OSCAR OUTTAKES: Hosts James Franco & Anne Hathaway Rehearse ‘Grease’

COMMENTS (17)

• And here I was hoping to be spared the dance routines this year. Maybe we’ll get lucky and this will be the only one.

  The Academy says one reason not to honor a casting director is that the show is already too long. They could get rid of these silly dance productions and add SIX award categories and still cut down on the time and tedium factor.

  Comment by doesntdigdancing — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 3:03pm PST  Reply to this post

• So they’re basically opening The Oscars will a rejected bit from Glee?

  Really?

  Who thought this was a good idea again?

  How desperate is Hathaway to be in a muscially based film? She’s doing her damnedest to sing at the Oscars like someone placed an “Audition” sign on the red carpet.

  Since when is Franco even muscially inclinded? His slack style humor has nothing to do with this type of opening.

  Somewhere Snow White and Rob Lowe are getting ready to laugh their coconuts off.

  Comment by JJ — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 3:10pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Actually she has already done one it’s called “Ella Enchanted” and she has a great voice. I think the numbers are fun. Better than an endless display of talking heads. After all it’s called “Entertainment” for a reason.

    Comment by wookiekie — Thursday February 24, 2011 @ 11:19am PST  Reply to this post

  • Oh Lawd, you just gave Ryan Murphy the idea to do a full-on Gleeeease episode.

    Comment by Memememe — Sunday February 27, 2011 @ 1:18am PST  Reply to this post

• Wow, I was excited to watch the Oscars but rehashing “You’re the one that I want” seems so out of touch and lazy to me I am worried their stunt casting is going to turn out be a dud. At the very least they could perform the song from movie that was actually nominated for an Oscar… good to know when to take a bathroom break though.

  Comment by Mr. B — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 3:41pm PST  Reply to this post

• Why can’t we just hold something back before it’s time. Do we need everything on the internet. I find the person making this and then distributing a spoliler. I know Deadline will distribute it and I dont fault them-that is their duty. Enough with exposing everything
  just to cheat people of a their time.
  Robbie Goldstein

  Comment by robbie goldstein — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 4:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• Leaked right…. leaked. It should of stayed secret

  Comment by Ella — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 4:26pm PST  Reply to this post

• If the Oscar telecast is anything like the Franco/Hathaway commercials (“Wardrobe malfunction” jokes? Really?), this has D-I-SASTER written all over it.

  Can’t wait.

  Comment by TheyNeverLearn — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 4:29pm PST  Reply to this post

• Looks like they are on a set. This is probably a clip…hopefully a short one.

  Comment by sosgemini — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 4:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• This isn’t a leak. It’s a professionally edited bit of footage, made to look like a 70′s home movie. This is viral marketing. You just gave The Oscars some free press.

  Comment by Sorry — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 4:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• ok clip.. but I love the music. I assume James wrote it during down time between takes?

  Comment by Shell — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 7:23pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Haha, would not surprise me.

    Comment by BnP — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 11:09pm PST  Reply to this post

• Two words:

  Alan Carr

  Comment by anotherwgamember — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 7:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• Remember when the Oscars was a surprise and not analyzed to death beforehand? How would we act & react if we were to see Billy Crystal’s performances beforehand? If his musical numbers and (the original one or two, at least) video mash-ups of himself inserted into films were shown beforehand — and crudely? Let’s all just calm down a bit, okay?

  Comment by Mr. Wine Katt — Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 7:50pm PST  Reply to this post

• the ’08 Oscars show w / Jon Stewart hosting was the last great Oscars ceremony. since then, it’s been downhill from there and it’s been flasbacks of the ’89 show w/ Rob Lowe and Snow White dueting

  Comment by mbm — Thursday February 24, 2011 @ 7:44am PST  Reply to this post

• You need a solid stand-up comic to host this show. Doing lame Sonny & Cher variety show sketches is not going to be enough to carry this show with the world’s most unforgiving live audience.

  Comment by Anna — Thursday February 24, 2011 @ 8:24am PST  Reply to this post

• I thought Franco didn’t have an official Twitter feed. Am I missing something?

  Comment by Jamie's FanGirl — Friday February 25, 2011 @ 5:01pm PST  Reply to this post