James Franco, Oscar®-nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Anne Hathaway host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards® broadcast by the ABC Television Network from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 27, 2011. credit: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Christian Bale accepts the Oscar® for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, for his role in “The Fighter” during the live ABC Television Network broadcast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 27, 2011. credit: MICHAEL YADA / ©A.M.P.A.S.
credit: MICHAEL YADA / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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credit: MICHAEL YADA / ©A.M.P.A.S.
The 83rd Academy Awards presented by younger and hipper hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway was an experiment not to be repeated. This was a case of choosing celebrity over qualified and seasoned hosts. There’s a reason why audiences love experienced hosts to present the biggest award ceremony on the planet, they’re funny and they can whoop up a crowd. Three hours is a long time to keep an audience energized and interested.
Franco, don’t give up your day job, stick to acting for now because you just aren’t experienced enough for this. Sorry to say I told you so but what were the Academy thinking? This is not Franco’s fault. How could he turn down such an offer. But why ask a young actor to take on such a big show? If this was stage, Franco would have been booed off and the production would close on opening night.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The Academy needs to stick to professional hosts and comics. And did I mention the chemistry between Franco and Hathaway? If you saw any of the clips put out by the Academy over the last few weeks you’d know the two together were like wet fish and about as funny as an earthquake. We don’t watch the Academy Awards to think that we the audience can do a better job. We watch it to see the best hosts and presenters the entertainment industry has to offer.
Franco failed because he made this about him. He said before the show that he didn’t care if he bombed. A professional host and stage performer is all about the audience -the audience is number one and giving them a good time is paramount. Actor Hugh Jackman understood this.
Let’s hope the Academy hires Ricky Gervais to do the job properly next year.
And the winners are:
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Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Actress in a Supporting Role Melissa Leo in “The Fighter Animated Feature Film “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich Art Direction “Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara Cinematography “Inception” Wally Pfister Costume Design “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood Directing “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper Documentary (Feature) “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs Documentary (Short Subject) “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Film Editing “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter Foreign Language Film “In a Better World” Denmark Makeup “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Music (Original Score) “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Music (Original Song) “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers Short Film (Animated) “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann Short Film (Live Action) “God of Love” Luke Matheny Sound Editing “Inception” Richard King Sound Mixing “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick Visual Effects “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb Writing (Adapted Screenplay) “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Writing (Original Screenplay) “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler |
Live at the Oscars Twitter update:
Sandra Bullock is on stage to present the Best Actor award. And the winner is Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech” Go BRITS #oscar
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Jeff Bridges is on stage to present the Best Actress Award. And the winner is Natalie Portman. Great performance. #oscar
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Brits do it again!! Best Director Tom Hooper for “The Kings Speech”#oscar
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Cool! Katherin Bigelow presents Achievement in Directing to Tom Hooper for “The Kings Speech” #oscars
Live at the Oscars – Twitter updates:
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Phew. Almost over. Best Picture goes to “The King’s Speech” RULE BRITANNIA! #oscar
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Sandra Bullock is on stage to present the Best Actor award. And the winner is Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech” Go BRITS #oscar
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Jeff Bridges is on stage to present the Best Actress Award. And the winner is Natalie Portman. Great performance. #oscar
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Brits do it again!! Best Director Tom Hooper for “The Kings Speech”#oscar
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Cool! Katherin Bigelow presents Achievement in Directing to Tom Hooper for “The Kings Speech” #oscars
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Homestretch please #oscar
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Wasn’t it enough for “Titanic?” We need more Dion?
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And the surprise winners tonight just prove that you shouldn’t believe what you read in the papers. #oscars
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Best Original Song award goes to Randy Newman for ‘We Belong Together’ from ‘Toy Story 3’ #oscar
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Best Visual Effects Goes to “Inception #oscar
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I still think “Social Network” will get Best Picture. Not because it’s the best but because of its subject matter. #oscar
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Best Film Editing goes to “The Social Network” #oscar
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Well, hate to say I told you so. zzzzzzz #oscars. Please leave it to a seasoned comedian…
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Anne Hathaway could have done this on her own #oscar
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Oprah Winfrey is on stage to present Best Documentary Feature. The award goes to “Inside Job” #oscar
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Best Live Action Short goes to “God Of Love” #Oscar
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Best Documentary Short goes to “Strangers No More” #oscars
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I need food.
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Kevin Spacey is on stage to present nominations for Best Original Song. #oscar
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#Oscars…wish it was really funny…
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Best Costume Design goes to Colleen Atwood for “Alice in Wonderland” #oscar
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Cate Blanchet presents Best Makeup to Rick Baker & Dave Elsey for The Wolfman #oscar
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I love Marisa Tomei. #oscars Sci-Tech Winners
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Best Sound Editing goes to Richard King for “Inception” #oscar
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Best Sound goes to “Inception” I like it
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I loved the original score for “Inception.” ahh well. #Oscar
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Hugh Jackman & Nicole Kidman are on stage to give us a history lesson in film sound and music. Belting out some tunes #oscar
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Best Original Score goes to Trent Reznor for “The Social Network”#Oscars
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Best Supporting Actor award goes to Christian Bale – go Brits!#Oscar
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Best Foreign Language Film goes to “In A Better World” directed by Susanne Bier #Oscar
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Best Original Screenplay goes to “The King’s Speech” Go Brits!#Oscar
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Aaron Sorkin wins Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘The Social Network’ #Oscar
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Best Animated Feature goes to “Toy Story 3” #oscar
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Best Animated Short goes to “The Lost Thing” #oscar
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Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas is funny man on stage. He presents the next award. Best Actress in Supporting Role goes to Melissa Leo.
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Award for Best Cinematography goes to Wally Pfister for Inception#Oscar
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Tom Hanks is first on to present an award. The award for best Art Direction goes to Alice in Wonderland
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And so it begins. The 83rd Academy Awards presented by James Franco & Anne Hathaway. But first, the funnies. #Oscars
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