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Martin, Baldwin to host Oscars
variety.com - 20 days ago
Martin, Baldwin to host Oscars
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Duo to co-host 82nd Academy Awards The Oscars keep multiplying. After the Academy increased its best picture category to 10 films and tapped a pair of producers, it announced that there will be two hosts for the 82nd annual Academy Awards -- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin -- the first time the ...
hollywoodinsider.ew.com - 20 days ago
Oscar talk: Goal to 'ratchet up the funny'
— hollywoodinsider.ew.com — By Nicole Sperling EW exclusive: Producer of telecast Adam Shankman on how Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were hired, other names on the table, and more (more) Oscar talk: Goal to 'ratchet up the funny'

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oscars.org - 21 days ago
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscar® Show
— oscars.org — Beverly Hills, CA — Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. (more) Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscar® Show

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The Circuit: Awards and Festivals News
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 21 days ago
The Circuit: Awards and Festivals News
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Martin-baldwin Hugh Jackman decided not to return as host of the 82nd annual Academy Awards. But former host Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the Emmy Award-winning star of NBC’s “30 Rock,” are taking the plunge and co-hosting the star-studded event on ... (more) The Circuit: Awards and Festivals News

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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
Film | guardian.co.uk — ... Martin was popular with the critics during his last stint as host, though his 2001 tenure coincided with a dramatic drop in ratings. He will also appear with Baldwin in the forthcoming comedy It's Complicated, which debuts in US cinemas on Christmas Day and arrives in the UK on 8 January. ...

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Hosting the Oscars
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — ... through the glass, came a muffled, "Me and Whoopi and Robin are sort of a team, though! If you remember Comic Relief!") With the Academy on the verge of breakdown and ready to just call the whole thing off and publicly admit that the Oscars are pointless and terrible regardless of who hosts: a breakthrough. One of the Academy members suddenly noticed the [list of most frequent SNL hosts/poster for the Meryl Streep comedy It's Complicated] on the table. And it was settled: There will be two hosts for the 82nd annual Academy Awards -- Steve ...

And now, for your enjoyment, the comedy stylings of Martin and Baldwin
MovingPictureBlog — ... My first impression: Oscarcast producers made a very savvy move in selecting Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts for the 2010 awards ceremony. Martin was a pretty terrific solo host for the show in 2001 and ‘03. Indeed, I still chuckle whenever I remember his joke during the ’01 extravaganza about an alleged conspiracy to abduct a dour Best Actor nominee: “The FBI has just announced a suspect in the plot to kidnap Russell Crowe, and all I can say is: Tom Hanks, you should be ashamed of yourself.” (Cut to a close-up of Hanks, seated in the audience, ...

Short Takes: Baldwin and Martin to host Oscars, Clash of the Titans posters leak online, plus Jolie
Premiere's Movie News and Views — ... After some speculation over who will host the upcoming Oscars, including rumors of Hugh Jackman and Billy Crystal encores, the Academy has made their decision: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Variety has the story on the co-hosts hosts of the 2010 ceremony, . ...

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