Wednesday, October 15, 2014

SLOW, BUT SURE, PROGRESS TOWARD EGOT:  Your 2015 Oscar host?  Mr. Neil Patrick Harris.  He's got a shot to be at EG-T next year, if Hedwig wins the musical show album category at the Grammys.

ETA:  Harris announces the news via video.

7 comments:

  1. Roger5:22 PM

    Hmm. Is there such a thing as a hosting EGOT? Has anyone hosted all four?

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  2. Adam B.5:44 PM

    I don't think so. Whoopi has hosted all but Emmy.

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  3. Adam B.5:58 PM

    Per Twitter (including Randy), Ellen DeGeneres needs T, Jon Stewart (because he was one of 10+ Emmy hosts in 2003) needs T.

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  4. Roger9:48 PM

    I have no memory of this, and the Wikipedia page doesn't explain, so ... why were there 400 hosts in 2003??

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  5. They wanted a different host for each "act" of the broadcast. (http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/televisionawards/emmys/2003-08-10-hosts_x.htm) It worked almost as well as the lightning in the bottle that was Franco/Hathaway.

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  6. YES! And given his performance in Gone Girl (which is sure to be up for some awards) no one can claim he's not a "movie person."

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  7. While he's quite good in Gone Girl, I'll be shocked if he gets individual awards attention for the performance--it's a fairly small role, and it's not terribly showy. In addition to Pike and Affleck, I think the logical pushes are Coons (who has a fairly large role), and Perry (who's delightfully playing against type).

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