Billy Crystal Date Of Birth

Billy Crystal Date Of Birth, William Edward “Billy” Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally… and City Slickers. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, including the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.
Crystal was born in the Doctor’s Hospital in Manhattan and raised in Long Beach, New York, the son of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, a record company executive and jazz producer who also owned and operated the Commodore Record store. His babysitter was occasionally Billie Holiday. His uncle was musician and songwriter Milt Gabler, and his brother, Richard “Rip” Crystal, is a television producer. Crystal grew up in a Jewish family that he has described as “large” and “loving”.

After graduation from Long Beach High School, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John’s University. Crystal never played a game at Marshall because the program was suspended during his freshman year, and because he was too busy being the Editor in Chief of The BG News from 1969-70. He did not return to Marshall as a sophomore, staying back in New York with his future wife. He instead attended Nassau Community College and later New York University, where he graduated in 1970 with a BFA from its Tisch School of the Arts.

Billy Crystal Oscars

Billy Crystal Oscars, It did not take long for the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to choose Billy Crystal as the replacement for the hosting position at the Oscars after Eddie Murphy’s shocking decision to step down. Billy Crystal has been hailed as one of the best Oscar hosts in the history of the Academy Awards so it was an obvious choice for the Academy. Lucky for them, Billy Crystal was available and willing to host the Oscars on February 26, 2012.

It wasn’t actually the Academy who announced Billy Crystal as the new host of the Oscars however. Billy himself tweeted the big announcement before the president of the Academy Awards was able to make the announcement. Billy Crystal, in his own humor, tweeted, “Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions.”

The Academy themselves quoted Billy Crystal to say, “Some of the best moments of my career have happened on the Oscar stage. I am thrilled to be back there.” It seems as if all parties are happy by the turn of events, and after last years Oscar disaster, this year should prove that the Academy Awards are still the biggest and best award show to honor the film industry.

Brett Ratner is not for gays
If you have not heard and are wondering why Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner stepped down from their positions as host and producer of the show, it is simple. Brett Ratner recently began making anti-gay comments and then went on the Howard Stern show to talk about not only his sex life, but the relationships with Lindsay Lohan and Olivia Munn. After the backlash the Academy received regarding the comments, they had no choice but to replace him immediately, or risk losing a large portion of their viewing audience.