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Hey Oscars, Book John Mulaney for 2025 Now
He’s got resting awards-show face!
After Jo Koy’s disastrous turn as Golden Globes host in January, where he seemed to not care about a single movie he joked about, it shows why the Oscars usually go with someone who reveres Hollywood like Jimmy Kimmel. It’s hard not to see his 12-minute speech, which has 1.2 million views on YouTube only through word of mouth, as an audition, or, as he joked, “a strategic obligation.” That night, Mulaney combined a deep knowledge of film history, self-deprecation, some insider-y gossip, and moments of irreverence that are pointed but never too harsh. When celebrating Angela Bassett, one of the lifetime achievement-award winners that night, he used the fact that she was nominated for an Oscar for a Marvel movie as a point for how great she is: “That’s like getting a Pulitzer Prize for a Reddit comment.” Another impressive bit focused on how film editor Carol Littleton, another lifetime-achievement honoree, cut Kevin Costner out of The Big Chill despite director Lawrence Kasdan originally enjoying his performance.
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