Oscar Watch: Odds Are Not With Neil Patrick Harris

Hugh Jackman's out. Ricky Gervais's taken. Neil Patrick Harris' moving up the Academy Awards' invite list. Not so fast on that last one. On Friday, we asked Las Vegas' own Oscar handicapper Johnny Avello for his take on who'll be the award show's next host. Avello, director of sports race and sports operations for the Wynn and Encore hotels, kindly complied with a hot-off-the-presses line. When we first took a look, we were surprised. And not because the favorite of favorites is a dark horse. Because it—or rather, he—isn't. At all. Let's just say if Avello's right, your next Oscars telecast is going to be a blast from the past. And not a blast...

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