Chris Rock to Host Oscars
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Move over, Billy Crystal. Comedian Chris Rock has been chosen to host the 77th Academy Awards. The ceremony is set to be broadcast live on February 27 next year from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Rock has previously hosted the MTV Video Music Awards ...
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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  - Following his role as a hired killer in &quot;Collateral,&quot; Tom Cruise will host this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize concert.
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Chris Rock  riffed on race, money and politics on New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden.
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Organizers on Thursday unveiled details of this year's Academy Awards, including Oscar-presenting roles for stars such as Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman whose presence was in doubt due to the Hollywood writers strike.
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When the movie "Ray," about legendary singer Ray Charles, hits U.S. theaters on Friday, "Georgia on My Mind" won't be the only thing Hollywood is thinking about. The battle for Oscars nominations will take center stage as well.
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The third annual edition of  HBO and AEG Live&#39;s the Comedy Festival in Las Vegas in November  will feature Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld headlining  back-to-back shows at the Colosseum, organizers said Tuesday.
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The job of hosting the Academy Awards, one of the most prestigious and demanding assignments in Hollywood, falls on Sunday to comedian and talk show star Ellen DeGeneres.
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Producers of the upcoming Academy  Awards are getting what they paid for when they hired  sharp-tongued comic Chris Rock to host the Oscars -- a bit of  pre-show controversy that could boost TV ratings.
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Political satirist Jon Stewart,  America&#39;s leading anti-establishment comic, will return in  February as host of the Oscars, Hollywood&#39;s biggest insider  event, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Chris Rock is set to host the 77th Annual Academy Awards, which will take place Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &amp; Highland.
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Six years ago, Chris Rock joked that the Academy Awards looked like the "million white man march" for its traditional under-representation of blacks. This time, with Rock taking his maiden voyage as host of Hollywood's biggest party, he will preside over a record Oscar night for black actors, who earned five of the 20 nominations.
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com Staff. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has appointed Chris Rock as host to the 77th Academy Awards telecast. This will be Rock&#39;s first stint as Oscar host.
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A-listers will be sporting some of Hollywood's hottest rocks at the Oscars. Thanks to some affordable alternatives, you don't have to drop six figures to look just as dazzling.
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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 comedians.
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By staff report. Funnyman Chris Rock has been selected to host the next Oscars. Gil Cates, producer of the 77th Academy Awards telecast, made the announcement Thursday.
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American superstars Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey will host December's traditional Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, honoring the 2004 laureate, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, organizers told the AP Wednesday.