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The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Template:Show by date the best films of 2009 and Template:Show by date place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It Template:Show by date televised in the United States on ABC. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Template:Show by date the show. Martin Template:Show by date for the third time, after previously presiding over the 73rd and 75th ceremonies, while Baldwin Template:Show by date the show for the first time. Co-producer Adam Shankman revealed in an interview on NPR's Fresh Air that he and co-producer Bill Mechanic had originally chosen Sacha Baron Cohen as the host, but the Academy rejected this idea because Cohen was "too much of a wild card."