PenguinJoe

Remember when Billy Crystal was a "young edgy comic" like Robin Williams and Whoopie Goldberg? I remember him doing standup about having an erection that must've been crazy in 1985.

Groucho

I say bring on Billy Crystal until he no longer wants to do it. We saw what happened last year when they tried to cater to the young demographic.

RoadToPerdition

Oh, sorry, I forgot Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient.

JesseCuster

Pulling for Gary Oldman for best actor. About the only real reason I'm paying attention this year.

PenguinJoe

Yea but James Franco and Anne Hathaway aren't comedians although they play comedic roles. Kind of like if you hired Sean Penn to host because he played Spicoli, or Keanu Reeves because he played Ted.

They should look for a good comedian, that can appeal to a younger demographic yet older people still like them.

Mike Myers
Jim Carrey
Jack Black
Ben Stiller
Jimmy Fallon
Dana Carvey
Tina Fey

Could probably all pull off decent hosting jobs given the chance. I'm actually really surprised Jimmy Kimmel hasn't hosted the Oscars yet with them being on ABC.

yoshimi

So, who are you all wearing while watching tonight's Oscar telecast? I am wearing a pair of black sweatpants and and a white wife beater that I got at Wal-Mart.

gp1086

What happened between Sacha and Ryan Seacrest? I was watching ABC.

Daytripper

Yeesh, anyone else cringing over Crystal so far?

dino88

He's terrible.

Numanoid

Is everyone else's audio got a weird metallic thing happening?

wirefan

Could someone tell Hanks he's not hosting?

Matto1020

Is it just me, or is there something wrong with the audio? Can anyone else here a dinging sound when Crystal (and now Hanks) is speaking? Almost like someones cell phone is going off but in the background?

MJG87

The notorious electronic beeping pulse is back, ugh

Daytripper

Yeah, bad idea to bring him back. His schtick is so dated. At this rate, I say bring Bob Hope back next year (CGI). Or Johnny Carson.

DGibFen

So, Hugo's going to win everything?

riotinmyskull

how the hell did TREE OF LIFE not win cinematography

Daytripper

What's with the band in the balconies?

HistoryProf

Rooting hard for Gary Oldman even if it is practically impossible for him to win.

and for the love of god, please, i beg of you, do not give best picture to The Help.

gp1086

Hugo was my second choice prediction, but I thought Tree of Life would win this category.

Daytripper

Yeah, I thought that was a sure thing. And it should have won. Ridiculous!

riotinmyskull

did billy crystal really do blackface....fucking blackface????????

MoviePage

I couldn't understand half of the words in Crystal's songs. I'm ok with that.

I do like the classic theater set they've gone with.

The Cow

Ouch, Billy is painful to watch tonight.

dino88

That was Pharrell. I didn't recognize the woman.

Daytripper

Great, our first movie montage.