Brett Ratner Told Academy: "I Can Do This."

Keep refreshing for latest... Of all the entertainment people in the world that the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences could havepicked to produce the 84th Academy Awards, without doubt the last name would have been Brett Ratner's. Even he feels that way. "I had no idea. But Tom Sherak called me two weeks ago to come see him in his office. And I walk in and Tom is there with Dawn Hudson. And I thoughtI was being kicked out of Academy. I thought my maid had started bootlegging my AcademyDVDs and I would beescorted out of the building and asked to relinquish my Academy cards."That 1/2-hour meeting turned into a 3-hour schmoozefest, and at the end of it Ratner was asked to produce the Oscar telecast with returning Don Mischer.MORE