Organizers have announced Australian actor Hugh Jackman will be the host of the 2009 Academy Awards.
Although the 40-year-old star has not hosted the event before, he has presented the award for best original score in 2007.
Best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men films, the actor can currently be seen in Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia.
His involvement marks a change of pace for the ceremony, which in recent years has employed a comedian or comic actor as master of ceremonies including last years host John Stewart who is the star of the satirical who The Daily Show.
There ya go. Does your brain feel better now?
1 comment:
I think this is an absolute outrage! how could they not ask Jon Stewart back to host the Oscars?? Not to completely not Hugh Jackman, he has hosted an award show in the past, I believe the Emmys, or maybe the Golden Globes, but he is much more of a performer/stage artist, rather than a comedian. All in all though I'm sure he'll do just fine, and at the end of the day it will be a great show
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