James Franco and Anne Hathaway were announced today as the hosts of this year’s Academy Awards.
The announcement creates the chance that both Franco and Hathaway could host their own Oscar victories.
Franco is considered a solid best-actor prospect for his role in the survival drama “127 Hours,” and Hathaway has a chance at being a best-actress nominee for her role in “Love & Other Drugs.”
It’s not unprecedented for Oscar hosts to also be nominees, said Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, producers of the Oscar telecast.
Michael Caine and Walter Matthau were nominated in years they served as co-hosts and David Niven actually won the best-actor Oscar for his 1958 role in “Separate Tables” while co-hosting the show.
This choice of hosts also reveals the show’s continuing departure from using a comedian to run the show, such as past hosts Billy Crystal or David Letterman.
This year marks the 83rd Oscar ceremony, which will be held on February 27th.
