Jimmy Kimmel To Host Academy Awards

By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Mon, 12/05/2016 - 11:05am

NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscars finally have a host: Jimmy Kimmel will emcee the 89th Academy Awards. Kimmel will be hosting the show for the first time, the Academy of Motion Pictures said Monday. In September, he hosted the Emmy Awards for the second time. The selection of Kimmel gives ABC, home of the Oscars telecast, the choice the network had sought.

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