Chris Rock To Host The Oscars, Academy Confirms

Chris Rock is officially returning for a second run as Oscar host, with organizer the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirming yesterday’s trickle of news that he was in talks for the gig. This is a coup for the Oscars and new producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin — Hudlin and Rock became buddies when Hudlin helmed the pilot for Rock’s more-than-semi-autobiographical series Everybody Loves Chris…