The Oscars will feature
Jimmy Kimmel
as host at their next award ceremony, thus recovering the figure of the presenter,
absent since 2018
.
"
Jimmy
is the perfect host for our
95th installment
. His love of movies, his live television expertise, and his ability to connect with global audiences will create an unforgettable experience for our millions of viewers around the world," the Academy said. Hollywood in making the announcement on Monday.
It will be the third time that this famous face of the small screen in the United States is in charge of printing rhythm and continuity to the awards
after having assumed that task in 2017 and 2018
, which was the last time that these awards had a presenter .
"It is a great honor or a trap. Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after all the good ones said no,"
Kimmel
joked in statements collected in the press release.
Comedian, actor, presenter and screenwriter,
Kimmel
(Brooklyn, 1967) has made his name above all as host and executive producer of the ABC night show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
, which has made him a constant among
Emmy Award
nominees .
His work at the head of the two previous Oscar ceremonies in which he served as host
earned him two nominations for these awards
.
It was in 2019 when the Hollywood Academy dispensed with a presenter after actor
Kevin Hart
resigned from the position due to controversy over
old messages with homophobic content
published on Twitter between 2009 and 2011.
A substitute was sought without success and it was finally decided that this ceremony would be the first since 1989 without this figure, something that was repeated in 2020 and 2021, which
was the least followed edition on television in its history
.
The next Oscars ceremony is scheduled to be held on March 27 at the
Dolby Theater in Los Angeles
(USA), while the nominees will be announced on February 8.
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