2012 Academy Awards Preview: Billy Crystal Poses With Oscar

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By Kelly West
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The nominations are in for this years Academy Awards. Did your favorite films, actors and directors make the list? While we have a little over a month to work out our predictions for this years Oscar winners, there’s also Billy Crystal’s return to hosting the event to look forward to.

ABC released a bunch of new photos of the actor/comedian posing with the big gold statue. Check them out below and further down you’ll find a highlight video of some of Crystal’s previous Oscar moments. You can read the list of Oscar nominations here, and Katey’s reactions to the biggest surprises of this year’s list of nominations here. But first, feast your eyes on Crystal as he reacquaints himself with Oscar, and take a look back at some of Crystal's funny moments as host in the past.

The 84th Academy Awards will air live from the Kodak Theater on Sunday, February 26, 2012 on ABC.

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Kelly West
Kelly West
Assistant Managing Editor

Kelly joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006 and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before moving over to other roles on the site. At present, she’s an Assistant Managing Editor who spends much of her time brainstorming and editing feature content on the site. She an expert in all things Harry Potter, books from a variety of genres (sci-fi, mystery, horror, YA, drama, romance -- anything with a great story and interesting characters.), watching Big Brother, frequently rewatching The Office, listening to Taylor Swift, and playing The Sims.