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Hart? Hanks? New film academy members offer Oscar host ideas

FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Tom Hanks, left, and Rita Wilson arrive at Sean Parker and the Parker Foundation's Gala Celebrating a Milestone in Medical Research in Los Angeles. The newest members of the film academy won’t cast their first Oscar ballots until next year, but they already have ideas about who should host the show. “Well, I would nominate my husband,” she said of her hubby and fellow academy member, Tom Hanks. “I think he’d be really good. But I’m biased.” (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Tom Hanks, left, and Rita Wilson arrive at Sean Parker and the Parker Foundation's Gala Celebrating a Milestone in Medical Research in Los Angeles. The newest members of the film academy won’t cast their first Oscar ballots until next year, but they already have ideas about who should host the show. “Well, I would nominate my husband,” she said of her hubby and fellow academy member, Tom Hanks. “I think he’d be really good. But I’m biased.” (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) – The newest members of the film academy will cast their first Oscar ballots this season, but the choice for Oscar host – usually decided in October – will be strictly up to Oscar brass.

Yet that didn’t stop a few of the new recruits from chiming in on the process at a private welcome reception held earlier this week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

“Oh, my God!” said Oscar nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy at the prospect of picking an Academy Awards host. “Well, I understand they don’t want to do it, but Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: They should be Oscar hosts.”

“Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman didn’t hesitate to share his choice: Kevin Hart.

“I think he wants to do it,” Boseman said. “Why not Kevin Hart?”