Hathaway & Franco to Host Oscars

James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be running the show at the next Academy Awards. Oscar organizers announced today that Franco and Hathaway will be co-hosts of the 83rd ceremony, scheduled for Feb. 27th.

The announcement creates the prospect that one or both hosts might also be nominees. Franco is considered a solid best-actor prospect for the survival drama "127 Hours," while Hathaway has a chance for a best-actress slot, for the romance "Love & Other Drugs."

It's the second consecutive year the Oscars have tapped a pair of actors as hosts. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin teamed up as hosts last time. The move also continues the show's departure from the traditional comedian as host, such as past masters of ceremonies Billy Crystal or David Letterman.

Love & Other Drugs

Maggie (Anne Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

Love and Other Drugs hits theaters nationwide on November 24th.