he has one favorite. He hope Heath Ledger wins best supporting actor. He's keeping quiet about who his other favorites are.
I know the Oscars aren't too popular on Bettermost (and rightly so), but I thought I'd share this interview as posted on Huffingtonpost.com.
LOS ANGELES — Hugh Jackman says he knows the Oscars ceremony isn't about him, but he'd better enjoy it all the same.
"Celebration is the key. I'm certainly going to have a good time. If I'm not going to have a good time, how the hell is anybody else?" said Jackman, who sounded up for the job in a phone interview Friday, less than two weeks before the Feb. 22 ceremony airing on ABC.
Academy Awards producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon have said they plan to take the ceremony in a new direction. Asking the multitalented star of "Australia" and the "X-Men" films to host was their first apparent step.
The rest of the details have been under wraps, but Jackman, who thrice soared as host of the Tony Awards, dropped a few hints _ including a more "intimate" look for the ceremony's home, the Kodak Theatre.
Jackman declined to give his favorites among the contenders, with one emotional exception: the late Heath Ledger, a best supporting actor nominee for "The Dark Knight." Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs last year at the age of 28.
"I can't hide the fact that I would really love for that honor to be bestowed upon him," Jackman said of his fellow Australian. "It would be fitting and I think he deserves it."AP: How would you compare your Tony experience to that of the Oscars?
Jackman: The Oscars is obviously a very different beast. There's a lot of hype. There's so much anticipation. ... I chatted with Steve Martin on the phone who gave me some great tips. The first five or six minutes you're going to have possibly the best audience you've ever had in your life, because all of them know they're going be on camera at any moment, none of them have lost yet and they're all sort of generally ready for a good time. He said from that point on, just move it on quickly. Just be quick.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/14/hugh-jackman-plans-for-mo_n_166937.html
