Date 21/10/2015 - News People
Comedian Chris Rock attends the 2015 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 26, 2015 in NYC. (Craig Barritt/Getty/Global Citizen) Funnyman Chris Rock has emerged as the front-runner to host the 2016 Oscars. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the comedian is in talks to take the reins of the 88th Academy Awards in February, 11 years after hosting the 77th Oscars in 2005. Producers Reginald Hudlin and David Hill have had Rock down as a favourite for weeks, according to Academy insiders, and Hudlin has a history with the comic ? they teamed up for the TV sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which centred