Billy Crystal Replaces Eddie Murphy As Oscars Host

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[img]http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/shared/promoimages/movies/c/crystal_billy/281x211.jpg?quality=0.85[/img][url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674156/billy-crystal-2012-oscars-host-academy-awards.jhtml"][b]FROM MTV MOVIES:[/b][/url] Another day, another headline-making story surrounding the already-turbulent 2012 Oscars. This time, the story has a more safe and familiar ring to it: Billy Crystal has officially signed on to host the show.

Crystal spilled the beans via [url="http://twitter.com/#!/BillyCrystal/status/134744356602130432"]Twitter[/url] on Thursday afternoon (November 10).

"Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions," he wrote. "Looking forward to the show."

Following Crystal's tweet, the Academy released a statement confirming the hosting news. "Some of the best moments of my career have happened on the Oscar stage," Crystal said in the statement. "I am thrilled to be back there."

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