Entertainment | Billy Crystal Billy Crystal: I'm Hosting the Oscars Familiar face tweets that he's replacing Eddie Murphy By John Johnson Posted Nov 10, 2011 4:42 PM CST Copied Comedian Billy Crystal says he will host the Oscars for a ninth time. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Who else? Billy Crystal will be the new Oscars host. Crystal himself tweeted the news in joke form, notes the Huffington Post: "Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions," he wrote. "Looking forward to the show." Two sources confirm to the Los Angeles Times that Crystal will indeed be hosting for the ninth time. The move comes after Brett Ratner was ousted as producer, Eddie Murphy stepped down as host, and Brian Grazer replaced Ratner. Read These Next 3 police officers were killed and 2 injured in southern Pennsylvania. A big shake-up at the top of Ben and Jerry's hierarchy. Man initially detained in Charlie Kirk case has been charged. The woman whose review of her local Olive Garden went viral has died. Report an error