Defense: Jackson Gave Themselves Fatal Dose Of Drug

La, Calif. -- Prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that Michael Jackson was destroyed with the actions of his personal physician, who used a dangerous anesthetic without sufficient safeguards and botched recovery efforts when he found the singer unconscious. Defense lawyers countered that Jackson triggered their very own dying for the drug propofol after his physician left the region in the desperate try to beat his chronic failure to relaxation. Nothing Dr. Conrad Murray may have done may have saved the King of Pop, defense attorney Erection dysfunction Chernoff told the panel, because Jackson was wanting to restore his fame and needed relaxation to arrange for several crucial comeback concerts. The competing versions of Jacksons dying and Murrays role within it were organized in opening claims within the doctors involuntary wrongful dying trial. Speaking more than an hour or so approximately, da David Walgren relied heavily on photos and sound files to produce his situation that Murray was an inept and reckless caretaker of Jackson. He shown an image from the lifeless Jackson around the hospital gurney, and carried out a recording of Jackson speaking with Murray because the da mentioned he was consuming a mysterious substance roughly six days before his dying. The entertainers speech was heavily slurred but identifiable since the worldwide celebrity. He spoke of his wants the arrival concerts. We should be phenomenal, Jackson isheard telling Murray. When people leave this show, when people leave my show, I'd like these to say, Ive never observed nothing can beat this throughout my existence. Go. Go. Ive never observed nothing can beat this. Go. Its amazing. Hes the best artist in the world. Murray is billed with giving Jackson a lethal dose of propofol inside the mattress room in the entertainers leased mansion, but Chernoff mentioned Jackson gave themselves the fatal dose. He mentioned the singer consumed several pills in the sedative lorazepam round the morning of his dying that was enough to put six people to rest. More youthful crowd mentioned Jackson self-consumed propofol, plus it destroyed him instantly. Jackson did not really possess a chance to shut his eyes, Chernoff mentioned. Within the opening remarks, Walgren mentioned Murray was grossly negligent by delivering Jackson propofol. The da mentioned while utilized by Jackson, the doctor was shipped greater than four gallons in the anesthetic, that's normally gave in hospital designs. He mentioned Jackson reliable Murray as his physician. That misplaced depend upon Conrad Murray cost Michael Jackson his existence, Walgren mentioned. He left him there, abandoned him to take care of themselves, the da mentioned later while winding lower his opening remarks. The doctor had initially requested $5 million to get results for the singer for just about any year, but recognized the reduced rate of $150,000 monthly, Walgren mentioned. His contract being Jacksons personal physician was not ever signed which he was not ever paid out. He told jurors that Murray misled paramedics and er doctors by not allowing them to know he'd been giving Jackson propofol just like a sleep aid. More youthful crowd referred to as physician inept and mentioned he frequently deviated within the standard of care by departing the singer alone while under sedation and not immediately calling 911 when he found the singer was unconscious. Murray never calledfor emergency services themselves, rather waiting greater than 20 minutes to own among Jacksons security officials increase the risk for call. Fundamental sense requires 911 be referred to as immediately, Walgren mentioned. Fundamental sense. Which we understand that wasn't done. Chernoff told jurors it had not been their job to discover whether Murray will be a good physician. He mentioned Murray and Jackson were really pals, and Murray was trying to wean Jackson from propofol. Jackson, however, needed a lethal dose before he died, the lawyer mentioned. Sometimes through the defense lawyers opening claims, Murray came out being crying and simply easily wiped his eyes getting a tissue. Testimony was prone to begin later inside the day, with prosecutors prone to call the pop celebs friend and choreographer, Kenny Ortega. Numerous Jacksons family everyone was inside the courthouse, including his father Ernest, mother Katherine, brothers and sisters LaToya and Jesse, and brothers and sisters Jermaine, Randy and Tito. LaToya Jackson moved a sunflower, Michaels favorite flower. Murray turned up holding hands along with his mother. If billed, he faces around four years jail time and losing his medical license. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Grey's Anatomy's Kate Burton Heads to Scandal

The Particular Regular folks of Atlanta The Particular Regular folks of Atlanta will return Sunday, November. 6, Bravo introduced Monday. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows The arrival fourth season follows returning cast mates NeNe Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield, Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks and Cynthia Bailey. NeNe is becoming separated from husband Greg, Kim is at love and pregnant, Sheree is trying to create her dream house, Kandi is starting a adult toy line, Phaedra has turned into a licensed mortician and Cynthia is ongoing her modeling. Season 3 averaged 3.6 000 0000 audiences, which causes it to be the finest-rated season in the reality show franchise.

Chris Evans on Captain America's Avengers costume change

Chris Evans might be marketing Puncture at this time but you know what happens online journalists are similar to, all we like them about are comic-book movies and ladies.Thankfully, Chris remains very happy to illuminate us in regards to the former. But less round the latter.When pressed in regards to the changes to Captain America's costume we now have seen in the set pictures showing up on that darn Internet, Evans told The Playlist: "The initial (costume) will be a 19 forties look, very utilitarian, a thing that would serve a goal round the battleground.""In The Avengers, Joss just stood a certain vision within the mind in what he wanted Cap to look like.""That's what he preferred to determine. It's so nice concentrating on these movies as well as the director's a follower.He's the dude at Comic-Disadvantage that people fear so much pissing off. If Joss is content, I'm happy."Evans appeared to become fairly frank about the probability of him arriving in Iron Guy 3 or Thor 2 or even the other Marvel films presently inside the pipeline."From people six films, essentially appear in one of people (other films), it counts incorporated within the deal.""If they needed me in the third Cap, and I believe that, 'Fuck you, produce $Thirty Dollars million.A Highly... they wish to avoid that."Much like we, Chris. Much like we.And Evans even made an appearance to ensure Captain America 2's release date."They may delay until 2014 until they release the next Cap. Marvel has many balls up, they will not cannibalize their films."Puncture is at US cinemas now, and you'll be released inside the Uk later this year. Avengers is going 4 May 2012 and Captain America 2 will probably be within the summer season of 2014 (apparently).

When Taylor Lautner Wept

I know we all kind of visualize Taylor Lautner as a big strapping serving of beefcake and cheese, but the Abduction star is sensitive, too. Just ask him how he reacted to both the end of production and an early-edit screening of Breaking Dawn, Part 1. Or don’t ask him! Fine! Either way, here’s your Buzz Break. [via BuzzSugar] · “Is Scarlett Johansson Dating Kieran Culkin?” (Spoiler alert! No.) [People] · Is it time for iconic manic pixie dream girl Zooey Deschanel to change up her persona? (Spoiler alert! Yes.) [Salon] · As the 1,000,000th person cast in Lincoln, playing Confederate VP Alexander Stevens, Jackie Earle Haley wins an all-expenses-paid trip for two to DreamWorks HQ for a personal meeting with Steven Spielberg. I’m sure there will be balloons. [Deadline] · I’ve been saying it for years to incredulous ears, but finally Science confirms: “Smokers are less likely to be obese. And the declining use of cigarettes across the country — due to both tightening pocketbooks and new laws (thanks, Mayor Bloomberg) — accounts for a bigger increase in the obesity rate in the U.S. than any other factor.” So! Light up for your health! [The Atlantic Wire via The Awl]

Comcast Still Upbeat About NBC Despite Economic Concerns

NBC’s broadcast network is reviving faster than Comcast expected and represents “our biggest upside in the near term,” NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke told an investment conference this morning. Since Comcast bought a 51% stake in NBCU in January “most of the things that have changed have changed for the better.” He says that the national ad business remains “very strong” — with spots for the 2012 Super Bowl nearly sold out. Although there are growing signs that the economy may weaken or stagnate, Burke told the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conferencethat NBC can improveonce it gets the respect he says the network deserves from advertisers.He says unit prices for NBC’s ads “are discounted heavily, up to 25%” vs. ABC, CBS, and Fox.If NBC developsmore must-see showsthen thegap should narrow and “you can imagine hundreds of millions (of dollars) in EBITDA coming in.” Burke adds that NBC-owned stations also are “significantly less profitable than we need to be” and that “there’s no reason” that Spanish language network Telemundo can’t reach a bigger audience. Burke also is upbeat about revenues from the networks’ and stations retransmission consent deals with cable and satellite distributors — including Comcast. The exec says that some of that cash will go back into programming. The network’s previous owner, General Electric, “had not been as enthusastic about the business and had not been as willing to invest as we are.” Comcast also is pushing to find synergies between NBC and other parts of the company. “We don’t look at NBC as a stand-alone anymore,” he says. He added that “the world is very different” now than it was a few years ago when NBC operations were run by larger-than-life personalities such as Dick Ebersol in sports and Andy Lack in news. “You have to start from the premise that every executive in the company will work with everyone else.” Burke says the teamwork paid off when Comcast heavily promoted NBC’s The Voice. “In Comcast markets The Voice had ratings that were 45% higher than in non-Comcast markets.” At Universal’s film studio, Burke says thathe was disappointed by sales for Cowboys And Aliens and The Change Up. He added that”the film business is tougher today than it was a few years ago” largely due to declining DVD sales. But he says the studio still can improve by making more movies that appeal to global audiences, and by coordinating promotional efforts across Comcast. He also says he’s “bullish” about the Universal Studios theme parks even though “it was probably the last thing on our list” of interests when Comcast bought its NBCU stake. There’s been no slip in the 40%-to-50% uptick in attendance in Orlando following the opening last year of its “Wizarding World Of Harry Potter” attraction.

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Conan O'Brien Sells Comedy Pilot to The best spinner's (Exclusive)

The best spinner's has purchased one half-hour comedy pilot from the late evening host,Conan O'Brien. The multi-camera sitcom project, which originates from Warner Horizon and O'Brien's Conaco shingle, concentrates on a household guy who quits his regular job and returns towards the neighborhood where he was raised. While there, he reunites together with his former closest friend. Production about the project will start later this season. O'Brien, Shaun Ross (Conan) and David Kissinger (Eagleheart, Andy Barker, P.I.) assists as executive producers, together with writersBen Wexler (Still Standing), Ross Novie and Jay Rondot (Secret Girlfriend). Wexler can also be aboard as showrunner. O'Brien is repped by WME. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Conan O'Brien The best spinner's TV Aircraft pilots

Will Pretty Little Liars' Ezra Face Off Against Aria's Parents?

Lucy Hale and Ian Harding Are Pretty Little Liars' Ezra and Aria headed for further trouble? Clearly they are! Pretty Little Liars finale: Burning questions clarified! "Things get yourself a little heated ... people injured,Inch Ian Harding notifies TVGuide.com. Inside the summer season finale, the duo hit a few snags as Ezra's ex, Jackie, fought against war with Aria (Lucy Hale), threatening to show the first sort teacher-student couple. Then, Aria's mother (Carol Maries Hair hair combs) faced Ezra while using understanding he was seeing among his students. For the moment, she thinks that girl is Spencer (Troian Bellisario). A way, the secret's sure to be revealed. "Someone's prone to uncover with the next number of episodes," Harding teases. And what is going to happen once the cat's in the bag? Appears like things finish track of physical in the scene Harding describes among his recent faves. "[It] involves most of the cast, a couple of from the parent cast, which is very tumultuous," according to him. "We'd a fight coordinator." Hmm, could Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Fitz be headed for just about any showdown? Pretty Little Liars finale: Is Alison's killer finally revealed? We'll have to wait longer to uncover. Meanwhile, there is the approaching Halloween prequel episode airing in October. Audiences will recall that Ezra was not used to Rosewood inside the series premiere. (Ezra and Aria stood a hot hookup from your bar.) But possibly that wasn't his first appearance around. "There's the chance you will notice me very quickly," Harding states. "You have to look very difficult.In . Are you currently presently searching toward the return of Pretty Little Liars?

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Golden Globes to come back despite court clash

NBC will broadcast the Golden Globe Honours on Jan. 15, 2012.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Prods. have arrived at a brief truce within their ongoing legal fight that will permit the 2010 Golden Globes to take, based on an argument launched by DCP, the HFPA and NBC. The kudocast continues to be scheduled for Jan. 15 on NBC.However, the standoff between your two organizations, that has been postponed in the court because of the judge's illness, continues, based on an argument launched by DCP."The parties are content to possess arrived at a contract relevant towards the 2012 Golden Globe Honours, while protecting their particular positions."

Natalia Dyer in final talks for 'Healer'

Natalia Dyer is final discussions to become listed on the cast of Giorgio Serafini's supernatural thriller "The Healbot."Joel Courtney ("Super 8") and Isabelle Fuhrman ("Orphan") star as teenage twins who continue an outdoor camping trip using their ailing father (James Le Gros), simply to become lost inside a haunted forest.Dyer will have a mysterious being delivered to safeguard Courtney's character in the various animals which are to destroy him.Serafini authored the indie pic, which Giuseppe Pedersoli and Susan Manley are creating with the former's Italia-based Smile Prods. banner. Production begins in a few days in New York.Dyer will quickly be observed in an outbreak role because the lead in Leah Meyerhoff's "Unicorns," a coming-of-age story a good awkward teenage girl who escapes to some fantasy world when her first partnership turns progressively violent. Louise Rae ("Frozen River") and Mark Mathis ("Precious") created the indie pic, that was a Sundance Lab finalist and IFP grant champion.Dyer is repped by manager Christopher Rockwell and attorney Marcy Morris. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

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Scott Foley And Rina Mimoun Team For Brother or sister CBS Drama, NBC Buys CIA Project

After Scott Foley co-starred in Rina Mimoun’s CBS/Warner Bros. TV drama pilot The Physician earlier this development season, the actor is joining with Mimoun for an additional CBS/WBTV drama project, this time around becoming a author. CBS has bought The Escape Artist, a drama script from WBTV in regards to a brother and sister who help people disappear. It will likely be co-written and executive created by Foley and Fortunate creator Mimoun, marking Foley’s writing debut. Elsewhere, NBC has bought Secret America, a drama script set at the field of CIA from author Peter Landesman, Imagine TV and twentieth century Fox TV. The spy drama is occur the suburbs that seems to become middle America but really provides hiding for a sizable community of intelligence agents. Landesman, Erwin Stoff, John Grazer and Francie Calfo are executive creating.

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Toronto 2011 Critic's Preview: Why the Festival Matters

The first movie to have its world premiere at a film festival and go on to win the best picture Academy Award was Woody Allen's Annie Hall, which debuted at Los Angeles' Filmex in spring 1977. Four years later, Chariots of Fire launched in competition at Cannes and came from behind to snare the Oscar. The Last Emperor began its long march to awards glory at the 1987 Tokyo Film Festival, and in 2000, American Beauty, unveiled at Toronto in 1999, pulled off the trick.our editor recommendsToronto 2011: 10 Hot Titles Buyers Dare Not MissToronto 2011: Buyers to See First Footage of Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper's 'The Place Beyond the Pines' Carnage: Venice Film ReviewThe Descendants: Telluride Film ReviewA Dangerous Method: Venice Film ReviewRelated Topics•Toronto International Fil... From 1928 to 2004, these four were the only films launched at festivals that then bagged the top Oscar. All that has changed. During the past six years, five best picture winners have bowed at festivals; for the most part, they were relatively low-budget productions initially perceived as niche pictures. In the end, all but one became big hits. COVER STORY: David Cronenberg on How the $20 Million 'Dangerous Method' Got Made The first was Paul Haggis' Crash, which was unknown when it premiered at Toronto in 2005. The Departed triumphed the next year commercially and at the Oscars despite eschewing festivals, but it was followed by No Country for Old Men (Cannes), Slumdog Millionaire (Telluride), The Hurt Locker (Venice) and The King's Speech (Telluride), all underdog winners. No wonder, then, that Hollywood's radar screens are trained on Toronto. Although some of the most eagerly awaited films have already been viewed at Venice or Telluride -- Alexander Payne's The Descendants, David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, Roman Polanski's Carnage -- it was The King's Speech's screening at last year's festival that caught the eye of press and industry figures, not its Telluride premiere. The Social Network had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival a couple weeks later, and the two films duked it out for the next five months until Speech prevailed at the Kodak Theatre. So what unknown quantities are critics eyeing in Toronto this year? Among the galas, Bennett Miller's baseball drama Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, has clear appeal -- but there's no advance word on it, and a choppy production history provokes qualms. Also eagerly anticipated are Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz; Bruce Beresford's Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding, starring Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener; Darrell Roodt's Winnie, with Jennifer Hudson as Nelson Mandela's (Terrence Howard) controversial wife; another Africa-set drama, Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler and Michelle Monaghan; and Luc Besson's Burma-set drama The Lady, featuring Michelle Yeoh. In the Special Presentations section are Jonathan Levine's already-hyped dramedy 50/50; Oren Moverman's Rampart; Michael Winterbottom's Trishna, with Freida Pinto starring in an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles set in India; and, for buffs, Guy Maddin's Keyhole, starring Isabella Rossellini. The New York Film Festival, which opens Sept. 30, will again have one world premiere that's garnering much speculation: My Week With Marilyn, in which Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh appear as Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. All other releases for the rest of the year will open directly in theaters without major festival exposure. What caused the sudden shift from more obviously mainstream fare winning all the Oscars to specialized films taking their place? All sorts of explanations can be proposed, but the answer lies in a combination of several of them: studios are no longer in the prestige pictures business, a gradual shift in the makeup and sensibilities of Academy members, the increasing sophistication of marketing and publicity campaigns, DVDs of smaller films getting into the hands of voters, and the shrewd use of festivals as a launching pad. Since 1977, when Annie Hall beat Star Wars in a battle rather comparable to that of two years ago when Hurt Locker prevailed over Avatar, how many Oscar winners have there been that might, in this day and age, be considered festival-type films? Even now, it's perplexing that The English Patient was not shown at any festivals -- it seems a natural. And, given Clint Eastwood's longtime presence at major festivals, it would have been easy to imagine Million Dollar Baby working the circuit, but it barely made a December 2004 release in time. Like it, Eastwood's J. Edgar is skipping festivals and heading straight for cinemas toward the end of the year. Related Topics Toronto International Film Festival David Cronenberg Roman Polanski Moneyball Take This Waltz A Dangerous Method The Descendants Carnage

4:44 Last Day on Earth

A Fabula/Funny Balloons/Wild Bunch presentation in association with Bullet Pictures. (International sales: Wild Bunch/Funny Balloons, Paris.) Produced by Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain, Peter Danner, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval. Directed, written by Abel Ferrara.With: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Anita Pallenberg, Deirdra McDowell, Paz de la Huerta, Triana Jackson, Trung Nguyen, Jose Solano, Judith Salazar, Jimmy Valentino, Pat Kiernan.If the world were ending tomorrow, you'd probably want to spend your final hours with better company than the central duo in "4:44 Last Day on Earth." A less nihilistic and far less interesting companion piece to Lars von Trier's recent "Melancholia," Abel Ferrara's latest cine-doodle likewise treats a worldwide cataclysm as an occasion for two individuals to exorcise their demons, here through acts of sexual, artistic and emotional release more perplexing than edifying to witness. Ferrara's underlying tenderness at times creeps into his raw, unruly filmmaking, but beyond his international following, this apocalyptic melodrama won't have especially deep impact. The rare disaster picture to hilariously sum up its doomsday scenario with the words "Al Gore was right," "4:44 Last Day on Earth" features footage of the global-warming spokesman explaining, vaguely, how rapid ozone depletion has scheduled the Earth for a date with disaster tomorrow at 4:44 a.m. "There will be no survivors. The world will end," another broadcast ominously announces. We see these and many other images on the many TV screens and iPads littering the Upper East Side loft where Cisco (Willem Dafoe) lives with his younger lover, Skye (Shanyn Leigh). Pic unfolds mostly within the confines of this rectangular multimedia space, a microcosmic representation of how technology facilitates the rapid dissemination of bad news, good news (the Dalai Lama makes an appearance), fond memories, distractions and whatever else human beings seek in times of crisis. It's also the place where Skye, a painter, feverishly attacks a sub-Jackson Pollock canvas while Cisco, an actor, spends his time watching TV and occasionally railing against passersby in the streets below. Faced with the prospect of imminent destruction, Cisco and Skye seek refuge in sex, occasioning an extremely hands-on foreplay sequence that lasts several indulgent minutes, captured with an up-close and frankly undesired level of intimacy. By around this point, auds may question why writer-director Ferrara chose to filter the end of the world through the ravings and gropings of this particular pair; a shot of the two meditating cross-legged fails to provide an answer (and indeed signaled the cue for several journalists to hastily exit the film's Venice press screening). The techno-savvy twosome also spend a great deal of time on Skype, saying their farewells to loved ones. This leads to the most dramatic rupture in the film, when Skype -- er, Skye -- catches Cisco video-chatting with his ex-wife and daughter, prompting the young woman to go ballistic and complain to her mother (Anita Pallenberg, memorable in her brief, blurry appearance). Cisco's sudden itch for a cocaine fix only makes matters worse, and he soon storms out of the apartment. "4:44 Last Day on Earth" becomes more involving at this stage, as Cisco drops in on some buddies (among them Natasha Lyonne and Paul Hipp) whom he hasn't seen in some time and, he realizes, won't see ever again. The sight of longtime friends having a drink and shooting the breeze, laughing on the edge of the abyss, at last inspires a genuine reckoning with Ferrara's hypothetical endtimes scenario. The hopeful message the director seeks to leave us with, of the need to draw close to our loved ones in what is literally humanity's darkest hour, feels entirely sincere in the delivery. But it's too little too late, begging to be taken seriously in a way this largely alienating picture hasn't prepared us for. Even when they're not ranting hysterically at each other, Dafoe (reteaming with the helmer after "New Rose Hotel" and "Go Go Tales") and first-timer Leigh (also Ferrara's g.f.) give performances that leave the viewer firmly on the outside, looking in. Ferrara's fans will be heartened by this essential New York helmer's first Gotham-shot film in more than a decade. Given the subject matter, the Manhattan ambience is rather less than triumphant; what we see of the city is largely restricted to the view from Cisco's rooftop, where the blue-green tint of the sky, captured in limpid outdoor shots by Ferrara's longtime d.p., Ken Kelsch, imparts a subtle sense of the otherworldly. Tech package is expectedly rough and raw but achieves some nifty, even spooky low-budget effects in the final stretch.Camera (color, DCP/35mm), Ken Kelsch; editor, Anthony Redman; music, Francis Kuipers; production designer, Frank DeCurtis; art director, Sara K. White; set decorator, Shawn Annabel; costume designer, Moira Shaughnessy; sound, Allison Howe; sound designer, Neil Benezra; visual effects supervisor, David Isyomin; stunt coordinators, Tony Vincentl, Jared Burke; line producer, Adam Folk; assistant director, Michael Meador. Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (competing), Sept. 5, 2011. (Also in New York Film Festival.) Running time: 84 MIN. Contact Justin Chang at justin.chang@variety.com

Eddie Murphy as you possibly can Oscar Host: News Met With Mixed Responses

News that Eddie Murphy is proving itself to be the key candidate to host the 84th Oscars was met with mixed responses on the web.our editor recommendsBilly Very 'Itchy' to Host Academy awards AgainBrett Ratner and Don Mischer to create Academy awards TelecastBrett Ratner: Oscar Offer Felt Like 'The Twilight Zone' (Q&A)Related Subjects•Academy Honours After reviews appeared Saturday that producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer are interested in drafting Murphy to host, lots of people required to Twitter to state their ideas, and many weren't happy. PHOTOS: The Greatest Unsuccessful Jokes in the Academy awards Javier Fuentes Brett Ratner thinks it'd be considered a helpful to have Eddie Murphy to host the Academy awards. Younger crowd thought killing Cyclops offscreen was advisable [in X-Males: The Final Stand]. Dustin Rowles You realize who's a level better option to host the Academy awards than Eddie Murphy? Everybody. #SayNoToNorbit Matt Goldberg Brett Ratner wants Eddie Murphy to host the Academy awards. Inside a related story, Academy awards being 220% more unwatchable. Tarek Naga Eddie Murphy? Way outdated #oscar Adam surely you'll need someone vaguely likeable? Micah Mann Horrible idea. 1986 known as & they need their Oscar host back! Tyler Promote The number of body fat suits will Eddie Murphy host the Academy awards in? N Eddie Murphy remains to be? lol Jon Sieruga horrid!! PHOTOS: Backstage in the 83rd Oscars Many more expressed the sentiment that Murphy might be a good host if he channels his eighties-era film roles. GoAvi8tor If it is Eddie Murphy Delirious it will likely be an enormous hit! Tamy Emma Pepin Eddie Murphy in foretells host the 2012 Academy awards that is very good news as we obtain the 1983 version of Eddie. Tameika Eddie for that academy awards good idea however i want old "raw" Eddie not "dad daycare " eddie lol katykk hmm i don't like how shit went lower with frightening spice. i only say no to eddie. now, 1980's eddie? ok last one, fo sho! PHOTOS: Oscar Show Moments And others think the concept is a great one, period. Jonathan Di Lello Think this is advisable. Think he is going to do an admirable job hosting. This type of funny guy!! Jonathan Crawford want it. I really hope he will get the gig. Steve Runciman Brilliant ! X Nora Paradiso I Believe EDDIE MURPHY Is Really A TRUE Professional! HOPE He Is Doing THE Academy awards!!!!! Dennis Perkins Eddie Murphy could be good being an Academy awards host Betty Black Now that might be an aspiration role! "Eddie Murphy in foretells host the Oscars" Natalie Eshaya Eddie murphy in foretells host the academy awards. Omg. Might be awesome. Mel Davis Wise Decision! He's amusing! :-) Zanade GREAT FREAKING IDEA!!!! I really like Eddie STORY:Eddie Murphy at Surface of List to Host 84th Oscars While others believe that Murphy could be much better than this season's hosting duo of James Franco and Hathaway As Catwoman, although some offered up their very own suggestions. Boy from the Bronx He will not be 1987 Raw but an enormous improvement over Franco/Hathaway Lewis Duckett bad idea..although nothing might be worse than Franco/Hathaway. Restore Billy Very! tee sure y not provide him a go couldn't b worse than this past year w/john franco Winnie Rocklage Bad idea. It ought to be @ActuallyNPH [Neil Patrick Harris] April Darcy Seriously? Just let Ellen [DeGeneres] host the damn factor already! Pattie Fedorow Can't see Eddie M doing Academy awards. Rather see [Craig] Ferguson every day. Related Subjects Eddie Murphy Oscars Honours