Chris Rock is the top contender to host the 88th Academy Awards. The comedian is in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to oversee the February 28 ceremony. If the deal is closed, 2016 would mark Rock's first Oscars hosting stint since 2005. Next year's Hollywood gala is being produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin. Hudlin previously worked with Rock on his Everybody Hates Chris pilot. Rock's hiring would vary from Hill and Hudlin's prior hint that they were eying a duo as their ideal hosts.
