Jon Stewart will host Academy Awards
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Jon Stewart is getting a do-over as Oscar host. America's favorite faux newscaster, who drew mixed reviews for his first stint in 2006, has been picked for a return engagement in February, the film academy announced Wednesday.
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The Associated Press reports: A contingency plan that would include history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts for the 80th annual Academy Awards show is in the works, academy president Sid Ganis told The Associated Press on Wednesday. With the writers strike dragging dangerously close to the Feb. 24 telecast, the film academy is planning two Oscar shows: [...].
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Oscar is going to keep its home on ABC for six more years. The network's deal to televise the Academy Awards has been extended through 2014, Frank Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said Monday.
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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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NEW YORK  - Jon Stewart has pulled out  of an entertainment gala -- only it's not the Oscars. The  comedian has withdrawn from a hosting gig at a Paley Center  fundraiser honoring Viacom chieftain Sumner Redstone under  circumstances that might be related to the 3-month-old labor  stoppage.
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US comedy star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will host next year's Academy Awards, it is announced.
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Politicians beware: Parody is returning. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday
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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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[Hollywood News]: London, Oct 28: Oscars might be months away but the rumour mill has already started rolling. A film about the life of Ray Charles, Ray that is yet to be released, is in news, with the leading man, Jamie Foxx,in race for the Oscars.
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Actors Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford will be among the stars handing out Oscars, organisers confirm.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Actor Rainn Wilson, who plays tyrannical salesman Dwight Schrute in "The Office," will host the Spirit Awards, the art-house world's version of the Oscars, on February 23.
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US talk show star Jon Stewart says production will resume on his show next month, despite the writers' strike.
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Actress Charlize Theron is the first to be named as a presenter at the forthcoming Academy Awards.
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Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is to present an award at this year's ceremony in February.
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Jon Stewart will get a second shot at hosting the Academy Awards.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tapped the "Daily Show" anchor to host the 80th annual Oscars, the academy and ABC, which airs the awards, announced Wednesday.  ...
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Jailed trendsetter Martha Stewart will make her television comeback in fall 2005 with a new show to be produced by the man who brought Americans "Survivor" and "The Apprentice."