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Steve Martin and Chris Rock deliver an opening monologue at the 2020 Academy Awards
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Steve Martin and Chris Rock deliver an opening monologue at the 2020 Academy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 9, 2020February 9, 2020

If you’ve hosted the Oscars before, and you’re standing onstage again at the beginning of the awards show, but not considered the host, then what …

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 2021 Golden Globes, after “not” hosting the 2019 Oscars
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 2021 Golden Globes, after “not” hosting the 2019 Oscars

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 14, 2020January 14, 2020

NBC wasted little time trying to make us forget about last week’s Golden Globes by letting us know already that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler …

Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?
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Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

I don’t pretend to know what’s in Kevin Hart’s heart or going through his head. The comedy star just threw a “Cowboys and Indians” party …

Kevin Hart will host the 2019 Oscars
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Kevin Hart will host the 2019 Oscars

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 4, 2018

The Academy Awards will have a brand-new host for 2019: Kevin Hart. Hart broke the news himself tonight via social media. “For years I have …

Academy Awards hoping to become more popular by adding Oscar category for “popular film”
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Academy Awards hoping to become more popular by adding Oscar category for “popular film”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2018August 8, 2018

It just got a little bit easier for a comedy to win a major Academy Award. No, the Oscars aren’t considering great comedies as potential …

The Lonely Island wrote an all-star song for the Oscars: “Why Not Me?”
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The Lonely Island wrote an all-star song for the Oscars: “Why Not Me?”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 6, 20182

If you thought the Academy Awards telecast already was too long and overbudget, just imagine if the 90th annual Oscars had followed through with this …

Highlights from the 2018 Academy Awards and Independent Spirit Awards
Movies / News

Highlights from the 2018 Academy Awards and Independent Spirit Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 5, 2018

The difference between independent and mainstream can sometimes be easy to see, as this weekend proved once again, with Saturday afternoon’s Independent Spirit Awards on …

Jimmy Kimmel’s very Jimmy Kimmel brand of the Academy Awards
Movies / TV

Jimmy Kimmel’s very Jimmy Kimmel brand of the Academy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 27, 2017February 27, 2017

Everyone’s talking about how the Oscars ended last night, but everything that came before that Best Picture mixup was very on brand for Jimmy Kimmel, …

Jimmy Kimmel to host 2017 Academy Awards live on ABC
Movies / News / TV

Jimmy Kimmel to host 2017 Academy Awards live on ABC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 5, 2016December 5, 2016

For years, Jimmy Kimmel has hosted a live edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars, cashing in on all of the Academy Award nominees …

2016 Oscars: Chris Rock’s opening monologue at the Academy Awards
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2016 Oscars: Chris Rock’s opening monologue at the Academy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 29, 2016

Chris Rock wasted no time addressing the #OscarsSoWhite talk from the moment he walked onstage to host the 2016 Academy Awards on Sunday night. Rock …

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