{"id":16083,"date":"2011-09-06T21:36:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T02:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16083"},"modified":"2018-12-05T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:38:22","slug":"eddie-murphy-to-host-84th-annual-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/06\/eddie-murphy-to-host-84th-annual-academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Murphy To Host 84th Annual Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eddie Murphy will be hosting the 84th annual Academy Awards show next spring. Murphy was chosen by the show’s producer Brett Ratner, whom had just finished directing Murphy in this November’s action comedy Tower Heist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The last time Murphy was seen at the Oscars was in 2007, pouting because the Dreamgirls<\/strong> co-star lost the Best Supporting Actor award to Alan Arkin.<\/p>\n

The Academy Awards have long had a tradition of being hosted by comedians that started with Will Rogers and includes George Jessel, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart. And in his peak, Murphy was a powerhouse comedian and comic actor. But hits such as 48 Hours<\/strong>, Coming To America<\/strong> and Beverly Hills Cop<\/strong> gave way to disappointments such as Vampire In Brooklyn<\/strong>, and Beverly Hills Cop 3<\/strong>. In the past two decades, Murphy probably has only turned in one comedy performance worthy of his reputation and that was in Steve Martin’s Bowfinger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping that while working with Ratner and co-star Ben Stiller on Tower Heist<\/strong>, Murphy somehow tapped into the comic actor he used to be and that will carry over to his work at the award ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Murphy will be hosting the 84th annual Academy Awards show next spring.<\/div>\n

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