Celebrity Apprentice Arsenio Hall will be playing for the Magic Johnson Foundation, supporting urban youth by focusing on HIV and AIDS prevention for the last 20 years, when the NBA star celeb was diagnosed with HIV back in 1991, shortly before he retired from playing professional basketball. Oddly enough, celebrity death hoax rumors swirled earlier in the year about actor Eddie Murphy, another celebrity friend of Arsenio Hall who played the lead role in Hall’s last memorable hit film Coming To America. Murphy was scheduled to host the Oscars in 2012 but backed out. In the weeks after he was replaced by comedian Billy Crystal. Keep reading…
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Anne Hathaway Scandal: New Catwoman engaged a true rumor?
Actress Anne Hathaway is engaged! While she did get panned for her Oscar host appearance in 2011 with actor James Franco (and subsequently lost a re-up to comedian Eddie Murphy — who then quit and is being replaced by funny actor Billy Crystal to host in 2012 [at the Kodak Theater in Highland on Sunday February 26th]), she got big kudos for her performance in The Devil Wears Prada with Meryl Streep. She’s also well remembered for her work with Julie Andrews in the Princess Diaries. The actress has been busy the past year filming the new Batman movie Dark Knight Rises with actor Christian Bale. She’s playing Catwoman. Keep reading…
Billy Crystal replacing funny Eddie Murphy as Oscar Host (snore)
Green celebrity Billy Crystal has just confirmed via Twitter that he will be replacing funny Eddie Murphy as the next Oscars host. The actor has already hosted the famous awards show 9 times, so producers know they can count on him to do a good job hosting. Sort of. Funny celeb Murphy was scheduled to replace Anne Hathaway and James Franco, the pair that resoundingly flopped hosting last year’s event. While Hollywood social circles are small, the choice to rehire Crystal (considering his relative obscurity in recent years) surprises and somewhat bores most. Why isn’t he the best choice as the next Oscars host? Keep reading…