Hugh Jackman, the very cool actor whose name always sounds like the third line in a really filthy knock-knock joke, has dropped a few hints about his plans for MCing the Academy Awards this Sunday. No question, if he follows through with this then Jackman will deliver a dramatic change of pace from that Chris Rock disappointment a few years back:

CNN: “The sexiest man alive” [is] going to be up there nude?

Jackman: Drunk and nude, yes. So that’s our new fresh approach. It’s the Australian way.

In an Associated Press interview, Hugh revealed a bit more (metaphorically speaking) about how the Oscars planned to recover from the ratings free-fall the ceremony has been in for the past few years:

I haven’t told anyone this, but we are going to do most of it naked and we’re going to sing through the whole show…. In fact, all the acceptance speeches are going to be sung. There will be some interpretive dance behind them, and I really think it will be beautiful and touching.”

Intriguing. And Hugh’s Emmy-winning performance hosting the Tonys suggests he might be just the emcee to pull this thing off (again, speaking metaphorically). Not that it will make the three-hour bore-a-thon any more watchable. Oddly enough, however, my plans for the evening are strikingly similar. So, since I’ll most likely be drunk and naked while the Oscars are airing, I like to think that I’ll be spiritually present at the Kodak Theatre. Except during the interpretive dances.