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Surprise! Ellen DeGeneres is the Best Oscars Host in a Decade

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From some fun audience banter to a wacky Pharrell number featuring a shimmying Meryl Streep, the 2014 Academy Awards was—gasp!—pretty damn fun.

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Ladies and gentlemen: I’m shocked—shocked!—to inform you that the ’14 Oscars were actually quite good. In fact, they were better than good. They were excellent, and the best they’ve been in a decade, since the last time (a chipper) Billy Crystal served as master of ceremonies.

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