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Oscar Host 2010 Who'll say yes?

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 01:39 PM

First, Hugh Jackman turned it down.

Then, media columnists went nuts suggesting others.

My favorite suggestion was Robert Downey Jr. until I stumbled onto a better idea: Will Ferrell *as* James Lipton.

Nevertheless, this is a shame.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' newly selected producers Adam Shankman & Bill Mechanic went to Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr and asked them to host as a duo. It would have been a killer combo. But the answer was no.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 06:50 PM

This should make you happy, Jeff:

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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
Martin has hosted the Oscarcast twice before. Baldwin, star of NBC's "30 Rock," was a supporting actor nominee in 2003 for "The Cooler."
Variety, November 3

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 06:57 PM

It does indeed. Thanks. I thought Alec Baldwin was too good an idea to come true.

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 07:10 PM

It's kind of funny that these two guys are being paired up for this gig, since they happen to be co-starring in the upcoming film It's Complicated as two men competing for the attention of Meryl Streep -- the reigning Oscar nominee of our times.
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