It's been a whirlwind two days for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!

First, after getting backlash from using a gay slur in a weekend Q & A session, producer Brett Ratner quit the show. On Wednesday, pal Eddie Murphy (who Ratner had brought on) resigned from his hosting position.

But, perhaps a saving grace for the Academy -- favorite host Billy Crystal is coming back!

Crystal and the Academy announced the news Thursday afternoon. This will be his 9th time hosting, and his first time hosting since 2004. He made a brief appearance at the Feb. 2011 show, and after that said publicly that he'd be happy to host again.

Ratner's friend, famed producer Brian Grazer, replaced him as producer on Wednesday night. Reportedly, Crystal was the first person Grazer asked, and Crystal said yes.

Crystal Tweeted, "Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions. Looking forward to the show."

Since Oct. 31, Kris Jenner has been hitting the press circuit (daytime and nighttime talk shows, interviews) and book launches and appearances to promote her new memoir, All Things Kardashian.

And, of course, she's also been asked about daughter Kim Kardashian's quickie divorce filing. In those conversations, Jenner has declared numerous times that Kim did not make any money off of her August wedding to Kris Humphries.

So, it seems Jenner thinks the Kardashians are in need of some cash! Jenner, who famously can turn anything into a business opportunity (when she found out she had an incontinence issue she contacted Poise to become a spokesperson), invited guests to a book launch at The Darby on Wednesday night -- and charged them for her book!

The New York Post reports that this is against the standard for these events in NYC -- that the books should have been given gratis. But instead, Jenner's camp set up a credit-card machine so guests had to pay for signed copies of her book that Jenner had brought.

"They even had a fanny pack on hand to collect cash,” a source told the paper.

Fashion and beautiful women? Kanye West must be in heaven!

The rapper posed with Miranda Kerr backstage at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last night, and he also got an eyeful of the $2.5 million dollar London Jewelers bra Miranda rocked on the catwalk. The bra is comprised of nearly 3400 precious gems including white and yellow diamonds, citrines, aquamarines and pearls -- all set in 18 karat white and yellow gold.

Look who else we spotted on the runway. Delicious Adam Levine and his equally gorgeous girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna gave the audience an eyeful. Ooh la la!



What a sexy pair!

"Give Me All Your Love," the first track off Madonna's new album, leaked online Wednesday. And she's not happy about it.

Madge's longtime manager, Guy Oseary, Tweeted after the leak:

"Madonna told me this morning 'my true fans wouldn't do this'... whoever is responsible for this leak, we ask that you please stop! I'm very happy with the positive reaction to the demo, but we are very upset with whoever leaked the song!!!!!!!!"

Madge's album -- her first since splitting with longtime record label Warner Bros. -- should be finished within the next month.

In other potentially bad news for Madge, her critically panned film W.E. has been pushed back from a Dec. 9 release date to Feb. 3.

Adam Sandler stopped by the Late Show Wednesday night to promote his new flick, Jack and Jill, and told David Letterman how he got Katie Holmes, 32, to play his wife in the flick.

Sandler, 45, who is pals with Tom Cruise, 49, told Cruise the two could wife swap! Sandler recalls Cruise was a little weirded out by the situation, telling him, "This is weird that my wife is going to be your wife."

So, the actor made his friend feel comfortable: "It's a PG movie, no worries, nothing is going to happen In fact, anything I do with your wife in the movie, you can do with my wife," Sandler told Cruise.

Unfortunately for the funnyman, his wife was happy about the idea of doing "anything" with Tom Cruise! Sandler says, " ... every morning I'd go to the set and hear, 'Please do a love scene. Please slowly take your shirt off in that scene and rub her ever so tenderly.'"

Yowza!

Selma Blair held on tight to her adorable baby boy Arthur while braving the New York chill. The little cutie, wearing a beenie and oh-so-stylish booties, has the most gorgeous blue eyes!

Although daddy Jason Bleick was nowhere in sight, looks like Selma is doing just fine on her own.

See more of Selma and her little boy in the gallery below.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen cover Vogue magazine's Best Dressed Special Edition, and the twins were voted the most stylish sisters of the year.

Vogue also included Kate and Pippa Middleton, Beyonce and Solange Knowles and the Fanning sisters in this issue, so not only is there plenty of couture to feast your eyes on, but there's also a splash of sibling rivalry!

Editor Mark Holgate told Reuters, “They get it right a lot of the time and then sometimes they don't get it right. That's actually great ... They don't have someone telling them, 'This is cool, this is hot, this is what you should be wearing.' It comes from within them. It's instinctual.” It certainly is!

Oooh this looks GOOD!

We got our first peek at Snow White and the Huntsman at Comic-Con this past summer, but here's an extended trailer for the film, and not only does Charlize Theron totally embrace the role of the Evil Queen, but the visuals look spectacular! Of course, we can't get enough of her co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart -- the only bummer is that we have to wait another eight months to see this on the big screen!