Jimmy Kimmel says his partnership with his wife and producer Molly McNearney is what makes it possible for him to host the Oscars for the fourth time with confidence.
George PennacchioJimmy Kimmel says his partnership with his wife and producer Molly McNearney is what makes it possible for him to host the Oscars for the fourth time with confidence.Jimmy Kimmel and his team of writers and producers have been preparing for Oscar Sunday for months now.
He's excited to take the stage - and apparently, he has a lot to say, starting with his monologue. "I am going to do a full 90 minutes this year," joked Kimmel. "That's why we're starting an hour early this year, because I'm going to go really, really well. It's gonna be like a Netflix special." He's prepping for his fourth time as the Oscar host. This time he feels a bit more at ease. Jimmy gives special credit to his wife, Molly McNearney, who is one of the executive producers of his nightly talk show as well as the Oscars telecast. "If it wasn't for Molly I wouldn't be doing it for sure," said Kimmel. "It just makes it a whole different deal knowing you have somebody who doesn't even have to ask you what your opinion is. She knows what it is. And even if it isn't my opinion, she will inform me that it is. It's just like a shortcut and a bodyguard and also like, you know, a great comedy partner all in one." Jimmy Kimmel has spent months preparing to host the Oscars the fourth time even as he hosts his daily talk show. In the year of "Barbenheimer," Jimmy sees plenty of potential for comedy. "There's some very heavy movies for sure. But then we also have 'Barbie'... So I like to focus on the positive.""I mean, Kate McKinnon was just unbelievably funny from beginning to the end of that shoot. And then America Ferrera came in and she was - I mean, the way she delivered that speech, I felt like she was speaking for me about the challenges of being an Oscar host," said Kimmel. "And then Ryan Gosling shows up and just killed it at the end." DON'T MISS the 2024 Oscars live Sunday on ABC! Red carpet coverage starts at 1 p.m. ET | 10 a.m. PT with"Countdown to Oscars: On The Red Carpet Live." At 4 p.m. ET | 1 p.m. PT, live coverage continues with"On The Red Carpet at the Oscars," hosted by George Pennacchio with Roshumba Williams, Leslie Lopez and Rachel Brown. The 96th Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins at 7 p.m. ET | 4 p.m. PT, an hour earlier than past years, followed by an all-new episode of"Abbott Elementary."
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