The official trailer for this year’s Oscars: “Off the Grid,” produced in partnership between the Academy and the folks over at Funny Or Die.

For those you old enough to remember when Billy Crystal last hosted the Oscars, he’s kind of a sight for sore eyes after so many terrible, terrible hosts.

Bring on the spoofs.

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UPDATE 2: Still no official press release from the Academy, or 100% confirmation on this, but it’s looking pretty likely that Crystal will host the Oscars as originally thought.

UPDATE: False alarm, apparently, as the Academy has confirmed no host has been picked. Apparently Crystal was just joking.

Could not be happier that Billy Crystal is hosting the Oscars. He’s a fantastic, if safe, choice and it’s way overdue. Actor confirmed the news on Twitter:

Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions. Looking forward to the show.

6 months ago
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Billy Crystal is here to inject a thing called humor into the show.

And it didn’t last nearly long enough.

1 year ago
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The 83rd annual Academy Awards air tonight on CTV in Canada, and ABC in the U.S. and while I’m dying to see how this year’s hosts handle the responsibility, I think a little respect is owed to the greatest Oscar host ever: Billy Crystal. Crystal may not have a stellar film career, aside from When Harry Met Sally and a few other gems, but he was always, always, always the host who could make people laugh, make people comfortable, and yet keep the whole circus rolling along at a steady pace. Since Crystal gave up the job we’ve had a lot of… interesting hosts, but none have come close to his wit and charm on stage. Never was that more obvious than during Crystal’s opening bits, like the year he came out as Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs, or his song-and-dance routine for each year’s nominees. Maybe things have changed to the point where there is no perfect replacement for Crystal, but I am moderately hopeful for James Franco and Anne Hathaway tonight. The question is just whether they’ll be given the stage long enough to be called “hosts” (as in the year Hugh Jackman hosted). Photo courtesy A.M.P.A.S.

The 83rd annual Academy Awards air tonight on CTV in Canada, and ABC in the U.S. and while I’m dying to see how this year’s hosts handle the responsibility, I think a little respect is owed to the greatest Oscar host ever: Billy Crystal.

Crystal may not have a stellar film career, aside from When Harry Met Sally and a few other gems, but he was always, always, always the host who could make people laugh, make people comfortable, and yet keep the whole circus rolling along at a steady pace.

Since Crystal gave up the job we’ve had a lot of… interesting hosts, but none have come close to his wit and charm on stage. Never was that more obvious than during Crystal’s opening bits, like the year he came out as Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs, or his song-and-dance routine for each year’s nominees.

Maybe things have changed to the point where there is no perfect replacement for Crystal, but I am moderately hopeful for James Franco and Anne Hathaway tonight. The question is just whether they’ll be given the stage long enough to be called “hosts” (as in the year Hugh Jackman hosted).

Photo courtesy A.M.P.A.S.

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