10 Reasons Ellen DeGeneres Hosting The Academy Awards Is The Best Thing Ever

10 Reasons Ellen Is Going To Rule The Oscars

It's official: Ellen DeGeneres announced on Twitter this morning that she will host the 2014 Academy Awards. Cue the collective excitement.

There's no doubt DeGeneres will do a great job -- after all, she was nominated for an Emmy in the (now nonexistent) Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program category for hosting the Academy Awards in 2007. But beyond her general hosting expertise, there are plenty of reasons why America's favorite talk show host will actually make the Oscars fun to watch -- and we've rounded up 10 of them here.

This seems like a direct response to upset over MacFarlane's act: RT @THR Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars http://t.co/L0ZA0oFe6Q

— Jessica Grose (@JessGrose) August 2, 2013


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