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Adam Shankman talks about the hosts for the 82nd annual Oscars 
OH NO!! | Wed, Nov 4
Wed, Nov 4
Director/choreographer Adam Shankman has only been the co-producer of the Oscars for three weeks. But Shankman and his co-producer Bill Mechanic, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, have managed to lock down the biggest part of the job, the host. We talked to Shankman about wrangling v...
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