Monday,
September
11,
2006
The
Emmy
Award-winning
host
of
the
syndicated
talk
show,
The
Ellen
DeGeneres
Show,
has
been
set
to
host
the
79th
Academy
Awards
telecast
on
February
25.
Ellen
DeGeneres,
48,
would
host
the
show
for
the
first
time.
The
producer
of
the
event,
Laura
Ziskin
said,
"Ellen
completely
fits
the
bill.
I
can
already
tell
she
is
going
to
set
the
bar
very
high
for
herself
and
therefore
for
all
of
us
involved
in
putting
on
the
show.
Now
all
we
need
is
a
lot
of
great
movies.
"There's
two
things
I've
always
wanted
to
do
in
my
life:
One
is
to
host
the
Oscars.
The
second
is
to
get
a
call
from
Laura
Ziskin.
You
can
imagine
that
day's
diary
entry," said
DeGeneres.
The
Ellen
DeGeneres
Show
won
its
third
Emmy
for
Outstanding
Talk
Show,
this
year
and
DeGeneres
won
her
second
Emmy
for
Outstanding
Talk
Show
Host.
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