Donny and Marie Osmond to host Miss USA

Pageant in Vegas will be first prime-time hosting gig for the duo since 2000

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Donny and Marie Osmond are shown during a taping of the Osmonds 50th anniversary show at the Orlean's casino in Las Vegas in this Aug. 14, 2007, file photo. The brother-and-sister song and dance stars are scheduled to host the upcoming Miss USA Pageant on April 11, 2008.

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updated 10:26 p.m. ET March 23, 2008

LAS VEGAS - Donny and Marie Osmond will host the upcoming Miss USA pageant.

The Miss Universe Organization says the brother-and-sister, song-and-dance stars will perform on the NBC Universal show April 11 from the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The network owns the pageant with real estate mogul Donald Trump. (MSNBC.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)

The rival Miss America pageant crowned its 2008 queen in the same casino in January.

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Pageant executives say the telecast will represent the first time Donny and Marie Osmond have hosted a prime-time show together since 2000.

Marie Osmond recently competed in ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." Donny Osmond is appearing in "College Road Trip," a Disney comedy starring Martin Lawrence and Raven Symone.

The current Miss USA, Rachel Smith of Tennessee, was crowned last year in Los Angeles.