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Jan 5, 2006 10:20 am US/Eastern

Jon Stewart To Host Oscars

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NEW YORK (AP) ― "The Daily Show" funnyman Jon Stewart has been chosen to host the 78th annual Academy Awards ceremony, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The newspaper, citing unidentified sources, said Stewart, 43, agreed to take one of entertainment's most desirable MC jobs just before Christmas. Stewart has twice hosted the Grammy awards.

Four nights a week on Comedy Central, Stewart presides over a comedy show that masquerades as journalism, deconstructing the day's events and the pretenses of television news by repackaging reality as a parade of the absurd. [Comedy Central and CBS are both owned by Viacom.]

The Times said Stewart will take at least a week off from "The Daily Show" to prepare for the awards ceremony.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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