Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin host the Oscars.Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin host the Oscars.Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin host the Oscars.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total
- Coraline
- (voice)
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- TriviaFor the first time since 1944, there were 10 Best Picture nominees.
- GoofsSamuel L. Jackson states that Up (2009) is the second film to be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Animated Film. This is incorrect since the only other animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast (1991), but it was not nominated for Best Animated Film. The category didn't exist in 1991.
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Cameron Diaz: Jude, when we're making movies... um, wait. I'm sorry. They didn't fix the Teleprompter.
Steve Carell: Okay, so this was originally written for Cameron and Jude Law, but I stepped in at the last minute.
[audience laughs]
Cameron Diaz: Thanks, Jude... I mean, Steve.
Steve Carell: Yep.
Cameron Diaz: The truth is, both Steve and I are big fans of animated films. Here are some of the stars of this year's films, to talk about being nominated, and what it means to them.
Barbara Walters: [off-screen] What would winning an Oscar mean to you?
Mr. Fox: [all of the animated characters, in separate "prerecorded" videos, sit in nearly identical "director" chairs with a poster of the film they're in to their left; Mr. Fox sits with a rabbit girl applying his makeup] Well, of course it's a tremendous honor to be nominated with such a prestegious group. I mean, these are all highly accomplished films - they are the best of the best. Look at this, look at, uh
[Mole hands him a piece of paper]
Mr. Fox: Princess and the... What's the Secret of Kells? These are all cartoons!
[turns around]
Mr. Fox: I thought we got nominated like a real movie!
Coraline Jones: Well... It would get my mom off my back. You know, like if she said "CORALINE! GO TO BED!" I could say "Mom, I've got an Academy Award!" or "Tidy your room!" "Oscar, mom. Deal with it."
[the Cat pops his head out of the bag hanging on her chair and meows]
Coraline Jones: [to the Cat] Oh. That won't work, will it?
Aisling: Well, just being nominated is brilliant, because more people will discover our film - and me! And I got to go all the way from Ireland. I might get to meet that nice Mr. Merten, with the lovely silver hair - like mine!
Prince Naveen: [as a frog] Oh, you know, just to be nominated...
[Louis the Alligator falls down on Naveen and squashes him]
Louis: [unaware of what he has done] We won! We won! Oh, this moment is so much bigger than me... This moment is for all the nameless, faceless gators who came before me...
Prince Naveen: [muffled] You!
[Louis turns to show us Naveen on his bottom, squished]
Prince Naveen: It is just a nomination!
Louis: [embarrased] Ehh... This isn't gonna end up on YouTube, is it?
[audience laughs]
Barbara Walters: [off-screen, to Carl] So what does this nomination mean to you?
Carl Fredricksen: [Dug the dog is sitting next to him; Carl puts his hand to his ear] Huh? What?
Dug: What is that?
[goes up to the camera]
Dug: I will explore it now!
[sniffs and licks the camera]
Carl Fredricksen: Dug! Stop that!
Dug: This is not food.
Carl Fredricksen: Get down! Hey! Here!
Carl Fredricksen: [a man offscreen, not Carl, of a different actor, says this] Hey, look here! A squirrel!
Dug: Squirrel?
[he runs off, knocking down lights and the poster in the process]
Carl Fredricksen: Ah, for the love of Pete...
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.6 (2010)
The biggest change I noticed was the remodeling of the not very old yet Kodak Theatre, the seating looked different and was changed from red to blue. My favorite change (and one I hope will remain this way) was dropping the performances of the Best Original Song nominees and putting that award much earlier in the show. For years, so much time has been devoted to this music award at a movie award show while in the past the Best Picture nominees (the biggest and most important award) would be lucky to get a 30 second clip each while each song would be performed in its entirety. My least favorite change was dropping the lifetime achievement Oscars and Thalberg award to a private ceremony simply because it was felt that the show was slowed down by lengthy tributes to old people - not my opinion by the way. I wouldn't mind the show going over three hours by paying homage to great contributors to cinema like Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, and Gordon Willis. Besides, let's face facts, they will be remembered for impacting the history of film a lot longer than Oscar winners like Mo'Nique! Another big change I noticed was having the presenters say, "the winner is" rather than "the Oscar goes to" for the first time in years. At first, it seems less appropriate, but on second thought, considering how many awards have been virtually "won" (and purchased) by relentless campaigning, maybe saying "winner" is more accurate. I am glad that the In Memoriam tribute was kept and I loved the tribute to John Hughes whose body of work has endured and will not be forgotten. However, some things never change: the obviously written and read jokes by the hosts and presenters, lame song and dance numbers (Neil Patrick Harris' show opening song and the choreographed dances to the Best Original Score nominees highlighted by doing the robot to UP!), and the awesome awkward reaction shots of actors not laughing at jokes and of actors not having anything to do with the film that just won an award.
Other highlights for me were: *Elinor Burkett rudely cutting off fellow winner Roger Ross Williams (MUSIC FOR PRUDENCE) to steal the short speech time! *The nervous young actresses who either flubbed their lines on stage (Miley Cyrus & Zoe Saldana) or coughed really loud (Kristen Stewart) while presenting *The hurry to present Best Picture by Tom Hanks without naming the ten nominees again, possibly an attempt to end the show at exactly 9pm Pacific/Midnight Eastern or because by then everyone knew that THE HURT LOCKER was going to win? Maybe they shouldn't have let Ben Stiller hog so much airtime dressed as a Na'vi or they should have cut the endless butt-kissing introductions of the Best Actor and Best Actress nominees by fellow actors.
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- Mar 8, 2010
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