Andrea Martin, George Stroumboulopoulos to host Genies

Comedian Andrea Martin and CBC talk show host George Stroumboulopoulos will host the 2012 Genie Awards, the annual celebration of the best in Canadian film.

The Genies gala is set for March 8 and will be broadcast on CBC-TV, with live-streaming of the red carpet ahead of the ceremony.

Martin, a Second City veteran also seen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, was most recently on a Toronto stage in thecomedy revue Love, Loss and What I Wore.

She is currently touring herone-woman showFinal Days! Everything Must Go!, which earned her Broadwayworld.com awards for best actress and best theatrical event in 2010.

Stroumboulopoulos interviews musicians, actors, filmmakers and other celebrities as host of CBCsGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. He also has co-hosted events such as thecharity telethon Canada for Haiti.

"We look forward to a sassy evening of smart wit from these two Canadian powerhouses as we celebrate Canadian cinema," Helga Stephenson, interim CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, said in a press statementreleased Tuesday. The academy organizes the Genies.

This year'slead nomineesare Jean-Marc Valle's unconventional romance Cafde Floreand David Cronenberg's psychoanalysis drama A Dangerous Method.

SeveralHollywood stars are among the Genie nominees, including Michelle Williams,Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel Weisz.