Ellen DeGeneres tapped to host Oscars
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Ellen DeGeneres has been tapped to host next year's Oscars, the Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences said Thursday.
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A carefree comedian Ellen DeGeneres  opened the Academy Awards on Sunday with a monologue poking fun  at nominees' Oscar-night jitters, playfully reminding the room  full of stars that "everything is on the line for you."
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The buzzwords on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards Sunday were "festive" and "glamorous," with many celebrities opting for sleek, 1940s-style looks, right down to the Rita Hayworth-style peekaboo hairstyle favored by Debra Messing and Portia de Rossi.
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Sharp-tongued comedian Chris Rock  has been chosen to host the 77th annual Academy Awards, the  film industry's highest honors, next February, the producer of  the show said on Thursday as he reached out to a younger  generation of comics.
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Daytime talk show host Ellen  DeGeneres drew a million more U.S. TV viewers to the Oscars  than last year's telecast, but some critics found her  easy-going style too low key for Hollywood's biggest night.
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The Academy Awards telecast may have Jon Stewart as its host, but the Kidsâ Choice Awards, in which the favorite performers of teenagers and tweens are honored (and then doused onstage with green slime), will have Jack Black, above. Nickelodeon, which will broadcast the 21st annual edition of its so-called âKiddie Oscarsâ from Los Angeles on March 29, is expected to announce its selection of Mr. Black formally on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES - Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is getting a promotion - to supreme being. DeGeneres will star as God in a remake of the 1977 comedy "Oh, God!"   The original starred George Burns as the creator and John Denver as a supermarket manager tapped as a new prophet...
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LOS ANGELES  - Donny Osmond has signed on to host ABC's upcoming unscripted series "The Great American Dream Vote."
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - With the threat of picketing writers having passed, Oscar organizers on Thursday unveiled presenters and performers for their upcoming telecast.
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NEW YORK  &#151; Ellen DeGeneres can probably put anyone at ease. Even nominees for the biggest awards in show business.
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Host Ellen DeGeneres got the Oscars  off to a rousing start on Sunday by telling stars like Leonardo  DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman there was no need to be nervous  because only about a billion people were watching.
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LOS ANGELES  - If you wanted to take a few swipes at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, it wouldn't be that hard.
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LOS ANGELES  - Oscar.com took the  virtual center spotlight at precisely 5:38:30 a.m. PST Jan. 25  when it announced the 77th Annual Academy Awards nominations.
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. (antiTainment) Comedian Chris Rock has been enlisted as the host for the 77th annual Academy Awards. The ceremony will take place on February 27th of next year at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with a live
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Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger is to present an Academy Award at this year's ceremony.
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Ellen DeGeneres kicked off the 79th annual Academy Awards with a low-key, low-risk monologue that set a warm tone for the evening.
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The Academy Awards havenât exactly turned into a yearly show with Jon Stewart, but he will get another shot at the Oscar podium.