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In a poll conducted ongoldderby.com, respondents settled on Tiffany Haddish with Dwayne Johnson as a runner-up.
Id get canceled halfway through, henot-quite joked.
Whoever takes the mantle from 20172018 host Jimmy Kimmel will have their work cut out for them.
Being the host of the show is a pincushion job.
asks a top former Academy executive who previously oversaw a number of Oscars broadcasts.
Letterman, host of the 1995 Academy Awards, set whatThe Atlanticdescribed as the gold standard for Oscar bombing.
TheLate Nighthost kicked off the 67th Oscars with a bit about celebrities with unusual names Oprah?
Letterman nowcallsthat choice the single biggest professional embarrassment of my life.
Someone who can control a room.
And a stand-up comic is probably best qualified to do that.
Control a room and relate to people in the theater.
Somebodys got to freshen the audience in the theater.
But now the online grid is reportedly under mounting pressure by its corporate parent Disney to justify that investment.
The upshot: At the time, it was the highest-rated Academy Awards broadcast in five years.
However, Mechanic admits the two werent his first choice.
I wanted two people to change the rhythms.
But I wanted a man and a woman hosting because I thought the differences would freshen everything up.
But I couldnt get anyone I wanted in the female comedian ranks, says the producer.
Youre live, Mechanic says.
Thats an ingredient of doing the show.
The best thing that can happen to you is not somethinggoodbut somethingunexpected.
Because the show is too predictable right now.
