Billy Crystal has announced through Twitter, that he is replacing Eddie Murphy in the 2012 Oscars ceremony. He has already hosted the Academy Awards eight times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2004). At the age of 63, would be the oldest host the show since Bob Hope 1978. Eddie Murphy stepped down after director Brett Ratner resigned as the show's producer following a furore over a homophobic slur in an interview. Asked about using rehearsals before a film shoot, he replied: "Rehearsing is for fags."
Ratner subsequently apologised, but some members of the academy do not agreed with use of the word.
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