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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An affable Hugh
Jackman talks about hosting Sunday's Academy Awards, and veteran actor James
Cromwell has some advice for Oscar nominee Josh
Brolin.
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NAKED OSCARS: Oscar host Hugh Jackman plans to reveal more than most at
Sunday's awards ceremony.
''I haven't told anyone this, but we are going to do most of it naked and
we're going to sing through the whole show,'' the affable actor joked during an
interview backstage at the Kodak Theatre. ''In fact, all the acceptance speeches
are going to be sung. There will be some interpretive dance behind them, and I
really think it will be beautiful and touching.''
But don't expect People magazine's ''sexiest man alive'' to show
everything.
''There will be a strategic leaf placed here or there,'' he said. ''We don't
want to be distasteful or anything. This is a raw night. This is the Oscars. Raw
emotion, that's the quality we're going for.''
The 40-year-old entertainer has hosted the Tony
Awards three times, but this is his first time in the Oscar spotlight.
''If I hadn't done the Tonys, I think I'd be a lot more nervous than I am,''
he said.
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FATHERLY ADVICE: Veteran actor James Cromwell says he warned Josh Brolin not
to be nervous at Sunday's Oscars ceremony.
Brolin, who played Cromwell's on-screen son in ''W,'' is nominated for a
supporting actor Oscar for his role in ''Milk.''
''I know that when you get in that room with all those people, your peers
support you like at no other time,'' said Cromwell, who was nominated for a
supporting actor Oscar for his role in 1995's ''Babe.''
''Everybody is delightful with each other. When they cut to commercial,
everybody gets up and talks to each other and reassures each other,'' he said
Thursday on the green carpet at the Global Green USA Pre-Oscar Party.
Cromwell said Brolin doesn't expect to take home the trophy Sunday.
''Josh knows he's not going to win because Heath's going to win,'' Cromwell
said. ''We all know that. It's too bad Heath (Ledger) can't be there. We're all
depressed about that, but at least Josh can go and enjoy it, and it'll make a
big difference in his career.''
Other celebrities at the party supporting green schools, held at Avalon
Hollywood, included Heather
Graham, Kate
Bosworth, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Leonardo
DiCaprio made a brief appearance before ducking out a back door. Revelers
watched performances by an acoustic Gavin Rossdale and rockin' Sheryl
Crow.
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