STAGE TUBE: Alec Baldwin Chats Oscar Hosting Duties to ET

The Gotham Independent Film Awards kicked off the busy award season on Monday night in New York City and Entertainment Tonight spoke with the stars, including actor Alec Baldwin as he talked about his upcoming Oscar awards show duties.

Alec Baldwin Won the 2009 Emmy Award For Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series and the SAG Award for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his work in NBC's 30 ROCK. Baldwin, currently appears on the hit sitcom "30 Rock," recently appeared Off-Broadway in Entertaining Mr. Sloane.

He received a Tony Award nomination for his work in the 1992 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, and has also appeared on New York stages in Twentieth Century, Prelude to a Kiss, Loot and Serious Money. His many film credits include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry GLen Ross, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator and The Cooler, for which he received an Oscar nod. He was recently a guest on the NBC variety show ROSIE LIVE!

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.