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Jimmy Kimmel and John Mulaney turn down Oscars host role

Mulaney had been tipped as a successor after his supporting turn this year, when Kimmel presented the awards show for a fourth time

Mulaney had been tipped by many, after praise for his stint as a presenter in the March ceremony, in which he delivered an extended riff on the Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams. Speaking to Variety in June, Academy CEO Bill Kramer appeared to tip him for the job, saying: “We are lucky to have Jimmy [Kimmel], who helped create one of the best Oscars last year. Key awards contenders this year look set to include sequels to Gladiator and Joker, as well as Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, papal drama Conclave, Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical The End, Nightbitch with Amy Adams, Luca Guadgnino’s Queer starring Daniel Craig and Pablo Larraín’s Maria, with Angelina Jolie.

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