2023-11-16 15:00:27
He goes for a walk again. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will present the Oscars ceremony for the fourth time on March 10, the organizers of Hollywood’s most prestigious ceremonies announced on Wednesday.
“I always dreamed of presenting the Oscars four times straight,” joked in a press release the 56-year-old presenter, who hosts the American talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “. In a post published on Instagram, he also shared the news, humorously asking his subscribers “to keep this to (them), please”.
“One of the greatest Oscar hosts of all time”
The comedian is seen by the industry as a sure bet to present the 96th Academy Awards next spring. It was already on him that the organization had bet last March to ensure a consensual ceremony, a year after Will Smith’s slap against the host of the 2022 edition, Chris Rock. The audience then increased by 12%, an encouraging result for a television event which is trying to win back the public after hitting rock bottom during the pandemic.
“Jimmy has established himself as one of the greatest Oscar hosts of all time thanks to his perfect blend of humanity and humor,” praised the ceremony’s executive producers, Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. The host had already taken on the role in 2017 and 2018.
The Hollywood strike is on everyone’s minds
Jimmy Kimmel will this time have to deal with a Hollywood in full convalescence, after six months of paralysis due to a strike by screenwriters and actors. This double social movement, never seen since 1960, exposed the many tensions between the studios and the small hands of an industry disrupted by the advent of streaming and artificial intelligence.
The movement notably led to the postponement of the Emmy Awards, the television equivalent of the Oscars, for several months. Scheduled for September 18, they will finally take place on January 15.
After 118 days of strike, an agreement was reached on November 9 between SAG-AFTRA, the main union of actors and extras, and the production studios. It provides for a new three-year collective agreement for the actors, the value of which is “estimated at more than a billion dollars”.
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