Whoopi Goldberg will host the 74th Oscars Awards

Whoopi Goldberg has been selected to host the 74th Academy Awards. «Whoopi has great warmth, wit, humor, humanity and a social conscience, all qualities that I feel are essential for this year's show», said Oscar producer Laura Ziskin of the decision.

Whoopi Goldberg has already had practice at the awards, after hosting in 1994, 1996 and 1999. This year's ceremony will take place for the first time in the Kodak Theater. «It'll be the first broadcast done from Oscar's new home and I love a housewarming», gushes Whoopi Goldberg. Last year Steve Martin hosted the Academy Awards for the first time to rave reviews and the entertainment of audiences around the world, and ones hopes he will be asked back in the future. All that remains now is for the statuettes to be assigned to their winners and the voyeuristic orgy of self-congratulation can begin.