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Hugh Jackman Officially Backs Out of Oscar-Host Encore

Everyone saw it coming, but at some point Hugh Jackman had to make it official: He will not be returning to host the Oscars in 2010, choosing instead to take time off between his Broadway run in A Steady Rain and Shawn Levy's film The Real Steel next spring. His reasoning: He didn't want to host the show two years in a row. So let the replacement speculation run wild today! Or just give it to Zach Galifianakis like seemingly every other job in Hollywood. [Variety]