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Ellen DeGeneres to Host Oscars

Ellen DeGeneres to host the OscarsEllen DeGeneres is getting called up to the big leagues.

The popular daytime talk show host will host the 79th Annual Academy Awards, it was announced today. DeGeneres has previously hosted the Grammys twice and the Emmys twice.

The two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Talk Show Host will follow in the footsteps of Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg -- the last five Oscar hosts.

The 2007 Academy Awards will be presented on February 25, 2007 from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and broadcast on ABC.



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1. YIKES! My god, what a scary pic. She looks like a psychotic lesbian in attack mode. Her and Rosie are diffinitely the men in there relationships. They should have a show together called The Dikes Are Right!

Posted at 8:41PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Howard

2. Very cool! Ellen is great! Go Ellen!

Posted at 8:47PM on Sep 7th 2006 by ronny

3. They are trying hard to gget the people ( including me ) who will not watch the Oscars next year out of respect for what they did to Brokeback. Good try but I still will not watch.

Posted at 8:54PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Shan

4. That's cool I love Ellen she is hillarious!!!

Posted at 12:11PM on Sep 8th 2006 by tara

5. Go Ellen..it's good to see someone posted on TMZ that actually has talent!

Posted at 9:30PM on Sep 7th 2006 by martha

6. Go Ellen!!!

Posted at 9:32PM on Sep 7th 2006 by cindy

7. Granted, I like Ellen - but what happened to John Stewart? He rocked that show last year!

Posted at 1:56AM on Sep 8th 2006 by Teresa

8. Screw you #1 "harry", you f-ing homophobe. its people like you that are causing the downward spiral in the US. Ellen will rock at hosting, she is a great comedien and a good person.

Posted at 9:07AM on Sep 8th 2006 by lisamm

9. The best host EVER was Billy Crystal. Top that Ellen.

Posted at 10:21PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Crystallized

10. IMPOSSIBLE! Not that I object because she's...... uh, "blond". It's because it's unrealistic. Billy Crystal says he no longer wants to do it because it's a 9... 10 month job that requires full days and is too much work. Ellen has a hit talk show to do 5 days a week. How can she possibly do BOTH??!! It would require Billy Crystal admitting he LIED about it being "too much work" and the fact that it just accentuates the fact he's a continually fading star by hosting year after year... after PAINFUL year. Billy wouldn't lie to us, (((WOULD HE)))???!!!

Posted at 10:18PM on Sep 7th 2006 by CoreyCarrier

11. The best host ever was Johnny Carson. Ellen is naturally funny and has great timing - she will do really well.

Posted at 10:18PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Pieta

12. you spelled "dykes" wrong idiot. Woooo go ellen!

Posted at 2:15PM on Sep 12th 2006 by EDG

13. Can't wait!!!! She did an amazing job with the Emmys. Fabulous!!

Posted at 10:44PM on Sep 7th 2006 by glammie

14. Here's the scoop. The fact that they asked Ellen shows you that NO ONE who is really funny and entertaining wants to host the Oscars. They had to go to Ellen who isn't funny. She has been given numerous opportunities in hollywood b'cuz of the GAY MAFIA that keeps gays working in Hollywood. It's just like Rosie O'Douchebag. No one likes to work with her yet she still gets jobs cuz she's a dyke. And why do you think that irritating cow of a woman keeps singing the praise about Tom Cruise? He's the gay brother she never had!

Posted at 10:46PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Long duck Dong

15. Oh, great....... I can NOT watch the Oscars next year.

Want to thank so much (NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) the people who made this decision.

I am sick just reading this today.

Posted at 10:53PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Ms Kris

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