THE OSCAR ISSUE / HUFFINGTON / 02.10-17.13
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that he makes me forget that YouTube
and the Internet actually exist.
Don’t take my advice. Call Hugh. And get
Emma Stone to co-host with you. You two
were adorable at the announcements.
Did Tina Fey warn you that she was going to going
to send that zinger your way at the Golden Globes?
No, she didn’t. I actually appreciated
it. There was a part of me that thought,
“Oh, I can go home with
something special now.”
It is a little bit of an honor to
be singled out, isn’t it? I have
never been made fun of
at one of these things before. I have never been a
punch line. It is actually
an honor. It’s a thrill.
How does your fashion approach differ between
the Globes and the Oscars? Practically speaking, there is more room to have a train at
the Oscars. At the Globes,
because of the layout, with
everybody sitting together,
I learned the hard way
[HUGH
that you must never wear
JACKMAN]
a train. You will either be
IS SO
tripped on, or tripped up
CHARMING
or tripping yourself up all
AND
night. I wore a train the
PERSUASIVE
first time I was nominatTHAT HE
ed, and first of all it just
scooped up all of the red
MAKES ME
carpet. And second of all
FORGET THAT
I was just a death trap for
YOUTUBE
anybody that came near
AND THE
me. With the Oscars, you
INTERNET
have a little more room.
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I read that you warned Claire
Danes before impersonating her
Homeland character on Saturday Night Live. Did you happen
to run into her at The Golden
Globes? I did. I had just finACTUALLY
ished my press and she was
EXIST.
backstage after she had
And I guess at the Globes you
won, and I was just so gobwant to wear something where
smacked at how great she
it wouldn’t be too problematic if
looked. I mean, she had just
somebody were to spill a glass
given birth about three seconds ago. And
of red wine on you. Well, that happened to
she was absolutely smoking. [Pause.]
me, but not at the Globes. That hapLike hot — not like that! Clear that up:
pened to me at a premiere for ValentiClaire Danes is not a neglectful mother.
no’s movie, and he and a producer friend
of mine, Jeffrey Sharp, actually spilled
So do you have any advice for Seth MacFarlane,
an entire vat of red wine all over me.
drawing on your experience as an Oscar host?
And I was wearing a white dress.
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