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.
posted by Darren at 9:48 PM
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The comment wasn't aimed at Rock, rather at MTV's awards shows which seem to have become nothing but ghetto trash and white trash that think they are ghetto. I mean, come on! When you have Paris Hilton and Snoop Dogg presenting an award to Carmen Electra, something's wrong with the picture. My other problem with this is that Cates is clearly going for a younger demographic this time. When that demo tunes in to see Chris Rock toned down sucking up to people with names like Sarsgaard, Linney, Staunton, Winslet and
Scorsese, what are they going to think?
I would love it if Monique hosted. She is big and sassy and hilarious.
Somebody please shoot me! So now what, Jamie Foxx and every other black actor will win another symbolic Oscar this year? (HATED THE 2001 OSCARS BTW, Halle and Denzel give them back!!!)
P.S: Ellen is so perfect for the job...sighs
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