Contra Costa Times: This is so Hollywood. One year the Oscar host pulls you out of the audience to sing a duet with him, and two years later you're doing his job. Helping you out: the guy who played the guy who kissed the guy played by the guy (stay with us here) who won best actor that same year. Anne Hathaway and James Franco have been announced as co-hosts of the 83rd annual Academy Awards, which takes place Feb. 27.