Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are to co-host the Academy Awards. The comedians will be the first people to co-host the ceremony as a pair since the first Oscars show in 1929. Steve joked: "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin." Steve - who has presented the show twice before - earned an Emmy Award nomination for his first turn in 2001, but this will be the first time '30 Rock' star Alec has taken on hosting duties. Referring to Steve's musical abilities, Alec joked: "I...

The Oscars hosts with the most?
Funnymen Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscars in 2010 As you’ve probably heard by now, the 2010 Oscars will feature “two wild and crazy guys.” No, wer’re not talking about George and Yortuk Festrun, the crazed Czech brothers played by Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd on “Saturday Night Live.” Instead, Martin will join longtime friend Alec Baldwin in hosting the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars (Reuters): PHOTO
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and '30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film Awards. - Read and comment on the latest movie, DVD, Box Office, entertainment, casting, and celebrity news and gossip on Yahoo! Movies"/>

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars: PHOTO
Steven Martin (left) and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscars. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer and Andy Kropa, file) Los Angeles (AP) - 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...

OSCAR talk: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars: PHOTO
Two Oscar news of different levels of importance caught everyone's attention: The new Oscar hosts and Danny Boyle's problem with his Slumdog Millionaire child actors. I'll deal with the hosts here... - - - - - - While I'd love to see Hugh Jackman do it again and it would have been cool to see Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr team up and do some hilarious antics on the stage, but it seems they're not in the mood to host the Oscars. When it was announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin would...

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 on 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 the Oscars’ ratings and make the show more fun by building on the changes introduced at...

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to jointly host Oscars: PHOTO
Los Angeles - Actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are to jointly host the Oscars Awards ceremony, producers of the prestigious film prize announced Tuesday. Steve Martin at the 2009 American Idol Finale.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin To Host Oscars
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the 2010 Oscars together. The pair should get lots of laughs, barring any interruptions from Kanye West. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are joining forces for the Oscar stage this next time around, hosting a show set to air March 7, 2010. This will give the show a comic edge lacking in the 2009 telecast, where Hugh Jackman's appearance was heavy on musical showmanship. Martin has hosted the Oscars before

Martin, Baldwin to "ratchet up the funny" at Oscars
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year's Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said.

Martin, Baldwin to "Ratchet up the Funny" at Oscars
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year's Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said. Actors Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr.and comedian Tina Fey were among names "thrown around" as possible hosts, Shankman told Entertainment Weekly magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, one day after the choice of Martin and Baldwin was revealed.

Steve Martin And Alec Baldwin Are Hosting The Oscars
So much for my hopes of seeing Larry David's signature stare-down against the masses of Hollywood at the upcoming Academy Awards. As it turns out, the Oscars have selected a host

Martin and Baldwin: the Oscar's comedic dream team: VIDEO
Martin and Baldwin were chosen to be co-hosts at the Oscar’s this year. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be this year's Oscar co-hosts, beating out such competition as Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey, according to a statement made by co-producer Adam Shankman in Entertainment Weekly. Martin, however, is no stranger to the Oscar stage, having hosted the show twice before. But for Baldwin, who will be making his way from 30 Rock to the Oscar's, the 2010 show will be the first. "A...

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscar
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.” “I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec...

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin will co-host the Oscars
The Academy Awards have announced the 2010 hosts! They've named Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of this Awards season's festivities. There were some rumors going around that the gig had been offered to 2009 Oscars host Hugh Jackman, who turned it down. There was also some mention that Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Stewart and Ricky Gervais might have gotten calls, or gotten mentioned in some meetings, but I don't really believe any of them were seriously considered. Steve has hosted...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars (AP): PHOTO
Los Angeles - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. - Read and comment on the latest movie, DVD, Box Office, entertainment, casting, and celebrity news and gossip on Yahoo! Movies"/>

Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin to Co-Host Oscars: PHOTO
The Oscars aren't set to air until March 7th but producers of the event, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, have chosen their hosts. Funnymen Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. This will be Martin's third time hosting and Baldwin's first. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will...

What Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Could Bring to the Oscars (With Video!): PHOTO
The mood is one of cautious contentment since the big announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin would be tag-teaming Oscar-hosting duties this year. (Movieline, meanwhile, was pleased to see that the Academy had come around to taking our advice...

OPEN THREAD: What Do You Think Of The Steve Martin / Alec Baldwin Oscar Duo?: PHOTO
The 82nd annual Academy Awards will be hosted by a duo of two-time solo host Steve Martin and first-timer Alex Baldwin : “I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars

Gold Derby nuggets: Hugh Jackman hails new Oscar hosts | 'A Town Called Panic' calms Oscars toon race | Yea or nay to last-minute Oscar entries?
• Shira Levine caught up with last year's Oscar host Hugh Jackman Tuesday night and got his first response to this year's double act of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin : "I had no idea they were. You are breaking the news to me. They are both fantastic. Steve actually gave me a lot of funny hints last year. I rang him and he was really helpful. He is really funny and he knows what he's doing. He's done this before. Alec Baldwin is also a true genius. I think the both of...

OSCAR talk: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars: PHOTO
Two Oscar news of different levels of importance caught everyone's attention: The new Oscar hosts and Danny Boyle's problem with his Slumdog Millionaire child actors. I'll deal with the hosts here... - - - - - - While I'd love to see Hugh Jackman do it again and it would have been cool to see Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr team up and do some hilarious antics on the stage, but it seems they're not in the mood to host the Oscars. When it was announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin would...

Short Takes: Baldwin and Martin to host Oscars, Clash of the Titans posters leak online, plus Jolie: PHOTO
After some speculation over who will host the upcoming Oscars, including rumors of Hugh Jackman and Billy Crystal encores, the Academy has made their decision: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Variety has the story on the co-hosts hosts of the 2010 ceremony, . New movie posters for the remake of Clash of the Titans , due out March 2010, have leaked online! Maybe a wee bit late on the Epic Movie craze, but still fairly exciting. Finally, take a look at the hot trailer for the new Angelina Jolie CIA...

Steve Martin is the Oscars host with the most | Xan Brooks: PHOTO
Xan Brooks: This insider's outsider has shown before that he has precisely the right stuff to carry us through the long night of backslapping that is the annual Academy Awards

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to Cohost the Oscars: PHOTO
The 82nd Academy Awards are going to be good! The Academy has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will cohost this season's Oscar telecast on March 7, 2010. The announcement that Martin and Baldwin are hosting the 82nd Academy Awards telecast will bring joy to the hearts of those of us who still long for the days of Billy Crystal or Johnny Carson . Plus, they're both adept comedians who'll certainly play off each other well. Where Hugh Jackman brought a no-holds-barred...

And The Oscars Will Be Hosted By…: PHOTO
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin . There goes our opening musical number! The news that the unlikely duo will be hosting the biggest night in film was announced to mixed reactions. But Bill Mechanic, a producer of the Oscar show says that the matchup is a "spirit du combat." In other words, the most elegant evening of the Awards season is going to be turned into a farce for ratings. Joy! We're sure the pair will spend most of the time playfully bantering about who is doing a better job hosting, or...

Alec Baldwin And Steve Martin To Host The Oscars
HOLLYWOOD, Ca., Nov.4 (TOTI) --<br /> <br /> Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin have been selected to host the 82nd annual Oscar Award show. <br /> <br /> Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, producers of the show said, "We think the team of Steve and Alec...