14 recommended 2014 Oscar hosts
Seth MacFarlane may be a talented showman, but he was appalling as an Oscar host--there's comedy, and there's inexcusable misogyny, anti-Semitism and other material that should never make it on stage.
Who could do a better job (more specifically than "anyone")? Some ideas. -- Matt Pais, RedEye movie critic
Who could do a better job (more specifically than "anyone")? Some ideas. -- Matt Pais, RedEye movie critic
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
He can be pretty serious but has also showed his commitment to the comic moment on "Saturday Night Live." In other words, JG-L could navigate both the Oscars' attempts at funny and the more restrained moments that require sincerity.
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