It’s Official James Franco & Anne Hathaway to host the Oscars

It’s Official, James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. 

I really can’t believe they went this young with the co-host for the 83rd Oscars. Don’t get me wrong I’m excited to see both Anne & James up there and can’t wait.

I’m a huge fan of James Franco I’ve been since the first Spiderman and since we have seen him host SNL doing a great job; I feel like we are in for a great show.

Now with Anne Hathaway I’m not her biggest fan but she is very talented and did a great job in the opening bit of the 81st Academy Awards.

Video Link Below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Terhj8mjPwY

Anyway it’s goes, it’s still the Academy Awards and I’ll still have a great time watching on February 27th 2011.

Both might receive nominations this year and I wonder if it will effect how the academy votes. What do you think?

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Rumored that James Franco & Anne Hathaway to host the 83rd Academy Awards

It’s rumored that James Franco & Anne Hathaway to host the 83^rd Academy Awards. I’ll post a break down blog of what I think about this once it’s official.

The link to Deadline’s article breaking the news
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/james-franco-and-anne-hathaway-to-host-oscar/

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Who I would like to see host the Oscars

NPH (Neil Patrick Harris)
I would love to see NPH host the 83^rd Academy Awards show even if I think he would be “suited up” better for the 84^th Academy Awards after he has two more movies released next year,  Harold & Kumar and The Smurfs.  The likelihood that he will be offered this year or even take it this year seems very unlikely, but I will always have hope for NPH.

Jon Stewart
Jon is a very funny man and a great show host, but he hasn’t been is a movie in years.  On one hand I believe he would raise the Oscars viewing audience in the 18-35 years range way up, but again he really a TV man.

Robert Downey Jr
I think this would be the perfect fit for him but I also think he might do better with a co-host maybe Jon Favreau; the two funny men up there would be perfect.

I guess I’ll have to wait just like everyone else and hope it turn out to be one of these guys.    

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And the Oscar winners are…

Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker”, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film
“Up”, Pete Docter

Art Direction
“Avatar”, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Cinematography
“Avatar”, Mauro Fiore

Costume Design
“The Young Victoria”, Sandy Powell

Directing
“The Hurt Locker”, Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary (Feature)
“The Cove”, Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Music by Prudence”, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Film Editing
“The Hurt Locker”, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Foreign Language Film
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos”, Argentina

Makeup
“Star Trek”, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)
“Up”, Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”, Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)
“Logorama”, Nicolas Schmerkin

Short Film (Live Action)
“The New Tenants”, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
“The Hurt Locker”, Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing
“The Hurt Locker”, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Visual Effects
“Avatar”, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”, Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Hurt Locker”, Written by Mark Boal