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Eddie Murphy just quit as host of the Oscars too. [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
Jennifer Aniston & Justin are back in NYC. Heidi must be thrilled. [LaineyGossip]
More photos from Brangelina in Japan. [Dlisted]
Eddie Murphy used to be homophobic too. In 1983. [Gawker]
YIKES, Lauren Conrad looks really Botoxy here. [Pop Sugar]
Television‘s best one-season bad guys (and ladies). [Pajiba]
Further evidence that I‘d like to party with Rihanna. [Evil Beet]
Brett Ratner made Linnocent get tested before he banged her. [The Blemish]
Candice Swanepoel gained a few pounds. [Yeeeah]
Jennifer Hudson looks great here. Is that a wig? [Celebuzz]
Shakira got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [PopBytes]
Who will produce this year‘s Oscars now that Brett Ratner‘s out? [Videogum]
Joe Paterno got fired. [IDLITW]
Olivia Wilde, de-bang‘d and looking rather pretty. [Go Fug Yourself]
Kim Kardashian is already hard at work with Tyler Perry. [ICYDK]
Darren Aronofsky‘s anti-meth ad is sketchy. [OMG Blog]
Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez are having dates in Paris now. [I’m Not Obsessed]
Written by Kaiser
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- Community is coming back March 15 at 8pm. Yes! [Pajiba]
- Jennifer Lopez is always at the Oscars [Lainey Gossip]
- Big Ang as Marilyn Monroe, LMAO [D-Listed]
- This is so true about Stella McCartney [Go Fug Yourself]
- This posthumous baptism crap needs to stop [Fark]
- Jennifer Garner is still pregnant, adorable [Popsugar]
- Does HBO’s new show Girls look good? [Evil Beet]
- Kristin Cavallari without makeup [Celebslam]
- Stephen Colbert is back, bitches! [Gawker]
- Awesome Office Space clip. Love it! [The Daily Wh.at]
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Maybe the Oscars will be good after all.
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I was looking forward to Eddie hosting, now I guess it’s either Billy Crystal or Billy Crystal. Hugh Jackman would be good too, but I believe he’s already said no.
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My vote:
Danny Pudi and Don Glover (from Community – woudl be HILARIOUS)
Louis CK … also HILARIOUS.
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I was looking towards something different at the Oscars this year. After last year’s craptastic hosts, I thought this might be a good year for the awards show.
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Not sorry to see Eddie Murphy go…
Please Obi Wan Jackman, you are our only hope.
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Snooze on Billy Crystal again, if so.
Too bad 4 them the Golden Globes are going to be so good this year. Oscars will be boring after the surefire circus that insult comic will cause.
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I don’t know why people think Billy Crystal would be a good idea…I don’t think his jokes would work for this gen. Maybe for the older Academy members, but wouldn’t that be a step in the opposite direction that they were trying to go?
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thank GAWD…now the show has a chance of being watchable!
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I thought Ratner’s slur was pretty minor, as slurs go. It was more a lazy word usage than out-and-out hate speech. When you make people crawl and abjectly apologize for that level of transgressive behavior, what are you going to do with the Gallianos and Reverend Fred Phelps’s of the world?
I was also kind of looking forward to see if Eddie could pull it off. I might have actually watched the broadcast, for the first time in years.
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Noooooooooooooo!! Damnit, I was looking forward to the 80s leather-suit Eddi.
However if Ricky Garvis would host the Oscars, I would kindly welcome him as a replacement for Eddi. But I can’t think of anyone else. Maybe Chris Rock. But honestly I can’t think of any funny white stand up comedians.
Hugh Jackmans singing was entertaining, but wouldn’t work for a second time.
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Boo Hoo! I was really looking forward to Eddie Murphy hosting, especially after last year’s Hathaway/Franco debacle. Hopefully Billy Crystal or someone else FUNNY will step up to the plate. Too bad the Oscars can’t steal Ricky Gervais from the Golden Globes.
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eddie murphy gets in his own way all the time. he has been trying to get his career back on track and now he sucks out, as usual.
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Eddie hasnt been funny since the early 80′s so this is a good thing.
Agree about partying with RiRi, her voice and ‘music’ hurts my ears something awful but she does seem like a fun gal.
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I am not sure how accurate the Joe Paterno report is at this time. Other news sources are reporting he will retire at the end of the season which is different from being fired. I haven’t seen another source say that he has been fired except on the link above.
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Why Eddie?
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What about Neil Patrick Harris?
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Why Eddie?!!!!!
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Oh and I hope Bieber is ok with being broke when he is in his late 20s or early 30s because after his Christmas album, his career is going to be over. Just ask NKOTB.
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I think he would have done a great job!!! such a shame he had to quit.
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Betty White for Oscar host!
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Jude Law and RDJ SOOOO much Sexynesss
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Layla: “My vote:
Danny Pudi and Don Glover (from Community – would be HILARIOUS)”
TOTALLY!
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Eddie quit?? Ok,I vote for Donkey!!
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Ricky Gervais as Oscar host? No.
It is one thing for him to host the Golden Globes – the stars get to eat… have something(s) to drink. Therefore, the environment is conducive to him taking shots at the stars since they are somewhat lubricated. And the show is only 3 hours longs.
Versus the Oscars, which is an all day ordeal, in terms of getting ready, enduring press lines and having to sit there for 4 hours **minimum** with no eats and drinks. If I was a celeb at an Oscars ceremony, I sure as $h*t wouldn’t be in the mood for some smarmy git to take ongoing shots at me for 4-5 hours straight.
Yes, it’s great to appeal to the audiences at home, but if the home audience is imbibing in basic creature comforts while the ‘honorees’ are flogged relentlessly (again, without eats and drinks), it just doesn’t seem right. AT ALL.
And frankly, I think Eddie was stupid to jump ship. I have no idea what his relationship with Ratner is, but I never got the impression that they were as thick as thieves. And I get that, maybe, Eddie has an uneasy relationship with TPTB behind the Oscars, but sticking with the project would’ve been a good reflection on him.
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As I said on the Ratner thread – one down, one to go.
I only hope they don’t bring back Billy Crystal.
Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris did a hilarious number at the Tonys, someone should ask them.
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Paterno is being allowed to retire, maybe under pressure, but he will be there for this last season.
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There is a LOT more going on in this story. That Oscars gig is one of the biggest jobs in entertainment. Hosting/producing/directing the Oscars is almost like winning one. It puts you in a very exclusive club.
That particular f-word seems mild…but I guess not so much, considering the gay-centricity of the Oscars. Code Name: Gay Super Bowl.
Whatever…they’re gone. Flush.
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I wonder if him quitting had to do with Ratner? Ratner who was the producer basically got him the oscar hosting gig…and now that Ratner is out, I wonder if Murphy decided to go out in protest.
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Anyway, I hope they ask RDJ to host. He has always been my number 1.
Although I wouldnt mind seeing Hugh Jackman again.
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Eddie didn’t just bail or flake out. He was Brett Ratner’s choice to host and the new producer will have their own choice. So when Brett ‘quit’ Eddie had to ‘quit’ as well.
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Good.
And, for those calling what Ratner said a “minor” slur (wtf), replace it with any slur directed at any other minority: blacks, women, Jewish people, Hispanics, etc. Nope, it wasn’t minor, just as none of those would be, either.
Both EM and BR are pigs, and revel in it.
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Looks like Eddie doesn’t want to host a show where he cannot use the f word on stage.
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I think Ricki Gervais would be an interesting host for The Oscars.
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He’s such a pussy he makes me sick. He walked out of the Academy awards when he didn’t win for Dreamgirls. Why does he still get work? He hasn’t been funny in years!
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29.Marianne:
November 9th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Anyway, I hope they ask RDJ to host. He has always been my number 1.
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RDJ is not a bad idea. He did ease some of the awkward at last year’s GGs; he is very funny; he knows how to tease/needle people without drawing blood; and he’s not an ‘outsider with something to prove’. Plus, it would be a great opportunity to promote the next Iron Man film and the Avengers.
But then there’s the whole defending Mel Gibson thing, although I don’t think he received any kind of backlash for that.
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They should check to see if Norm MacDonald is available.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_gUQeZcB8&NR=1
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Choosing to ignore the Ratner stuff, I’m willing to bet that the restrictions were too restrictive.
I think EM would have been funny. And Lord knows those corpse-filled events need some funny!
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RDJ sounds good
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@Seal Team, except for slurs against women…you can use those all you want and no one protests.
I think since Eddie Murphy has used the ‘f’ word in some of his comedy routines he probably thought it wasn’t fair to stay if Ratner was asked to quit b/c he used it.
I love RDJ but I don’t see him being a great host for an entire Oscar’s show…that mess is long and I think he would be over it quickly.
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Jude Law & RDJ to host. enough said.
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Good call. Murphy was ‘over’ a long long time ago.
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Eddie is sooooooo funny but he would not have been funny to people who don’t get the jokes. PS. Everyone was homophobic in the early 80′s. Thank God for education and acceptance. I Love you Eddie! Stay true to yourself and your folks!
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I nominate Joel McHale for hosting the Oscars.
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I love Billy Crystal, he’s still a doll and hasn’t lost his “edge”. Joel McHale, LOL! That would be funny, I don’t think he has the confidence though. Am glad that Ratner & Eddie are gone though, they’re both douchey.
kaiser, Paterno “joepa” wasn’t fired, he is retiring at the end of the season. I think he should be fired at once & that the Grand Jury should have charged him with perjury like the other Penn State employees that lied. (I read the Grand Jury report). Its a horrible, disgusting story. Penn State fans, you can still love your football team, but quit defending the people that knew and covered up this horrific crime.
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oh thank god. I wasn’t going to watch this year, but now that these two assholes are out im back in.
I nominate joel Mchale, louie c.k., or RDJ
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Ooops! Correction, Joepa is fired now! Yay!
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#26 Paterno is G.O.N.E.
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I’m glad Ratface is out and Donkey is on his @$$ with him. Donkey has always been the weak link in the Shrek series.
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In my fantasy world, the Oscars would be cohosted by Nathan Fillion and NPH.
Or a female duo like Sandra Bullock and Tina Fey.
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Ok, now it’s a sure thing…I won’t watch the next Oscars. I can’t stand Billy Crystal.
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Never cared for him.
His jokes are too dumb, even for me.
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Doing a mea culpa. Paterno was fired late last night.
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Robert Downey JR. and Jude Law were pretty entertaining in their bit at the Oscars last time. I think it’d be great if they co-hosted because they have amazing chemistry. They’d bring a nice blend of comic and straight man, like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and such. Plus they’re both very hot to look at.
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