Ellen DeGeneres picked to host Oscars

[Cannikin]

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres has been tapped to host next year’s Oscars, the Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences said Thursday.

It will be the comedian and TV talker’s first time hosting the Oscars show and first appearance on the award show. She has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast twice and co-hosted it once, and hosted the Grammys twice.

“Ellen DeGeneres was born to host the Academy Awards,” said producer Laura Ziskin in a statement. “I can already tell she is going to set the bar very high for herself and therefore for all of us involved in putting on the show. Now all we need is a lot of great movies.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14724330/

[LostinVA]

1. She was great with the Emmys

[RumpusCat]

2. Oh no--watch Falwell call hurricanes down on us now

:eyes:

Back in reality: yay, Ellen!

[xchrom]

3. man, this is going to be the worst news EVER for some fundies.

good.

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4. I loved it when whe was hosting the Emmys, and she went backstage,

and went into the room (with cameras following her) with all the reporters sitting at tables, writing their reports, and talking on phones and all that, and said, "Please, we cannot continue this Emmy telecast without your help. Please call now and give generously."

[peekaloo]

5. I like her but I was hoping Jon Stewart would get a curtain call.

:-)