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Eddie Murphy has withdrawn as host of the 2012 Academy Awards, it was announced on Wednesday (November 9).

“First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party’s decision with regard to a change of producers for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony,” the 50-year-old actor said in a statement.

“I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I’m sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job,” Eddie added.

The news comes after Brett Ratner resigned as a producer of the telecast on Tuesday after using a gay slur.

The 2012 Oscars will air on Sunday, February 26, 2012. No word on who the new host will be!

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Suburgatory star Jane Levy arrives at the Ed Sullivan Theater to make an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday (October 25) in New York City.

The 21-year-old actress, who wore Kain and Karen Zambos, chatted about her new show and what she did in her teens when she decided she thought that she didn’t want to pursue acting after all.

Also pictured inside are Tower Heist actor Eddie Murphy and the film’s director, Brett Ratner!

FYI: Jane finished her look with Brian Atwood shoes and Kara Ackerman Designs‘ GemGirls pave disc earrings.

10+ pictures inside of Jane Levy and Eddie Murphy at The Late Show…
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Eddie Murphy gives a rare interview to Rolling Stone in the mag’s latest issue, on newsstands Friday (October 28).

Here’s what the 50-year-old funnyman had to share:

On possibly leaving family movies behind: “I don’t have any interest in that right now. There’s really no blueprint, but I’m trying to do some edgy stuff. And I only want to do what I really want to do, otherwise I’m content to sit here and play my guitar all day. I always tell people now that I’m a semiretired gentleman of leisure, and occasionally I’ll go do some work to break the boredom up.”

On thinking about coming back to stand-up comedy: “If I ever get back onstage, I’m going to have a really great show for you all. An hour and a half of stand-up and about 40 minutes of my s—-y band . . . But I haven’t done it since I was 27, so why f— with it? But that’s just weighing both sides. It comes up too much for me to not do it again. It’s like, when it hits me, I’ll do it, eventually.”

For more from Eddie, visit RollingStone.com!

Sarah Jessica Parker attends the premiere of her husband Matthew Broderick‘s new film, Tower Heist, held at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday (October 24) in New York City.

The 46-year-old actress and Matthew, 49, made it a family affair and attended the event with their 8-year-old son James.

Sarah hit the red carpet wearing a Narciso Rodriguez dress, Valentino coat, Manolo Blahnik shoes, a Pierre Hardy bag, and Fred Leighton jewels.

Also pictured at the premiere: Tower Heist director Brett Ratner, Gabourey Sidibe, Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor, Tea Leoni, and Eddie Murphy.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were at the after-party held at the The Museum of Modern Art. They were there to support two of the film’s writers, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, both of whom wrote the Olsens‘ 2004 comedy New York Minute.

Boardwalk Empire‘s Paz de la Huerta was also seen mingling with Catfish filmmaker Yaniv Schulman (Brett Ratner executive produced Catfish).

The Olsens later hit up the after-after-party at Stone Rose Lounge, where they mingled with Saturday Night Live regular Jason Sudeikis.

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Eddie Murphy will host the 2012 Academy Awards, JustJared.com can confirm.

The 50-year-old comedian will team up with producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer for his first Oscars hosting gig!

“I am enormously honored to join the great list of past Academy Award hosts from Hope and Carson to Crystal, Martin and Goldberg, among others,” Eddie said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to working with Brett and Don on creating a show that is enjoyable for both the fans at home and for the audience at the Kodak Theatre as we all come together to celebrate and recognize the great film contributions and collaborations from the past year.”

The 84th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

Eddie Murphy is a top choice to host the 84th Academy Awards, Deadline reports.

The 50-year-old actor will reportedly be Oscar producer Brett Ratner‘s only proposed choice at an upcoming meeting with the Academy members.

Eddie has shown interest in accepting the gig.

According to Deadline, other big stars have approached another producer of the awards show Don Mischer with interest in hosting, but Brett has his eyes on Eddie!

Brett and Eddie collaborated on the upcoming film, Tower Heist, which hits theatres this November.

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