At the Oscars this year…

The 82nd Academy Awards began  with The 82nd Academy Awards began  with Neil Patrick Harris's rousing musical number,  rousing musical number,  after which the co-hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin came on stage. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were successful in setting a light ambience with their  sense of humor.

A chief alteration in this year's show was the increase in the Best Picture category from five nominees to ten. Decades before, the category had incorporated ten nominees and then was reduced to five. The decision to once again include more nominees came in order to take in good  films that ordinarily would not be chosen. This variation  didn’t do much to the actual show except that ten movies were introduced for the category during the ceremony instead of five.

An additional difference was introduction of the category of Original Score was displayed with music from each nominated film being played as a choreographed dance took place in the stage. The dancing itself was visually stimulating but occasionally it did not match up well with the music being played and it made for a peculiar performance overall.

Overall, the ceremony went off apparently without a hindrance; the speeches were kept short and there were no awfully embarrassing mishaps. The ceremony seems to be moving in  the direction of a more solemn show incorporating more music and dance in its place of the Oscars of old with comedic genius Billy Crystal. Every Oscar Ceremony brings new movies and new changes to the event and the 82nd Academy Awards also witnessed several modifications.

The most awaited event of the year - Oscars 2010

Its that time of the year again for the Hollywood's biggest event - Oscars 2010.The event will witness stunning stars descend on the red carpet in their chic suits / flowy gowns and vintage jewellery and walk away with the golden statuettes.


The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held at the Kodak Theatre on Mar 7th at Hollywood,Los Angeles and awards will be presented for stupendous performances for the year 2009.Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be hosting this spectacular event, which is the most watched event across the globe.

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.

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.