9. James Franco/Anne Hathaway
The Academy tried the cohosting gambit again the following year, this time with relative toddlers James Franco and Anne Hathaway. An attempt to grab the semi-mythical Youth Demographic, the pairing backfired almost immediately when it became clear that the hosts were barely in the same universe. Franco was deep into his grad school-frequenting meta-moment and seemed to be not so much hosting as deconstructing the ''hostness'' of hosting. To counterbalance, Hathaway brought enough energy for five hosts. It was sort of like watching a supernova explode next to a black hole: Catastrophic, but oddly fun.
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