There was an interesting column by Tom O’Neil of the LA Times’ Gold Derby about the Oscar hosts. He reports that according to Meryl Streep’s publicist Leslee Dart, Meryl was not even asked to co-host the show her her upcoming co-stars of It’s Complicated (opening Christmas Day.)
I understand wanting both Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. But, they definitely knew they were in the same movie, so they definitely knew that they couldn’t ask Meryl Streep to be the third co-host because you can’t have all the stars of the same movie hosting the telecast cause that would seem like they were advertising for the movie. Right? Do they think that having only two of the stars out of three is not advertising? And anyway who knows if the movie going to a) be any good or b) be Oscar worthy and c) still around at all when the Oscars are broadcast.
I don’t know if Meryl would have been interested in the co-hosting duties anyway since she doesn’t seem the type, but she never got the chance to think about it.
Come on.
Maybe they were banking on getting Tina Fey who has great rapport with Martin and we know how awesome she is with Alec Baldwin every week on 30 Rock. The rumors are she said no that she is too busy. Duh. But the point I am trying to to make is that we still live in a world where having two male hosts is fine and everyone thinks is a great idea but no one would ever think that having two female hosts would be acceptable.
Not so complicated: Meryl Streep wasn’t asked to join costars as Oscars co-hosts (LA Times)
The Oscar hosts for next year’s broadcast have been set. After some speculation that it would be Steve Martin and Tina Fey who did a cute tag team as presenters last year, they have decided — not surprisingly — to go with two guys. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. I like them both a lot but how come no Tina Fey? Is she too busy? The Oscars are supposed to be the “women’s super bowl” yet again, no female host. Baldwin and Martin are costarring in the Christmas release (with Meryl Streep) of It’s Complicated the new Nancy Meyers film.
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