Oscars Shake-Up

Since everyone is all aTwitter,  you may have heard by now that Eddy Murphy has backed out of hosting the 2012 Oscars.  This comes on the heals of Brett Ratner resigning after making a homophobic slur.  I could care less about Ratner, but I was looking forward to Murphy hosting. My first thought was why is Murphy hitching his wagon to Ratner?  I saw Tower Heist and it really wasn't that good. [I can sum up my review in one word: meh]  Murphy could have stayed and worked with the replacement producer.  It's not like Murphy is doing anything else.  Oh well.  Last year, Anne Hathaway and James Franco were a disaster.  The Academy really needs to get someone GOOD [not necessarily hip] to get people to watch.  Who do you think should host?