With past hosts of the Academy Awards used the time on stage to play off the star audience, Ellen DeGeneres' approach to the gig has been labeled as "safe" by some critics.

While the comedienne and talk-show host did not go as risque as previous hosts such as Jon Stewart, Chris Rock and Steve Martin, DeGeneres says the experience was more nerve-wracking than she initially anticipated.

Rapper Ludacris has the gall to dis the queen of everything, Oprah Winfrey. The rapper/actor was not a happy camper when he went on "The Oprah Show" to promote "Crash," the Academy Award winning film which he appeared. According to Luda, he was severely edited because Oprah has a strict rule of not promoting rap or rappers.

"She edited out a lot of my comments while keeping her own in," Ludacris said in an interview. "Of course, it's her show, but we were doing a show on racial discrimination, and she gave me a hard time as a rapper when I came on there as an actor. I don't see why people like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle, who I am huge fans of, it's OK for them to go on "Oprah." They speak the same language as I do, but they do it through comedy, so I guess that's acceptable."

'King Kong' actor Jack Black is to host this years Nickelodeon's Kids'Choice Awards.

The star admits he can't wait to get behind the mic at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on April 1, saying, "I'm super excited to because when you're doing a show for the kids, you can get extra crazy and loony. I have a lot of secret plans for when I host the awards, but I can tell you I'm going to bring the super-duper, freaky-deaky, ultra-clowny super dance! But that's all I'll say."