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Eddie Murphy out as host of the Oscars

Less than 24 hours after Brett Ratner resigned as producer of the 2012 Oscars after making an anti-gay slur, his handpicked host Eddie Murphy has quit.

Senh: D'oh! Brett Ratner makes an anti-gay remark during an interview, and, boom, everything crumples. Now, the Academy awards will have to find replacements quickly. I wonder if this will affect the box office for "Tower Heist."

Brett Ratner Resigns: Oscar Producer OUT

Brett Ratner is out as producer of the 84th Academy Awards show. It's been a tumultuous several days for Ratner, who, amongst several offenses, used a gay slur when asked a question about filmmaking. The director said that "rehearsing is for fags" in a Q&A session following a screening of his new film, "Tower Heist," at L.A.'s Arclight Cinemas.

Senh: D'oh! That's what you get for making a gay slur. As a celebrity, you gotta be careful about what the words coming out of your mouth.

Box Office Report: Holdover 'Puss in Boots' Wins in Shocking Upset over Brett Ratner's 'Tower Heist'

The 3D toon grosses $33 million, nearly as much as its opening, while "Tower Heist" debuts to a subdued $25.1 million; "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" launches to $13.1 million, just behind last title in franchise.

Senh: The word-of-mouth on "Puss in Boots" must have been amazing. The film made nearly the same amount as its opening weekend. Good reviews helps too. I thought "Tower Heist" would do better, especially with two heavyweights of comedy in the cast - Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" did solid business. The first film only made $15M at the box office. The second did considerably better. $13M is solid, especially considering the film only cost $20M to make.

Brett Ratner, Don Mischer tapped to produce Oscars

The film academy has tapped Brett Ratner and Don Mischer (MIS'-sher) to produce next year's Academy Awards. This will be Ratner's first involvement with the Oscar show and Mischer's second: He produced and directed the 2011 Academy Awards telecast and was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the show.

Eddie Murphy In Universal's 'Tower Heist'

Eddie Murphy is set to join Ben Stiller and Alan Alda in Tower Heist, the Brett Ratner-directed caper film for Universal Pictures.

Brett Ratner Producing Snow White "Re-Imagining"

Relativity Media and Brett Ratner are the latest to jump on the "re-imagine old fairy tales" band-wagon. Following the billion-dollar box-office of Alice in Wonderland (which itself was riding the 3D momentum after Avatar cleaned house for months) every studio in town is sharpening their knives for public-domain stories they can "sexy up."

Ratner Talks Conan

The big-screen return of Conan the Barbarian is still on the docket for director Brett Ratner.

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Here's A Script Review Of Ratner's(?) CONAN Movie!!

The Latino Review gang has a script review of CONAN, the project Brett Ratner is on-board to direct...or is no longer on board to direct...depending on who you talk to.

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BHC: Ratner promises R

I didn't know people asked Brett Ratner for his views about anything but apparently that happens, since here he is today to regale us with his thoughts about his upcoming BEVERLY HILLS COP movie:
"It's a hard R... [and] we're not going to call it '4,'... It will be a new Beverly Hills Cop... There was all this stuff on the Internet and they'd read a script... It's not the script I'm making ...

Brett Ratner to Direct Youngblood

Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired Rob Liefeld's iconic graphic novel "Youngblood" for Brett Ratner to direct, reports Variety .

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