According to Variety, Chris Rock is currently in talks to host Hollywood's biggest night of the year and an announcement is expected to be made shortly. Rock is no stranger to Hollywood’s biggest event of the year, having previously hosted the Oscars in 2005. The veteran comedian has also worked with new Oscar co-producer Reginald Hudlin, who directed the pilot of Rock’s popular but now defunct TV series “Everybody Hates Chris.”
While the comedian's rep has yet to comment on the growing speculation, The Hollywood Reporter is also reporting that Rock is in discussions with producers.
At this time, the Academy spokesperson is not commenting on the hosting rumors.
Of course, this wouldn't be the first time that Rock helmed the Academy Awards either.
The actor hosted the prestigious awards show back in 2005 and sparked plenty of controversy after poked fun at several actors' talents, including Tobey Maguire, Colin Farrell and Jude Law—which, you may recall, caused Sean Penn to rush to Law's defense later on in the evening.
Neil Patrick Harris, who hosted the 2015 Oscars, opened up about the possibility of taking on the task once again in an interview with Huffington Post just months after the show aired.
"I don't know that my family nor my soul could take it," he explained. "It's a beast."
He added, "It was fun to check off the list, but for the amount of time spent and the understandable opinionated response, I don't know that it's a delightful balance to do every year or even again."
Hmm, well with that said, it's only a matter of time before we see just who takes the stage as the evening's host!
Source: E!News, Variety
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