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  1. #1
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    Oscars 2010: It's Complicated

    Awards season is underway, so I thought I'd get the ball rolling on a master thread. Talk Oscars, 10 Best Picture nominees, Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais, best of the year, complaints, etc.

    It was announced yesterday that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the Academy Awards next March.

    "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," Martin said in a statement.

    "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars -- it's the opportunity of a lifetime," said Baldwin.
    I find the choice(s) zany and inspired, but not completely ridiculous, and look forward to it. The two actors have crossed paths a few times -- 30 Rock, It's Complicated -- and they volley the title of SNL's most frequent host. They've even done similar sketches:

    Get to Know Me!
    (Steve Martin, Jon Lovitz, Paulina Porizkova, Don Pardo, Phil Hartman)
    Lank Thompson's I'm a Handsome Actor (Alec Baldwin, Mike Myers, Conan O'Brien)

    I wish video were available.

  2. #2
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    I hope sometime in the future Neil Patrick Harris hosts the oscars. I hope Baldwin and Martin do a good job but it seems like an odd pairing.

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    i prefer the unsafe haven of Chris Rock.

  4. #4
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    If you're into Oscar precursors, here are highlights from the National Board of Review (full list of winners here).

    Best Film
    Up In the Air

    11 Best Films (in alphabetical order)
    An Education
    (500) Days of Summer
    The Hurt Locker
    Inglourious Basterds
    Invictus
    The Messenger
    A Serious Man
    Star Trek
    Up
    Up in the Air
    Where the Wild Things Are


    Best Director
    Clint Eastwood, Invictus

    Best Actor (tie)
    George Clooney, Up In The Air
    Morgan Freeman, Invictus

    Best Actress
    Carey Mulligan, An Education

    Best Supporting Actor
    Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

    Best Supporting Actress
    Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

    Best Original Screenplay
    Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In the Air

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