"Thank you, James," Hathaway replied, "you look very appealing to a younger demographic, as well." "Anne, I must say you look so beautiful and so hip," Franco greeted her. They were even self-deprecating enough to acknowledge early on why they were chosen to lead the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Franco, who was also a best-actor nominee for the real-life survival story "127 Hours," had a more laid-back stage presence, as if he's been working on a sequel to the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express." Hathaway worked hard to keep the proceedings fun and light, playfully twisting in a fringy gown and joking that everyone at home should take a drink when she flubbed her introduction of last year's best-actress winner, Sandra Bullock. Later, upon the appearance of Billy Crystal - who hosted the ceremony several times in the 1990s - the audience erupted as one, as if willing him to take over immediately. It was a rare unexpected moment - but the censors bleeped it in time. Once she took the stage, the 94-year-old Douglas remarked to her, "You're much more beautiful than you were in 'The Fighter'" - but then Leo went on to drop an F-bomb during her acceptance speech. Kirk Douglas delighted the crowd as he jokingly tormented the supporting-actress nominees before announcing Leo as the winner. Front-runners in other major categories throughout this long and repetitive awards season also took home trophies from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday night: best-actor Colin Firth for "The King's Speech," best-actress Natalie Portman for "Black Swan," and supporting actors Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, both for "The Fighter." "King's Speech" director Tom Hooper, who'd already won the Directors Guild Award - an excellent predictor of Oscar success.ĭespite multiple attempts to make the Oscars seem current - including an opening montage that inserted Franco and Hathaway in the best-picture nominees, "Inception"-style, and an auto-tune "Harry Potter" spoof - some of the biggest applause and longest standing ovations were for a couple of Academy Awards stalwarts. They also couldn't have been more predictable.
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