Chris Rock To Host 77th Oscars

Chris Rock will host the 77th Oscars. Duh, didn't you read the title of this blog entry. This does not excite me. I really have nothing against him, but he's wrong for the job. He's more suited for the MTV Movie Awards/Music Video Awards/Ghetto Trash type jobs where the people deserved to be made fun of. Will this be a repeat of 2002's Oscars where every "black joke" Whoopi made the camera cut to Denzel or Halle? Jamie Foxx will be the go-to guy this year. The reaction from Oscar fans to this announcement is pretty furious. Very much the same thing I just said: nothing wrong with Rock, he's just not right for this. Their number one choice is Ellen Degeneres, whose hosting at the Emmys the other year was viewed as a perfect audition for the job. She's much better at the light and bubbly personality that the job entails. There was also buzz that Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson could cohost based on their excellent presentations of Oscars past. Oh well. Just as long as Paris Hilton isn't doing red carpet coverage (or anywhere in a 10 mile radius of the Kodak) we're good.