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Report: ABC Objects To Jimmy Fallon Hosting Oscars

 ABC is reportedly objecting to the possibility of Jimmy Fallon's -- host of a late-night show on rival NBC -- hosting the Oscars in February. Currently Fallon, Lorne Michaels (a veteran producer of NBC's longrunning "Saturday Night Live") and the Motion Picture Academy are discussing the broadcast, and ABC has no formal authority here. This report comes from "three people with knowledge of the discussions," but no one will confirm the story officially, writes Nicole Sperling.

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