MTV Vet to Direct Oscar Telecast AP

Hamish Hamilton, best known for directing the MTV Video Music Awards and TV specials for Neil Diamond, U2 and Stevie Wonder, has been tapped to direct the March 7, 2010, telecast of the 82nd Academy Awards, reports Associated Press.

This will be Hamilton's first crack at the Oscars, and comes just a month after he's scheduled to direct the Super Bowl halftime show in Miami.

-- Allison J. Waldman