82nd Oscars Telecast Director Chosen?

Nikki Finke reports that there are rumors of a perhaps maybe director. Lou Horvitz is not doing this year due to other commitments so director is up for grabs:

I’m hearing that British director Hamish Hamilton may¬†be hired by Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman¬†to direct the 82nd Academy Awards. Hamilton¬†has a string of TV direction credits a mile long, including the MTV Video Music Awards (2009 & 2007), Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (2009), Be the Change Inaugural Ball (2009), Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (2008 & 2007), MTV Europe Music Awards (2008 & 2007), Josh Groban: Awake Live (2008), Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics – Live and Down Under (2008), etc.

Younging it up?