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Justin Timberlake May Host the Oscars

Rumors are abounding that Justin Timberlake will host the 2009 Oscar telecast. He got raves for his hosting duties at the ESPY awards and the Academy would like to attract a younger audience.

Oscars bosses were wowed by Timberlake's naturally funny performance as the frontman for the ESPY Awards last month (Jul08). And they allegedly want him to join the illustrious club of Academy Awards hosts, taking over from 2008 master of ceremonies Jon Stewart. A source tells the National Enquirer, "Justin is more than a singer, he's a song-and-dance man - and turned in a performance (at the ESPY Awards) any comedian would envy. Our first question was, 'Can we get him?' "Justin does it all, and knows how to work a star-studded audience."

Some will say he's too young, he has no movie career to speak of and he's not a comedian. But he can sing, dance and improvise like nobody's business. We say: why not?

Posted on August 4, 2008

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