Globes vs. Oscars: Inside the Host Smackdown
6:00 AM PDT 10/16/2012 by Gregg Kilday
NBC and Lorne Michaels recruit two female-friendly comics as the Academy hopes to lure men with a risque talent. Who will win?
As the big kid on the block, the Oscars long have resented the upstart Golden Globes infringing on their territory. No one at the Academy officially will cop to that. But ask whether the recent decision to move up its nominations announcement to Jan. 10 -- three days before the 70th annual Golden Globes will air on NBC -- is designed to steal some of the Globes' thunder, and Academy officials react with mock surprise that there's even another awards show worth discussing.
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