A Brief History of Oscar Hosts in Pictures

Host Whoopi Goldberg appears as Queen Elizabeth during the 71st Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1999. AP Photo/Eric Draper

Host Billy Crystal performs his monologue to open the 76th annual Academy Awards, 2004, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong'o, Angelina Jolie, Peter Nyong'o Jr. and Bradley Cooper during the 86th Annual Academy Awards, 2014. Ellen DeGeneres/Twitter via Getty Images

Host Johnny Carson gets the word from Miss Piggy as she voices her dissatisfaction at not being nominated during the 52nd Oscar Presentation, 1980. AP Photo

Jon Stewart hosts the 80th Academy Awards, 2008. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

The host of the 35th Academy Awards, Frank Sinatra, in 1963. ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images FRANK SINATRA

Host Steve Martin delivers his monologue to open the 75th annual Academy Awards, 2003. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian

Maximilian Schell and Greer Garson with Oscar host Bob Hope in 1962. Gene Lester/Getty Images

Billy Crystal, host of the Academy Awards, rides off stage on a horse the end of the show in 1991. AP Photo/Reed Saxon

Hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin at the 82nd Academy Awards, 2010. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Academy Awards host Chris Rock backstage at the 77th Academy Awards, 2005. He will host this year's show. AP Photo/Laura Rauch

Hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco during the 83rd Academy Awards, 2011. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Chevy Chase entertains the audience at the 60th annual Oscars ceremony in 1988. AP Photo/Reed Saxon

Host Hugh Jackman performs during the 81st Academy Awards, 2009. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Billy Crystal during the 70th Academy Awards, 1998. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

First-time Oscar host Chris Rock rehearses on stage for the 77th Academy Awards with two of his writers, Charles Sklar, right, and Nick DiPaolo, 2005. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian

Seth MacFarlane, host of the 85th Annual Academy Awards, 2013. Bob D'Amico/ABC via Getty Images

Gene Kelly and Walter Mattau, hosts of the 48th Annual Academy Awards, 1976. ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images

Oscar host Billy Crystal, wearing a Hannibal the Cannibal mask, with Anthony Hopkins at the 64th Annual Academy Awards Monday, 1992. AP Photo/Craig Fujii

Host Hugh Jackman opens the 81st Academy Awards, 2009. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Jon Stewart opens the 78th Academy Awards telecast, 2006. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

David Letterman, host of 67th Annual Academy Awards, 1995. AP Photo/Michael Caulfield

John Travolta and host Liza Minnelli backstage during the 55th Academy Awards, 1983. Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Host Jon Stewart and John Travolta take part in a skit at the 80th Academy Awards, 2008. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Ellen DeGeneres at the beginning of the 79th Academy Awards telecast in 2007 with Oscar nominees Will Smith and Helen Mirren. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Ellen DeGeneres during the 79th Academy Awards, 2007. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Billy Crystal, host of the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. AP Photo/Reed Saxon

Host Billy Crystal opens the 72nd Academy Awards, 2000. This is the seventh year Crystal has hosted the awards show. AP Photo/Eric Draper

Whoopi Goldberg hosts the 66th annual Academy Awards in 1994. AP Photo

Host Neil Patrick Harris with his locked box during the 87th Annual Academy Awards, 2015. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Jon Stewart, host for the 78th Academy Awards, during rehearsals in 2006. AP Photo/Chris Carlson

Host Chris Rock performs his monologue to open the 77th Academy Awards, 2005, AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Host Ellen DeGeneres opens the 79th Academy Awards telecast, 2007. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

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