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Hosting the Oscars: Steve Martin's advice to Eddie Murphy
Published: 9/27/2011 8:16 AM
Last Modified: 9/26/2011 3:09 PM





Written in the form of an open letter on his website, Steve Martin's advice to Eddie Murphy on hosting the 2012 Academy Awards is too funny to not share.

For Eddie, it's his first Oscar gig, and he can probably use as much good advice as possible. It's the Oscars, not the MTV Video Music Awards, unless he and director Brett Ratner (the "Rush Hour" movies) turn it into something closer to the latter than the former.

I'm old enough to remember Eddie being very funny as a presenter many years ago, handing out the award for best picture, the last award of the night. The bit involved black actors making progress in Hollywood, no longer being forced to sit at the back of the bus, but here he was at the back of the program....you get the gist of the punchline.

Personally, I'd love to see Steve Martin as host again, as would many of my generation. He's hilarious, he's genial, and he knows how to keep the show moving. I also think he's better solo than in the Oscar-duo hosting he shared with Alec Baldwin a couple of years ago.




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First look: "The Avengers" poster http://bit.ly/A1PXxV
12 months ago
@jwfyler That's what we call a prediction, my man....just sayin'…
12 months ago
So what will win best picture next year? Give it some thought for a while, because that's a wrap for tonight!
12 months ago
@anna1781 Hilarious, I thought that same thing the first time I saw him at Golden Globes!
12 months ago
Big winner tonight: producer Harvey Weinstein. "The Artist" wins 5 Oscars, "The Iron Lady" goes 2-for-2, even wins best documentary.
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