Ratner in a statement. "With his love of movies, history of crafting unforgettable characters and his iconic performances – especially on stage – I know he will bring excitement, spontaneity and tremendous heart to the show Don and I want to produce in February."

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Ratner's co-producer Don Mischer added, "Eddie is a truly ground-breaking performer, whose amazingly diverse array of roles has won him a devoted audience of all ages. His quick wit and charisma will serve him very well as Oscar host."

"I am enormously honored to join the great list of past Academy Award hosts from Hope and Carson to Crystal, Martin and Goldberg, among others," said Murphy himself in a separate statement. "I'm looking forward to working with Brett and Don on creating a showAmazon Cloud Player lands on the Sonos Wireless HiFi System in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany

Amazon has announced that Amazon Cloud Player is being made available on Sonos Wireless HiFi systems in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK, meaning that Amazon MP3 users can listen to their music library throughout their home on their music system sans wires.

Amazon Cloud Player has been available in Europe since September 2012, when it arrived in the UK, France and Germany simultaneously. Thus far, it’s been accessible on the Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Android smartphones, iOS, Mac and PC. And given that AutoRip arrived in the UK earlier this year too, users there can buy a CD or record from Amazon.co.uk and listen to it through their home