Jimmy Kimmel cannot get sufficient of the Oscars.
The ABC late-night veteran will return to host the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024, on the Dolby Theatre. It will likely be his fourth time emceeing the present, after taking up internet hosting duties final 12 months as effectively. Molly McNearney, Kimmel’s co-head author in addition to his spouse, will return for a second consecutive 12 months to function an government producer for the present.
“I at all times dreamed of internet hosting the Oscars precisely 4 occasions,” stated Kimmel within the Academy’s announcement.
Kimmel, who has led Jimmy Kimmel Stay since 2003, is not any stranger to internet hosting the Oscars in back-to-back years, having beforehand accomplished so in 2017 and 2018. His first time was infamously the 12 months of “envelopegate”, when La La Land was mistakenly introduced because the best-picture winner over Moonlight. On the 2023 present, Kimmel was largely praised for shepherding by a largely uneventful however entertaining present, a 12 months after the turmoil that was caused by the Will Smith and Chris Rock slap incident.
With the writers strike now lastly resolving, the Academy Awards can transfer ahead with its initially deliberate date of March 10, 2024. The present will likely be government produced by Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Hamish Hamilton.
“We’re thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as government producer for the Oscars. They share our love of films and our dedication to producing a dynamic and entertaining present for our world viewers,” stated the Academy’s Invoice Kramer and Janet Yang. “We’re deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly and their groups for his or her unimaginable creativity and partnership and for happening this experience with us once more.”
Kimmel joins a choose group of names who’ve hosted the Oscars 4 occasions, together with Jack Lemmon and Whoopi Goldberg. Bob Hope holds the report with a complete of 19 appearances and Billy Crystal follows with 9.
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