Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Steve Martin and Alex Baldwin to Host This Year's Oscars!


Just got the press release from the academy. We're going to be laughing our asses off come Oscar night!
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.

“We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.”

“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin.

“I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.
Steve Martin hosted the Oscars twice in the past, and has been a frequent presenter.  Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin also co-star in It's Complicated with Meryl Streep, due out Christmas Day.

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