Eddie Murphy: Oscar Host

This will probably strike up the "comeback" argument again. Odd when you realize he already had a career resurgence fifteen years ago with The Nutty Professor and since then, has all but squandered away that good-will he'd built back up since then.

You've, no doubt, heard Eddie Murphy will host the 84^th Annual Academy Awards.

We can thank Brett Ratner, producing next year's ceremonies and having recently directed Murphy in the forthcoming Tower Heist (that looks like it'll have some good laughs and be a crowd-pleaser), for the coup. So props to the Ratner for getting the ball rolling as opposed to the "You don't remember how tired his routine was the last time!" nostalgia factor that, for awhile there, looked like it would secure Billy Crystal's return to hosting duties.

I like the notion of a Murphy-headlining ceremony and it can't be any worse than the on-air disasters of recent years like James Franco last year (Anne Hathaway, on the other hand, was great), the equally-awkward Alec Baldwin/Steve Martin tag-team or Ellen DeGeneres. Perhaps this will be a new chapter in his career and the start of his third win.

No, I really don't believe that either.