An Oscar Trip for Norah Jones and a WGA Honor for Tony Kushner With his Oscar hosting duties, Seth MacFarlane - the creator, writer and director who's also a star of "Family Guy," "American Dad" and "Ted" - is finally learning to delegate. Norah Jones will perform his Oscar-nominated song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from "Ted," on the telecast. Mr. MacFarlane wrote the lyrics. She joins other musical performers, including Adele. In other awards news, the Academy has seen fit to recognize costume designers with their own branch; they were previously part of the designers branch. Jeffrey Kurland, an Oscar-nominated costume designer for "Bullets Over Broadway" who also worked on "Ocean's Eleven" and "Erin Brockovich," and a governor with the designer branch, will transfer to the costume group, to eventually be joined by two new governors. "Costume designers have waited a long time for recognition with branch status," Mr. Kurland said in a statement announcing the news. As a governor representing these designers, I'm thrilled and grateful for the Academy's support. The change will take effect this summer. The Academy will now have 16 branches, each with three governors. And Tony Kushner will receive the Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America for his "Lincoln" screenplay. The award, named after a former lawyer for the guild, "is given to the WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere," the group said in a statement. Mr. Kushner is also a nominee for best adapted screenplay, and awards-watchers consider it a key step in the Oscar campaign for "Lincoln."