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This year, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be hosting the 82ND Annual Academy Awards. Both men starred along side Meryl Streep in the recently released film //It's Complicated.//

Alec Balwin was born on April 3, 1958 and is the oldest of the Baldwin brothers, a family that has been in the entertainment industry for over three decades. Over the years, has become a very famous film and TV actor. Alec Baldwin is well known for his performances in the Martin Scorsese films //The Aviator// and //The Departed//. Mr. Baldwin was previously nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in //The Cooler//. He currently stars on NBC's //30 Rock// with Tiny Fey; the show has won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for the past three years.

Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 and was brought up in southern California. Steve started out as a TV writer and now is an actor, comedian, author, producer, and more! The Academy Awards is not new territory to Mr. Martin because he previously hosted the 73RD and 75TH Annual Academy Awards. Some of Steve Martin's classic film credits include //Roxanne//, //Parenthood//, and //Father of the Bride//. In support of his newest album, //The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo//, Martin just recently finished touring with the band Steep Canyon Rangers.

One thing is for sure, the combination of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will make for a very entertaining Academy Awards.

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