Time to In a move that surprised just about everybody, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Chris Rock will host the Academy Awards in 2005, marking only the fourth time since 1988 that somebody not named Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg will host the show. It also marks the first time since David Letterman hosted in 1994 that the producers have picked somebody who people under 25 might think is funny. That experiment didn't work so well, but we can only hope that Chris Rock does a better job than Letterman, or we may have to wait another twenty years before we see somebody as edgy as Chris Rock host again. And speaking of Chris Rock, does he even have that much of an edge anymore? I mean, you can't rail against the establishment anymore when you have your own HBO show, starred in a movie with Anthony Hopkins, and host an awards show for one of the most stodgy organizations known to earth. Still, I will watch, and you can trust that TVgasm will be live-blogging this event, just in case you haven't been keeping up to date with all of your 'Tussin jokes.