Jon Stewart was picked to host the Oscars, the Arizona Republic says, after Billy Crystal refused offers from Academy producers in order to concentrate on his Broadway one-man show "700 Sundays." The Republic's joke:
Also, extremely unreliable sources report, doing a musical parody of Brokeback Mountain would dredge up too many awkward memories from his City Slickers days.I'd imagine it would dredge up memories of his "Soap" days. Maybe both. Posted by Stephen Silver at January 11, 2006 01:10 AM