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Video: James Franco and Anne Hathaway Train for the Oscars
In these weeks leading up to the Oscars, many a conversation throughout our fair city has posed the same query about this year's hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco: "Aren't the Oscar hosts supposed to be funny?"
And indeed, we have come to expect some level of humor from emcees of the esteemed awards. But lest you've forgotten Franco's hilarious turn in "Pineapple Express," or Hathaway's...well, Hathaway's considerable charm, we give you this, the duo's official Oscar-training video.
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