearing about actor Brad Pitt this year, even if he and his longtime partner Angelina Jolie don't tie the knot in 2013. Pitt, who has been hinting about a wedding sometime soon, stars in "World War Z," a movie about a deadly zombie pandemic that opens at the box office in June.

Sweden's Princess Madeleine, seen at the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, will marry her fiance, U .S -British banker Christopher O'Neill, in Stockholm on June 8. The ceremony is expected to be opulent, though less extravagant and regal than the 2010 wedding of her older sister, Crown Princess Victoria. Madleine is fourth in line for the Swedish throne.

TLR_MG_1561_R4_online[1].jpg — Disney/Bruckheimer Films

You've been waiting for it for years and now in the summer of 2013, you will be able to see it on screen. Johnny Depp plays Tonto and Armie Hammer is the Lone Ranger (John Reid) in Gore Verbinski's update of the classic movie and TV series, "The Lone Ranger."

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Jessica Simpson Collection

Celebrity watchers will be able to follow another Jessica Simpson struggle with baby weight in 2013. The blonde actress-singer-fashion star, who gave birth in May to daughter Maxwell, announced at year's end that she was expecting her second child with partner Eric Johnson. The world watched in 2012 as Simpson gained 70 pounds while pregnant, then lost it as a spokesperson for Weight Watchers.

If actress Jennifer Lawrence, seen at a Toronto Film Festival press conference for "Silver Linings Playbook," doesn't win some awards in 2013 for her work in that movie, she will be in the headlines in November when "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" opens. It is the second movie based on a trio of books by Suzanne Collins. Lawrence plays the heroine Katniss Everdeen.

Pop star Lady Gaga is sure to make headlines in 2013, if not for her unconventional outfits and unorthodox behavior, then for the release of "ARTPOP," her third studio album, due out in the spring. She'll also be the subject of her own film.

"Girls" creator and star Lena Dunham has several opportunities to make headlines this year, starting in January when a new season about four twentysomething New Yorkers begins. She may also come up a winner at the January Golden Globes or the fall Primetime Emmys. Finally, she may be in the news when her collection of essays, "Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She

Don't expect to see Gabby Douglas, one of the breakout stars of the London Olympics, make sports headlines. Her coach says he doesn't expect her to compete in 2013. But you will be sure to see her in the news as she publishes n inspirational book, makes public appearances and takes part in the 40-city Teen Choice Live gymnastics tour.

Moses takes on Santa, The Hobbit takes on One Direction — Hagen Hopkins

The year 2013 will probably end the same way 2012 is doing, with the release of a Hobbit movie. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," the second of a trio of Peter Jackson movies about Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, is set to open on Dec. 13, 2013.