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Eddie Murphy: I Still Want To Host The Oscars One Day!

Eddie Murphy speaks with Access Hollywood, February 29, 2012

February 29, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Eddie Murphy stepped away from the Oscars hosting job earlier this year when Brett Ratner resigned from producing the show, but the funnyman hopes one day to steer Hollywood’s biggest night.

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Dictator’ Shows Off Golden Pistol & Oscar Tickets: ‘Victory Is Ours!’

Sacha Baron Cohen (as ‘The Dictator’ Admiral General Aladeen) shows off a golden gun and Oscar tickets on February 24, 2012

February 25, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

After threatening “unimaginable consequences” if he was not allowed to attend Sunday’s Academy Awards, Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest alter ego) has been granted permission to grace the famed ceremony with his presence.

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Oscar Producers: Whitney Houston ‘Will Be Remembered’ At 2012 Academy Awards

Whitney Houston in ‘Waiting to Exhale’

February 24, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

With impressive movie credits that include “The Bodyguard,” “Waiting to Exhale” and “The Preacher’s Wife,” the late Whitney Houston will not be forgotten this Sunday at the 84th Academy Awards.

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Oscars Producer: Sacha Baron Cohen Will Be ‘Part Of The Show’ As ‘Himself’; Comedian’s ‘Dictator’ Issues Threat Over Academy Ban

Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen in ‘The Dictator’

February 24, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Comedic mastermind Sacha Baron Cohen has been invited to attend Sunday’s Academy Awards (for his role in Best Picture nominee “Hugo”), but after the comedian revealed he planned to attend the glitzy ceremony as his latest character, “Dictator” Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, the Academy was a bit wary.

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The Muppets, Ricky Gervais, Regis Philbin? Who Will Host The Oscars?

A scene from 2011’s ‘The Muppets’

November 10, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

With producer Brett Ratner and host Eddie Murphy departed from the 2012 Academy Awards and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer in, the attention has now turned to the vacant host position.

Soon after Murphy stepped down from the hosting gig, a campaign on Twitter and Facebook sprung up lobbying for The Muppets – who have a movie opening on November 23 – to get the job. Currently, over 20,000 people on Facebook have “liked” their fan page.

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Brian Grazer Looking For Hungry Oscar Host; Says Brett Ratner Supportive Of His Producer Role

Brian Grazer attends LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Clint Eastwood and John Baldessari Presented By Gucci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 5, 2011

November 10, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Producer Brian Grazer is looking for a particular type of star to host the 2012 Oscars – someone who is hungry for the gig.

“It’s the best job in the world, it’s a hard job,” he told Access Hollywood correspondent Tim Vincent on Thursday in Los Angeles. “You really want someone who’s almost looking at it as a sort of civil servant, where they’re feeling like, ‘We’re thrilled to be here, dying to do it, waking up early, I’m thinking about it all night.’”

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