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Academy says it’s not ready to let site make casting decisions for big night

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  1. 1950

    The beautiful 28-year-old brunet co-hosted music roundup "Hollywood on Television" for a whopping five hours a day, six days a week. "We were one of the only games in town," she has said of her show with DJ Al Jarvis. "It was like television college."

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  2. 1958

    White sported a wavy pageboy when she played newlywed Vicki Angel on "Date with the Angels." (Everett Collection) Back to slideshow navigation
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  3. 1965

    She adopted her signature bouffant and made guest appearances on "Password," hosted by husband Allen Ludden.

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  4. 1975

    White went blond as the scheming (and sexy -- costar Ed Asner called her "one hot mama") Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Her role as the "Happy Homemaker" won her an Emmy. (CBS Photo Archive / Getty) Back to slideshow navigation
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  5. 1985

    On the hit show, "The Golden Girls," she played naive Minnesotan Rose Nylund -- and won an Emmy. "I like Rose because she thought life was like a musical comedy," she has said. "It was going to have a happy ending no matter whatever happened."

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  6. 1982

    Blond bouffant, red lips, big smile -- at 60, the "Match Game" star embraced her look. (ABC Studios / Getty) Back to slideshow navigation
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  7. 1991

    White reprised her role of Rose Nylund on the short-lived spinoff, "The Golden Palace."

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  8. 1999

    Super-producer David E. Kelley cast her in horror flick "Lake Placid." "I was looking for the sweetest, most grandmotherly type, who in fact was vicious and had a gutter mouth," he told EW. "Betty certainly personified the former, and she had no problem embracing the latter." (Columbia Tristar / Courtesy Everett Collection) Back to slideshow navigation
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  9. 2010

    The now silver-haired star is hotter than ever with a hit viral Super Bowl ad, a hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," and a role in the upcoming series "Hot in Cleveland." "At my age, you shouldn't have all this good stuff," she modestly told Entertainment Weekly. "But honestly, how lucky can I get?"

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updated 5/12/2010 6:05:25 PM ET 2010-05-12T22:05:25

LOS ANGELES — Facebook fans brought Betty White to "Saturday Night Live," and now they've got their eyes on the Oscars.

A page on the social networking website, called Official Page for Getting Betty White to Host the Academy Awards, has collected more than 56,000 fans.

One commenter wrote that "Betty White would be one of the best hosts ever!!!!!"

But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says it isn't ready to let Facebook make casting decisions for film's biggest night.

Spokeswoman Leslie Unger says the academy plans to continue with its protocol of allowing the producers to select the host that will best serve the show they're trying to put together.

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