Posted by
Emmett of the Unblinking Eye on Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:04:21 AM
Having apparently passed on John Stewart, the producer of the Academy Awards program set to air on ABC on February 25, 2007, announced that the new host would be Ellen DeGeneres. Now, say what you will about her lifestyle, but this is actually a pretty good choice. She's held similar jobs before (Grammy's twice, Primetime Emmy's twice), and has acquitted herself nicely; she's not, by any stretch of the imagination, a "movie star"; and she may actually be funny, or at least funny-ish.
But will there be Bush-bashing? Republican ridicule? Marriage mockery? Gee, I don't know. It's like asking whether they'll talk about the movies.