I bet if they cut out all of the host shit, the Oscars would actually run at a decent length. Until that happens, we'll just have to deal with a host or in this case, co-hosts.
The LA Times reports on Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of next year's Oscars:
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 March 7 at the Kodak Theatre.
The announcement was made this afternoon by Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman.
Martin, who hosted the 73rd and 75th Oscar ceremony, said in a statement: “I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin.”
“I don’t play the banjo but I am thrilled to be hosting the Oscars -- it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said movie buff Baldwin in a statement. Though Baldwin will be making his hosting debut, he’s no stranger to the Academy Awards having been nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for 2003’s “The Cooler.”
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If you're like me, they could have had J.D. Roth from that Fun House kids show as host as I'd still end up watching it. Actually, if they brought back Double Dare and had Marc Summers hosting, we'd probably be in for a pretty exciting Oscars.
