Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Team-Up to Host the 82nd Academy Awards: PHOTO
Apparently it takes two hosts to rival Hugh Jackman’s performance from last year’s Oscar ceremony.

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin Set To Host Oscars: PHOTO
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have been tapped to host the 73rd Academy Awards.

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin Set To Host Oscars: PHOTO
Steve Martin won an Emmy Award nomination for hosting the 73rd Academy Awards and returned to take charge of the 75th event, but Alec Baldwin has never fronted the big show. Making the announcement today, new Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars. Picture of Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin Set To Host Oscars [source:celebuzz.com] "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show...

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Team Up To Host the Oscars
It’s been announced that funnymen Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards. “I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” Martin said jokingly in a statement. Alec also expressed excitement for the star-studded gig. “I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars,” he said. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.” Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards, while this will...

Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin: Oscars Co-hosts!: PHOTO
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as cohosts of the 2010 Academy Awards . Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said in a statement, “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars. Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past (he hosted twice) and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.” The ceremony, which was hosted by Hugh Jackman last year, will air live on Sunday, March 7, 2010 on...

STEVE MARTIN & ALEC BALDWIN TO HOST THE OSCARS
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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin To Co-Host 2010 Oscars: PHOTO
Funnyman Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are set to co-host the 2010 Oscars. Producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated, 'We think the team of

Alec Baldwin And Steve Martin To Co-Host The Oscars
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the Oscars, it was announced Tuesday. While Baldwin is a rookie, Martin hosted the Awards show in 2001 and 2003.

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin to co-host Oscars
This just in: to counter the widespread belief that the Motion Picture Academy is dominated by old white guys, the 82nd Academy Awards will be hosted by... two old white guys!

Oscars Opts For Dual Hosts: Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin
A unique double header has been tapped to host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards next year, with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin assuming the dual master of ceremony roles.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
Steve Martin, left, and Alec Baldwin (Getty) Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are joining forces to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the telecast's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Tuesday. Doubling down on comedy, the producers said, "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past, and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event." As a solo act, Martin hosted the Oscars in 2001 and 2003, earning an Emmy nomination for his first turn...

Martin & Baldwin to co-host at the Oscars
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 2010 Oscars. Funnyman Martin won an Emmy Award nomination for hosting the 73rd Academy Awards and returned to take charge of the 75th event, but Baldwin has never fronted the big show. Making the announcement on Tuesday (03Nov09), new Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show...

Baldwin & Martin: let the Oscar laugh-in begin: PHOTO
You have to admit that choosing Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host the 82nd Academy Awards was a stroke of genius. They’re both experienced hands at Live TV and improv, having racked up an impressive number of Saturday Night Live hosting gigs (Martin with 15, Baldwin gaining on him with 14, sayeth the internets , and between them they’re likely to amuse and irritate just the right people. Check out the clip of the mano-a-mano fight between them (love the garrote by tape...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscars
Hugh Jackman decided not to return as host of the 82nd annual Academy Awards. But former host Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the Emmy Award-winning star of NBC's “30 Rock,” are taking the plunge and co-hosting the star-studded event on March 7 at the Kodak Theatre.   The announcement was made this afternoon by Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman.   Martin, who hosted the 73rd and 75th Oscar ceremony, said in a statement: “I am happy to co-host the Oscars...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
Steve Martin, left, and Alec Baldwin (Getty) Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are joining forces to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the telecast's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Tuesday. Doubling down on comedy, the producers said: "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past, and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event." As a solo act, Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Oscars in 2001 and 2003, respectively, earning an Emmy...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin To Co-Host Oscars
Los Angeles — Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday. Telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Martin and Baldwin are "the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars." The producers have said they hope to resurrect Oscar's ratings and make the show more fun by building on the changes introduced at February's ceremony, which...

Academy Awards doubles its pleasure: Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host
So are two heads really better than one? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apparently thinks so. It has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscar telecast next March. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic in a Press release. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this...

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts for the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced late Nov. 3.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to Co-Host 2010 Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the Academy announced Tuesday. "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," Martin said of his fellow emcee and and It's Complicated co-star. The 64-year-old actor, author and musician has hosted the ceremony twice before, garnering an Emmy nomination for his work on the 2001 telecast. This will be Baldwin's first time. See videos of Steve Martin "I don't play the banjo, but I'm thrilled to be hosting...

Martin and Baldwin to Host Oscars
AP Photo (2) The upcoming Oscars will mix a little bit of the old with the new: The Academy has selected veteran host Steve Martin and 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin to co-host the ceremony. Producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced the news late Tuesday, hailing the duo as “the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars.” The actors responded in their typical manner to the plan. “I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” Martin said in a news release....

Exclusive: Oscar producer Adam Shankman talks about hosts Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin
Director/choreographer Adam Shankman has only been in his new job of co-producing the Oscars for only three weeks. But Shankman and his co-producer Bill Mechanic, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, have managed to lock down the biggest part of the job, the host. We talked to Shankman about wrangling veteran Oscar MC Steve Martin and Academy newcomer Alec Baldwin. EW: You must be thrilled and relieved to have this part of the job figured out? Shankman: You have no idea. That's always the big...

Oscar Watch: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Are Co-Hosting
Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, the two producers of the Academy Awards telecast to be broadcast around the world on March 7, have selected two hosts for the show: repeat host Steve Martin (the 73rd and 75th Oscars) and newbie Alec Baldwin. The producers went to last year’s host Hugh Jackman first, but he didn’t want to do the honors two years in a row. (Rumors that Emmy and Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris had landed the Oscar gig remind us not to believe everything we read on...

Oscars to Be Hosted by Baldwin, Martin
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have been named the hosts of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. That's right

Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin to host Oscars: Brilliant!: PHOTO
Does everyone else love this idea as much as I do? The Academy has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will cohost this season’s Oscar telecast on March 7, 2010. And I for one say Hallelujah! They’re both adept comedians who’ll certainly play off each other well. Their upcoming Romantic Comedy with Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated , stands to be one of the highlights of the holiday movie season (not to mention a dark horse for a Best Picture nomination). And for...

Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin to Host the Oscars: PHOTO
The comedian and the 30 Rock star follow Hugh Jackman as emcees of Hollywood's biggest night