Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the Oscars this year! Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the Oscars this year! Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the Oscars this year!
TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!!! The two 30 Rock alums (okay, and other stuff, too) will be serving as a hosting team for the 82nd Academy Awards in early 2010. Here’s what the pair had to say about this great honor:
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin.
“I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.
Poor Bret Michaels. As I’m sure everyone’s heard by now, the Rock of Love reality star/rocker got pelted in the head by a descending backdrop whilst performing on stageat the Tony Awards this past week.
If you haven’t seen it - then, well, fine, here’s some video footage:
Originally, Bret just laughed it off, saying “All I remember is Shrek and the donkey helping me up, and Liza Minnelli giving me a towel.” Good sport!
However, today, his rep has come out with a public statement, expressing annoyance with the backdrop plopdrop. My fave parts in bold:
“After a performance by singer Bret Michaels at the Tony Awards Sunday night, he turned to exit the stage and was struck in the head by a descending half-ton stage prop, sweeping him off his feet causing contusions to his face and knocking him to the ground. Even at that point of impact, the heavy prop was still not halted and continued to descend even though Michaels remained underneath it. Witnesses state the singer moved himself out of the way just moments before the prop touched down. With all due respect to everyone working the Tony Awards, somewhere down the line there was a lack of communication and the prop should have been immediately halted until Michaels was clear. Sunday morning at rehearsals, Bret was never informed that the descending set piece existed, let alone would be moving into position as he was exiting the stage. Although Bret was visibly dazed, he remained extremely calm backstage as members of Poison’s road crew brought him a towel to wipe the blood from his face. His only comment at the time was, ‘What the hell just hit me?’ The severity of this injury is not being taken lightly as symptoms from head and neck injuries at first may seem like nothing and sometimes do not present for days. At this time, the full extent of his injuries remain to be seen until all x-rays are back. I find it surprising that a Tony spokesperson would brush off this incident with a comment stating, ‘Mr. Michaels missed his mark,’ with no mention of concern for his condition. If everyone at the Tonys were aware that Bret missed his mark, then they should have been aware enough to stop the set piece from hitting him or at least slowed it down until he cleared the stage. I feel had this incident happened to Liza Minelli, Dolly Parton or Elton John, the Tonys would have at least issued a letter of concern.”
Oh MAN! So, a) I can’t think of anything cooler than having a member of Poison’s road crew wipe blood off your face, b) there are no marks in rock ‘n roll (unless you count TRACK MARKS badummmchhhh), and c) show the man some respect, Tony Awards!
I’m with the Bret Michaels’srep on this one. Liza Minelli may be wobblin’ on her own already with all those martinis jostlin’ around in her belly, but seriously, the second she gets smacked in the head by a stage prop, she’d raise a stink so stinky it’d be stinkier than her 2003 divorce with David Gest (oops, too soon?).
I’m putting my foot down: Bret Michaels deserves to be treated as Liza Minelli, no better, no worse. The man is a national treasure!
Besides, they both do equally wonderful things with eyeliner.
Hey-oh! Amidst the anticlimactic Twilight sweep of last night’s 2009 MTV Movie Awards, one moment did stand out: the (literally) in-your-face confrontation between rapper Eminem and “Bruno” (Sacha Baron Cohen’s gay, Austrian reporter persona). Yeah, Slim Shady got damn near tea-bagged on TV.
Super uncomfortable and equal parts “ick” and “LOL!” Watching Em get a close-up mooning would’ve been just another funny-but-forgettable moment if he didn’t go straight into Party Pooper mode and throw a hissy fit. He got all kinds of riled up!
Was it staged? My theory is his posse knew that Bruno would land nearby (you see them laughing as he approaches), but once Em got a full facial of buttcheek, he snapped. This, of course, led to his crew throwing and batting Bruno around like a molted angel piñata. Man, I tell ya, Sacha Baron Cohen’s got some *sigh, pun ahead* balls.
Pretty risky move, MTV. Someone like Will Ferrell or graciously roasted “Generation Award” winner Ben Stiller would’ve been good sports about getting accosted by a faceful of Bruno, but we know that Eminemcan’t always take it like he can dish it.
Watch the video of Bruno falling buns-first on Eminem’s face:
Immediately after, Em and his entourage stormed out of the theatre. Good thing he already graced me with his rocking his performance of “We Made You“and “Crack a Bottle“before cutting out of the ceremony. I dunno why, but I still kinda heart you, Shady.
What’s the verdict? Do you think Em is in on the joke?
When I told you earlier today that I had no clue what Michael Cera was up to AS WE SPEAK, I was lying. Sorry, dudes!
I know what! Ole Mike’s been starring in promos for the MTV Movie Awards! Here’s one:
Yep, Arrested Development’s George Michael Bluth’s been skitting it up with Jack Black and Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg, who’s set to host the awards show on May 31st.
Awww, man!
Forgive me if I’m speaking out of turn, but Michael Cera is a total MILF, am I right?
Tis the season for self-congratulatory award ceremonies and few are as full of swelling pride and point-to-colleague-as-if-to-say-”No, you! You’re the best!” moments as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which aired last night on TBS. To quoth the actors, these are “the awards that really matter” because they’re given peer2peer, from ACTOHR to ACTOHR! Master thespians unite!
No real surprises though - the same ol, same ol folks won: Mad Men,30 Rock,John Adams…Why, I can pretty much copy and paste the list of winners from the Golden Globes:
If you have the Golden Globe Awards on TiVo, SKIP IT! The winners were all deserving but uber-predictable, and the presenters parroted the blandest, teleprompted malarkey evs. Hey, GG’s: less talky, more clips of nominees. I could’ve been watching Rock of Love Bus for god’s sake - sheesh!
Just watch this video of goofy highlights and see full list of winners below:
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