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Ben Stiller & Robert Downey Jr Turn Down Oscar Hosting Gig
Ben Stiller & Robert Downey Jr Turn Down Oscar Hosting Gig
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' newly selected producers Adam Shankman & Bill Mechanic went to Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr and asked them to host as a duo. It would have been a killer combo. But the answer was no. I'm as curious to see who'll host as you are.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 3
The Wrap RSS — ... ) Nikke Finke says that Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson turned down an offer to host the Oscars . If it s true, and if the show had a writing staff at this point, those writers would be breathing a sigh of relief at least the ones who d been around in the past would, since they d know that Stiller s presence on a Oscar show always means continuous, maddening last-minute rewrites. ( ...

Two Down, Many More to Go
Movieline — ... after all, as Nikki Finke reports that producers approached Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to host the show together. Good move, but the duo declined, which probably owes a little bit to Downey Jr's ultra-packed schedule right now (and may rule out our ...

If Ben Stiller & Downey Jr. Aren't Hosting the Oscars...
Cinematical — ... . Rumors immediately started bubbling that Neil Patrick Harris was circling, but there were other funny men in his sights. Deadline Hollywood reports that Shankman and Bill Mechanic went to Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to host as a duo. ...

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