Sacha? Fierce

I certainly didn't see this one coming in Adam Shankman's mystery tweets. The gym rat/part-time Oscar producer revealed to NPR yesterday that his first choice to host this year's Oscars was professional provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen. Though the Academy immediately swatted the bold choice down, I wonder how you get from Cohen to the comfort food of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Something tells me that we were thisclose to Academy Awards host Russell Brand. [THR via Vulture]