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Crystal to host Oscars
Billy Crystal is back. The comedian is replacing Eddie Murphy, who pulled out as Academy Awards host this week following the departure of producer and friend Brett Ratner, who left amid criticism of his use of a pejorative term for gay men at a screening of the director’s “Tower Heist.’’ It will be Crystal’s ninth time hosting the Oscars show, which takes place Feb. 26. (AP)
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