After three years with out a host, the Oscars are making up for misplaced time with three hosts for this 12 months’s awards: Amy Schumer, Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes are set to host the 94th Academy Awards, producer Will Packer mentioned Tuesday.
Stories say that every actor might be answerable for one hour of the three-hour broadcast, airing dwell on ABC (and CTV in Canada) on March 27.
“This 12 months’s present is all about uniting film lovers,” Packer mentioned in a press release. “It’s apropos that we’ve lined up three of probably the most dynamic, hilarious girls with very totally different comedic types.”
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Packer has labored with Corridor a number of instances because the producer of movies like Ladies Journey, Assume Like a Man and Little.
The present is hoping to rebound from the dismal viewership of final 12 months’s broadcast, which was each an all-time low and the norm for pandemic-era awards reveals.
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Along with bringing again starry hosts and bumping the very best image nominees to a set ten, the Academy can be hoping to spike curiosity by means of social media voting for a “fan favorite” film that might be introduced through the present, in addition to an opportunity to win a visit to Los Angeles for the ceremony.
“We’re invigorated by Will’s imaginative and prescient for this 12 months’s Oscars: celebrating film lovers alongside moviemakers and spotlighting fan favourites that show how cinema can unite us all,” mentioned Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Daybreak Hudson in a press release.
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It’s the primary time internet hosting for all three girls and the primary time in 35 years since there was this many hosts for one broadcast.
Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals and ABC Leisure, added that they’re “thrilled to have them on the helm to ship an unimaginable present stuffed with unforgettable moments and laughter.”
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