Veteran Hollywood comedy star Eddie Murphy is to host the Oscars
awards show next year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
said Tuesday.
It will be the first time the standup comic turned actor — famous
for films from “Beverly Hills Cop” in the 1980s to “Shrek” in which he
does the voice of Donkey — has hosted the Oscars, the climax of
Hollywood’s awards season.
