Jon Stewart to host 78th Academy Awards in March!

[Mugsy]

Yes, it's true:

HOLLYWOOD - Jon Stewart, the Emmy-winning host and co-writer of Comedy Central's mock newscast "The Daily Show," will be named today as host of the 78th Annual Academy Awards, three sources familiar with the selection process said Wednesday, ending months of speculation about the show's next emcee.

Academy officials and longtime Oscar producer Gil Cates have settled on Stewart, 43, who hosted the Grammy Awards in 2001 and 2002, the sources said.

One of the sources, who has firsthand know-|ledge of the situation, said that officials contacted Stewart shortly before Christmas and that the |deal was wrapped up a day or two before the holi-day.

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This should be good. :)

1. wondered if they picked him to beat up on Bush?

I don't think he knows diddly about actors. He will be good though.

[NYCGirl]

4. He knows plenty about actors. Stewart has been in a number of movies,

had his own short-lived talk show (non-political) on MTV, and has his own production company, which develops films and TV shows. Jon Stewart is much more than politics.

http://tinyurl.com/b535b

[gauguin57]

2. Heaven ... I'm in heaven ...

... Oscar night is my second-favorite holiday (after Halloween).

John Stewart is one of my favorite people.

John + Oscar = HEAVEN for me!!! I cannot WAIT for Oscar night!

[Radio_Lady]

3. Please, folks... it's Jon, not John. Just sayin'... I posted this in LBN

last evening. Should be a good show, in my humble opinion.

Make peace a worldwide priority in 2006.

Radio_Lady

[chelsea0011]

5. Yahoo!!

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. Good place to repost this -- a bootleg of his stand-up from March 05

http://rapidshare.de/files/9447442/Jon_Stewart_-_Cornell.zip.html

click the link, then click the "free" button, then wait for the next page to load and the counter at the bottom to reach zero, then enter the case-sensitive code and click "Start Download". It's a zip file, just over 75 megs big.

Here's a tracklist:

01 - Intro
02 - Politics (My Little Blue Staters)
03 - Canada, Somalia, Illiterate Schoolchildren
04 - Unlikeable Democrats
05 - Gay Marriage, Pinata Fucking Festival, Ten Commandments
06 - Techmology!
07 - Jews and Blacks, Religion Sucks pt 1
08 - The News Media, Crossfire, Cornell Logo
09 - Drugs vs. Beer vs. Condoms
10 - Religion Sucks pt 2.
11 - Masturbation (You're Not The Nice Man From The TV)
12 - Pets