Oscar Countdown: 10 Years of Academy Awards Hosts
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Hugh Jackman
Year Hosted: 2009
Comic/Performance Highlights: Jackman evokes the Golden Age of Hollywood in top hat and tails, then acknowledges the recession with a song-and-dance number about the year's top movies using folksy "homemade" cardboard décor – including a romantic -- and comical -- 'Frost/Nixon' duet with Anne Hathaway.
Best Picture Winner That Year: 'Slumdog Millionaire'
