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Oscar to be 'Wild and Crazy Guy' at 82

post #1 of 26
11/4/09 at 10:41am
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I don't think even the CHUD live blogging could make this worth watching.
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post #2 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:22am
Wha? Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting the Oscars not worth watching?
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post #3 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:43am
I think that's a great pair of hosts.
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post #4 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:45am
With ten nominations in most categories you sure as hell gonna need two presenters anyway since this shit is bound to take a whole day now.

Though they could have chosen way worse. Nothing wrong here.
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post #5 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:45am
Martin was aces the two times he hosted. Baldwin makes everything he's in better. Do the math.
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post #6 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:50am
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Martin was somewhat relevant the two times he hosted. I could be wrong but it just seems an odd choice for such a flagging show to begin with.
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post #7 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm View Post
Martin was somewhat relevant the two times he hosted. I could be wrong but it just seems an odd choice for such a flagging show to begin with.
Yeah, I think you're the minority in that opinion.
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post #8 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
With ten nominations in most categories you sure as hell gonna need two presenters anyway since this shit is bound to take a whole day now.
There's only ten nominees for Best Picture. The other categories remain at 5 (or less).
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post #9 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:53am
I was hoping for Chris Rock . This should be good though.

Read somewhere yesterday that Robert Downey Jr and Ben Stiller turned it down. Love RDJ but Stiller is horrible.
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post #10 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:53am
Between this and Gervasis on the Globes, it could accurately be summed up as 'Hollywood wants a spanking.' Every couple of years they hire a host who's a little on the edgier/mean side (Martin, Chris Rock) to show people they're capable of laughing at themselves and taking hits like everyone.
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post #11 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:56am
Martin was solid both times that he hosted. Throw some sour Baldwin into the mix and it could be inspired greatness.
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post #12 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:58am
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There's only ten nominees for Best Picture. The other categories remain at 5 (or less).
Okay. Though that alone will add another hour at least. Not that this matters in the big schemes of things.
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post #13 of 26
11/4/09 at 11:59am
I always thought the Golden Globes went without a host.

Was disappointed when Gervais was hosting them because it meant he wouldn't get the Oscars.
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post #14 of 26
11/4/09 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm View Post
I don't think even the CHUD live blogging could make this worth watching.
You're joking, right? Steve Martin was probably one of the better hosts the Oscars have ever had (he's done it twice), and pairing him up with Alec Baldwin is a no-brainer.
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post #15 of 26
11/4/09 at 12:22pm
I think it's great, much better than the possibility of Billy Crystal and his stupid songs again.

Now just get Conan back to hosting the Emmys and we're set.
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post #16 of 26
11/4/09 at 12:33pm
There's the impression that Gervasis is too mean for an entire show. The Globes is a test run for him, because as Anya has pointed out, that show has traditionally gone without. If he does well, then maybe he gets the Oscars or the Emmys in 2010/2011.
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post #17 of 26
11/4/09 at 12:39pm
Martin and Baldwin will be terrific together. It could have been much, much worse, people. Only a few years ago, folks were talking Rosie O'Donnell as a host, so count your blessings.
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post #18 of 26
11/4/09 at 12:55pm
Show's gonna be alright, it's just going to be interesting seeing how they plan on padding it out some like they did last year. I just felt bad for Jackman.
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post #19 of 26
11/4/09 at 2:37pm
Yeah I can see how GREAT plus GREAT = shit. Oh wait
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post #20 of 26
11/4/09 at 7:04pm
This isn't just gonna be an ad for the It's Complicated DVD is it?
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post #21 of 26
11/5/09 at 12:00am
this is great news for the oscars, although i prefer to watch the broadcast when it's a total trainwreck and i can make fun of it on CHUD in real time
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post #22 of 26
11/5/09 at 2:11am
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Okay. Though that alone will add another hour at least. Not that this matters in the big schemes of things.
They've dropped the honorary awards from the show and moved them to a separate event. And there's a rule change in Best Original Song that could lead to a cancellation of the category. Though, I hope not, because Hideaway from Where the Wild Things Are needs to be nominated.
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post #23 of 26
11/5/09 at 12:43pm
What's the rule change?
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post #24 of 26
11/5/09 at 12:56pm
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This isn't just gonna be an ad for the It's Complicated DVD is it?
Quite necessarily. Come Oscars' time, that flick will have been thankfully long forgotten.

...And hopefully lost in a deep cavern.
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post #25 of 26
11/5/09 at 12:58pm
Found this:

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LOS ANGELES--No Academy Award will be presented for best song at next year's ceremony if none of the tunes is considered good enough, Oscar organizers said Friday.

Rules for the 82nd Oscar show next March will require that at least one song must achieve a minimum score of 8.25 on a scale of 6 to 10 in voting by members of the academy's music branch.

"We're trying to improve the quality," said composer Bruce Broughton, who heads the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "There's been a lot of talk about the songs in films, the lack of memorability compared to songs in the past, the almost forgettability of some of them."
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post #26 of 26
11/5/09 at 1:30pm
Thank fucking god they came to their senses, apparently, and decided to ditch that new direction they tried to go in last year.
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