Emmy Award Winner and late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the fourth time at the 2024 Oscars on March 10. 

A Star Comedian Takes the Stage Again

After being given the honor, Kimmel said, “I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times.” Kimmel is a television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is a 56-year-old from Brooklyn, New York, is married to Molly McNearney, executive producer of the Oscars for the second year in a row, and has two kids. Jimmy Kimmel hosted multiple TV shows before getting his own talk show called Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show began in 2003 and has 21 seasons. Kimmel invites guests like other comedians, actors, singers, and more, whom people would want to see interviewed. 

Nominations

During the 95th ceremony of the Oscars last year, Kimmel was awarded a nomination at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Specials (Live). Also, Kimmel was given an additional nomination for his late-night show in the Talk Series category. This rounds out his career nomination to twenty.

Some of the nominees for the Oscars are American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Origin, Past Lives, and Poor Things for Best Picture. For Actor in a Leading Role, the nominees are Bradley Cooper from Maestro, Leonardo DiCaprio from Killers of the Flower Moon, Colman Domingo from Rustin, Cillian Murphy from Oppenheimer, and Jeffrey Wright from American Fiction. For the Animated Feature, the nominees are The Boy and the Heron, Elemental, Nimona, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Wish. For Original Song, the nominees are Barbie’s “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Flamin’ Hot’s “The Fire Inside” by Diane Warren, Origin’s “I Am” by Stan Walker, Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder, and Te Kanapu Anasta, Trolls Band Together’s “Better Place” by Justin Timberlake, Karl Schuster, and Amy Allen, and Disney Wish’s “This Wish” by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Riceish.