LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 96th Academy Awards, marking his fourth turn leading the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
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Kimmel also hosted the ceremony earlier this year, and he hosted in 2017 and 2018.
He will join Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon as four-time Oscar hosts, and he’ll be one behind Johnny Carson, who hosted five of the events.
“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” Kimmel joked in a statement released by the Academy.
Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a joint statement they are “thrilled” to have Kimmel returning as host and Molly McNearney returning…
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