Bring Back Ellen!!!!

It is a slow news day in the shifting world of dead socialites (think Leona Helsmley, Brooke Astor...). So I'm raising the alarm bell on the first murmurs of a very disturbing announcement. Ellen has not been asked to host the Oscars in 2008. Instead, they have tapped Jon Stewart for a third trial (he hosted in 2001 and 2002, and both times were ... forgettable). I am mildly outraged that Ellen is not being considered for a second attempt. Personally, I thought she was delightful as the 2007 host. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of her monologue and subsequent quips between award categories. What could have gone wrong? Did she offend someone, unintentionally and unknowingly, from the Academy of Arts and Sciences? Did she look too masculine on stage not wearing a dress? Or is it, gasp, because viewers complained about the choice of a lesbian as host? Whatever the reason, I am dismayed. And bored in advance. Because Jon Stewart was b-o-r-i-n-g as a host.