Ellen DeGeneres to host 2014 Academy Awards!

This is a GREAT choice!

Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars for the second time, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have just announced.

“We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars,” Zadan and Meron said in a joint statement. “As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen’s gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theater, and in homes around the globe, will be as excited by this news as we are.”

Ellen said in a statement: “I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time’s the charm.

Ellen hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.”

The Academy Awards will be broadcast live on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014 on ABC.