The New York Times
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 -- 1:59 PM EST
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Eddie Murphy Drops Out of Oscars Telecast
Eddie Murphy is dropping out as the host of the Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the show's producer Brett Ratner stepped aside amid a storm of criticism over his use of an anti-gay slur over the weekend.
The hasty departures represented an embarrassing collapse of the Academy's plans for the Oscar presentation and left it with just over three months to fill key roles for one of the most elaborately staged television shows of the year.
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