Oscar hosts Bob Hope, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg killed it. But so did Anne Hathaway, James Franco and almost Kevin Hart...just in a different way.
in 2011. What made the “When Harry Meet Sally” star such a great emcee in his own right, according to pal and fellow host Goldberg, was that he was a fan.. “When he would talk about what was happening, or he had some comment about a film, you knew he knew what he was talking about. And that’s what you want. Because there’s nothing worse than a three-hour deadly show. You don’t mind if it’s three hours, if you laughed a lot.
But it’s been 35 years since a trio — namely Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan — took the reins. Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales“lacked emotional highs and had to depend for life on the occasionally sparkling contributions of comic-minded presenters.” Though the hosts themselves were hardly the highlight, Hogan, fresh from the success of “Crocodile Dundee,” got a gold star.
In a tribute to Williams, who died in 2014, Alda wrote in Time magazine that the comedian came up with several of his Oscar night bits in the wings and on the fly. “He would think of a line and say, ‘Is that too tasteless?’” Alda recalled. “Invariably, I’d say, ‘Yes, it’s too tasteless,’ and invariably he’d go onstage, say the line and kill with it.”
While group projects are often derided in the case of the Oscars, spreading the responsibilities, fan power and potential blowback have been a winning recipe.Two names: Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Okay fine, there are more. Seth MacFarlane. Neil Patrick Harris. Hugh Jackman. These are the hosts who don’t fit the old-school Oscar mode. They aren’t comedians in the traditional sense, hosts of their own shows or Oscar production alums.
First, the not so good. Hathaway and Franco were an odd couple from the beginning. “Hathaway worked her derriere off and Franco came off like that lacrosse boy you wish your daughter didn’t hang out with so much,”Hank Stuever of the 2011 pairing. Google any Oscars host ranking, and this duo consistently land at the bottom. Franco blamed it on the writing. Hathaway originally turned down the job and said it was Franco who convinced her to change her mind.
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