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 NC mom missing for 24 years doesn't want to be found. After Trump's dig, Denmark announces rescue. Mexico says it killed top drug trafficker. An armed man was shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago. Report an error