[Hollywood News]: Sydney, Oct 16 : US comedian Chris Rock is all set to replace veteran host Billy Crystal as the host of next year's Oscars. The fast-talking cameo, famous for his biting social humour was named as the host of the 77th annual Academy Awards by the show's producer, Gil Cates.
"Chris represents the best of the new generation of comics.He always makes me laugh and he always has something interesting to say. Having him host the Oscars is terrific," Cates was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald, as saying.
Rock wouold take over the revolving role of host of Hollywood's biggest award night from last year's master of ceremonies Crystal, who hosted the show for the eighth time.(ANI)
Hey, Curley Joe stop the, "I have to advertise my stupid threads" schtick. Chris Rock was great and yes, black people never look their ages. But don't hate us for our genes.
But hey, the average black person's life expectancy is shorter than a white person's, so it evens out.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.
- Gordon Parks
Chris Rock was the controversial first-time host of the 77th Academy Awards.
And he did Oscar proud, keeping the audience in stitches and coming up with some quote-worthy comments.
"It's a great night tonight. We have four black nominees. tonight. It's kinda like Def Oscar Jam tonight."
"Black movies don't have real names, they have names like Barbershop. That's not a name, that's just a location."
"Our next presenter is the first woman to ever breast-feed an Apple - Gwyneth Paltrow."
"The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they're not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide (the year Halle Berry beat her to best actress), she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, 'If you'd done that in the movie, you'd have won an Oscar, girl!'"
"You want Denzel and all you can get is me...wait. Denzel's a fine actor. He woulda never made Pootie Tang. Clint Eastwood's a star, OK? Tobey Maguire's just a boy in tights. You want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law? Wait! You want Russell Crowe and all you can get is Colin Farrell, wait! Alexander is not Gladiator."
I think Chris Rock did really well. Granted, I only saw the first halkf and hour or so and then a few snippets here and there, but I thought he was funny, he kept the pace up and stopped it getting too boring.
The only part of this material that I thought was small time was at the end when he gave a shout-out to Brooklyn. Lame. Like Jamie Foxx's grandmother said, act like you've been there.
Jude Law reportedly sacked his agent after being mocked by Oscars host Chris Rock at last week's Academy Awards.
Rock questioned the English actor's credibility when addressing the star-studded audience, asking, "Who is Jude Law? Why is he in every movie I have seen in the last four years. He's in everything."
The star was reportedly furious and fired his Creative Artists Agency agent, and then hired Patrick Whitesell from rival agency Endeavour.
A source says to the New York Post, "CAA made Jude, and he can't take a joke."
Even if I was that pissed off about what Chris Rock said at the Oscars, Iif I were Jude, would've waited a while so it didn't look like I was that affected by it.
schmiggens said this in post #12 :
Even if I was that pissed off about what Chris Rock said at the Oscars, Iif I were Jude, would've waited a while so it didn't look like I was that affected by it.
That's what Tom Cruise would've done. Hey Hollywood studios, see why you should wait?
schmiggens said this in post #12 : LMAO, he really can't take a joke
Even if I was that pissed off about what Chris Rock said at the Oscars, Iif I were Jude, would've waited a while so it didn't look like I was that affected by it.
Uptight Brits.
M.
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10-18-2004 08:53 AM
Bastards! 
Don't hate 
