American television host Jimmy Kimmel will host the awards ceremony again Oscar, Its 96th edition will be held on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (California, USA), the Hollywood Academy reported this Wednesday.
“I always dreamed of presenting the Oscars exactly four times” Kimmel said in a statement released by the organization, which presented the latest edition of the awards in March of this year.
His wife and ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ co-writer Molly McNearney will also return. He attended the premiere as executive producer of the ceremony, which was broadcast by the ABC network.
“We are thrilled to have Jimmy return to the Oscars as host and Molly as executive producer. They share our love of cinema and our commitment to producing dynamic and entertaining programming “For our global audience,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang jointly said.
Kimmel hosted the premiere in 2017 and 2018 Its return in 2023 coincided with an audience rebound for that awards broadcast, which recorded nearly 19 million viewers, according to data from audience analytics company Nielsen.
For the 96th Oscar ceremony Films like Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ are expected to monopolize most of the nominations.Works such as Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Moon Killers’ and Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ are also among the possible favorites.
The announcement of the films that passed the pre-vote (English shortlist) will be made on December 18. and from there, Academy members will have four weeks to announce which films, directors, actors, and actresses have been nominated on January 23.
After a month and a half, The 96th Oscars will be held on March 10It will precede the traditional Oscar luncheon (“Nominations Lunch”), scheduled for February 12.
The program will be broadcast live A B C D E in more than 200 regions worldwide.
Kimmel is one of the longest-serving talk show hosts in American television history. Her last job as Oscar host in 2023 earned her an Emmy nomination.