Oscar producers announced, no host yet for 2017

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday named two first-timers as producers of next year's Academy Awards show, the first step in getting the ceremony's planning under way and choosing a host. Hollywood movie and television producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will produce the Feb. 26, 2017, show that will be broadcast around the world, the Academy said in a statement. It will be the first time that De Luca, a producer on movies including "The Social Network" and "Fifty Shades of Grey," and Todd, whose credits include the "Austin Powers" comedy spy franchise, have produced the Oscars ceremony, where the highest honors in the film industry are handed out.