Crazy week for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – and the Oscars are still over 3 months away!
Once Brett Ratner resigned as producer of the 84th Academy Awards you knew that Eddie Murphy wouldn’t be far behind. Ratner has been replaced by Brian Grazer, but so far a new host (or hosts) has not been named. (Personally, I think there’s another Murphy out there who would do a great job, but so far no call).
But there’s no shortage of possible candidates. Kelly Ripa is trying to start a campaign to get Regis to host. Afterall, he’ll have the time since he’s leaving “Live” at the end of next week. But as much as I’d like to see that, I think the most interesting choice right now are the stars of the upcoming blockbuster “The Muppets” (and I don’t mean Amy Adams and Jason Segel).
Yes, Kermit, Fozzie and the gang are officially campaigning to host the Oscar ceremony in February. While this would certainly be a technical nightmare for everyone producing the show it would undoubtedly be more entertaining than any Academy Award telecast in recent memory.
If you want to be part of the push to get The Muppets to host the show you can join the Twitter campaign @MuppetOscars