Feb 5, 2010

2010 Oscars to be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards this year. The announcement was made lately by the Oscar's telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated that the team of Steve and Alec are the ideal pair of hosts for the Academy Awards. Schankman also conveyed that with the Martin-Baldwin casting, they intend to restore some energy into a night that's usually thought of as serious,but serious isn't all the time the most entertaining too. Steve will display the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh celebrity for this event.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Martin and Baldwin are thoroughly excited to co-host the Oscars this year. Martin had the privilege of hosting the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows.He has also served as an anchor on the show a number of times, most lately at the ceremony in February. He is presently touring with the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers in promotion of his latest album, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo." Steve Martin won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording, in both 1977 and 1978 . He also won a third Grammy in 2001 in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category.

Baldwin was nominated for the Oscars in 2003 for a supporting role in "The Cooler".Presently Baldwin stars as Jack Donaghy on the comedy "30 Rock", a character for which he won two Emmys in the year 2008 and 2009. He was also nominated for the Tony Awards in 1992 for his performance in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

The Oscars will be held on March 7th at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

No comments:

Post a Comment