The risque host who'll have Oscar stars quivering: Will Family Guy genius Seth MacFarlane's near-the-knuckle wit be too much for Hollywood's big night?

When he takes to the stage on Sunday to host the 85th Academy Awards ceremony, comedian Seth MacFarlane will be well aware that the billion viewers worldwide probably know his voice better than his face... even though the voice they’re familiar with is hardly ever his own.
As the creator of the Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom Family Guy, MacFarlane is the voice behind many of its eclectic characters. But this weekend will  be the first time many viewers will see as well as hear him.
In presenting terms, it’s the very definition of jumping in at the deep end, but if anyone can inject some much-needed pep into the Oscars, it could well be the laid-back yet quietly brilliant MacFarlane.

Risky choice: Seth MacFarlane, the man behind cult cartoon Family Guy, will be hosting the 85th Academy Awards this Sunday

At 39, he is very much Hollywood’s current golden boy. Family Guy, which he created almost 20 years ago, has grown into a £1.5 billion franchise, while last year’s Ted — his first foray into film directing which starred a potty-mouthed teddy bear — has taken more than £300 million at the box office.
He is also co-creator of animated series such as American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, making MacFarlane, estimated to earn more than £20 million a year, the highest-paid man in TV.

 

Producers have long been on a quest to bring the Oscars to a younger audience, and in MacFarlane feel they finally have the right man.
But he is cautious. ‘I know if my humour is too soft, I’m going to disappoint a lot of people, but I can’t afford to be too hard, either,’ he says.
It’s a juggling act he has been perfecting his entire career. Family Guy is a dizzying mix of the swanky juxtaposed with the smutty, and though the show has been banned in many countries it remains his most popular creation.

Suprised, shocked and sober: Seth MacFarlane, a controversial choice, said he thinks hosting the Oscars 'sounds like the most fun that any one person could have sober'

Host with the most: Seth MacFarlane steps in to replace one of the Oscars statuettes for a promo for this Sunday's 85th Academy Awards

The series features the dysfunctional yet happy Griffin family — Peter Griffin, the doughy and not particularly bright patriarch; his feisty wife Lois; kids Chris, Meg and Stewie (the latter of whom is a matricidal one-year-old who sounds like Rex Harrison) and Brian, Peter’s best friend, who is also the family’s talking dog.
The show has garnered as much opprobrium as praise (Sarah Palin, the Parents Television Council, the Venezuelan government and Canada are among those who have complained). MacFarlane says he is nothing if not an ‘equal opportunities offender’.
But if the Oscars organising committee harboured any fears that their host would be too risky a choice, they were instantly allayed.

Creator: Seth MacFarlane is the man behind Family Guy where he voices a handful of characters, including Peter and Brian Griffin

‘Everybody asks: “Aren’t you scared about hiring Seth to do this?”,’ says Neil Meron, executive producer of the Oscars broadcast.
‘But Seth said: “Look, I respect the Academy, I respect the nominees, I respect the film business. I’m going to be irreverent and fun and push the edges, but I’m going to do something that is of quality.” ’
It’s barely 8am on a shivery morning in the run-up to the Oscars ceremony, but MacFarlane, in a crisp grey suit and blue shirt, still manages to exude a boyish enthusiasm at having been chosen to front the show.
‘In all honesty I was shocked and surprised,’ he admits. ‘I did not see that coming and I was thrilled that I would even be considered. I mean, it sounded like the most fun that any one person could have sober.’
In Family Guy, MacFarlane provides the voices of Peter, Brian and Stewie, and his voice most closely resembles that of erudite Brian — a baritone which one senses has been warmed by the occasional cocktail.
He’s handsome, in the most clean-cut and toothsome way (‘If you don’t know who I am,’ he said while announcing the nominees last month, ‘pretend I’m Donny Osmond’) and despite his shows being replete with pop culture references, he has an old school charisma. ‘He has great charm,’ agrees Meron, ‘and he embodies a kind of post-Millennium host in that tradition of Johnny Carson, Bob Hope and Billy Crystal.’
Making the show current has proved a major stumbling block. Comedian Chris Rock’s turn in 2005 didn’t go down well with some of the Academy’s older members (he referred to awards shows as ‘idiotic’), while the 2011 presenting duo of a hyperactive Anne Hathaway and a semi-comatose James Franco is one best consigned to the darkest recesses of memory.
MacFarlane’s shows  are frequently classic in tone and edgy in content. ‘And that’s the sort of humour I want to bring to the Oscars’, he says. 

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Taking a walk on the wild side! 'Pregnant' Maya Rudolph hides any sign of a baby bump as she drapes herself in billowing animal print kaftan

She is rumoured to be pregnant with her fourth child.
And Bridesmaids star Maya Rudolph added fuel to speculation that she is expecting as she turned up to the 15th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Los Angeles wearing a billowing kaftan.
The 40-year-old's green floor length animal print dress hid any sign of a baby bump as she strolled down the red-carpet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Masking the bump: Reportedly pregnant Maya Rudolph attended the 15th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday

The Away We Go actress posed proudly with one bracelet-embellished hand on her hip and wore her wavy auburn locks out to rest on her shoulders.

The 40-year-old - who is already mother to Pearl, seven, Lucille, three, and Jack, 19 months, with writer and director Paul Thomas Andersen – glowed as she smiled for photographers at the Lacoste-sponsored ceremony inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

On screen friends: SNL actresses Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig joined her at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

Up All Night’s Maya apparently told the NBC show’s executives that she is with child recently, throwing the future of the programme into uncertainty.
Her Saturday Night Live alumni friends socialised with her at the bash being careful around her as they cosied up for a picture.
But Amy Poehler - who donned a Prada dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Jimmy Choo clutch, and Ippolita earrings - and Kristen Wiig were less shy about masking their midriffs in their respective black and white shorts frocks.

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They were there to see producer, writer, comedian and creator of SNL, Lorne Michaels, receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award. 
Honorary Career Achievement Awards were presented to costume designers Judianna Makovsky and Eduardo Castro for their outstanding work in film and television.
This year’s Spotlight Award was presented to Oscar-nominated actress, Anne Hathaway. 

Honoured star: Actress Anne Hathaway was presented with the Spotlight Award

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'I exercise before my kids wake up to avoid feeling guilty': Kourtney Kardashian on how she lost 45lbs of baby weight

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The 33-year-old has three-year-old son Mason and seven-month-old daughter Penelope with her boyfriend Scott Disick and recently lost 45lbs of baby weight.

Back in shape: Kourtney Kardashian with her daughter Penelope in LA on Monday

The 5ft reality TV star, who is now 106lbs, tells Us Weekly: 'This time, the focus is early on being a mom and being present, knowing my priorities. The trainer comes over at seven in the morning when my kids are still asleep so I don't have any mom guilt.

 

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Family time: The star was joined by her partner Scott Disick 

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Baby's first beach stroll! Steve Martin's wife Anne steps out for the first time with the couple's newborn after actor revealed he became a father at 67

He just announced this week that he welcomed his first child into the world in December at the age of 67.
And Steve Martin's wife Anne Stringfield stepped out with their newborn for the first time on Sunday.

Baby's first beach stroll: Steve Martin's wife Anne Stringfield stepped out with the couple's newborn baby for the first time on Sunday when she went for a beach stroll with her dog and a friend in Santa Barbara, California

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The tiny newborn, whose name and gender has not been revealed, was completely covered by a sling as Anne hugged the infant close to her chest.
Anne, who wore a hat and sunglasses, was accompanied by her dog and a female companion.

Keeping her baby close: The tiny newborn, whose name and gender has not been revealed, was completely covered by a sling as Anne hugged the infant close to her chest

Never too old for fatherhood: Steve announced this week that he welcomed his first child into the world in December at the age of 67

Martin's spokesman revealed to People.com this week that he and his wife recently welcomed a baby into their lives.
The New York Post first reported the news after the couple was seen in Los Angeles with their new baby. His spokesman declined to offer further details.
While Martin may be new to real-life fatherhood, fans will most certainly remember him as a father-of-12 in 2003 comedy Cheaper by the Dozen.
The veteran funnyman skipped the beach walk but was seen later in Santa Barbra picking up some essentials from CVS pharmacy.

Not in a walking mood: Steve skipped the beach walk instead going into town later in the afternoon

Did you remember the nappies? The actor grabbed a few essentials from CVS pharmacy and picked up a copy of the Santa Barbara Independent

The comedian married Stringfield, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, July 2007 after three years together.
The union took place at Steve's Los Angeles home with former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey presiding over the ceremony, while Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels acted as best man.
Guests, who included Tom Hanks and Diane Keaton, did not know the couple were getting hitched and instead thought they had been invited to a party.
Steve was previously married to actress Victoria Tennant for nearly eight years.

The happy couple: Martin and his wife, writer Anne Stringfield, pictured in 2009, recently welcomed their first child