The 95th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023, and will be broadcast globally.
The late night talk show host has taken the reins twice before - in 2017, when he managed the chaotic final moments in which the wrong best picture winner was called, and then 2018, just months into the #MeToo reckoning.
The 54-year-old is one of the longest-running talk show hosts in American television history after recently signing a three-year contract extension with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel (middle) dealt with the chaos in the 2017 ceremony when the wrong best-picture winner was called (Getty Images)
Speaking about fronting the Oscars for a third time, Kimmel said in a press statement: “Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap. Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after everyone good said no.”
Executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner said they were “thrilled” to have Kimmel onboard.
Adding: “We’re super thrilled to have Jimmy score his hat trick on this global stage. We know he will be funny and ready for anything!”
With this year’s ceremony still fresh in people’s minds, Kimmel will need his wits about him.
Academy Awards Oscar Best Ever Moments - In pictures
2022: Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California (AFP via Getty Images)
2019: Olivia Colman accepts the Actress in a Leading Role award for 'The Favourite' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards (Getty Images)
2017: the cast of 'La La Land' mistakenly awarded the Oscar for Best Picture from presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty during the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood (EPA)
2013: It’s surely every nominee’s nightmare; when the biggest night of your life and a moment you have dreamed of since stage school goes spectacularly wrong. And one can only imagine what Jennifer Lawrence, in full Dior finery and in front of a hundreds of millions audience, must have been feeling as she tripped on the stairs on her way to receiving the Best Actress award. To her absolute credit, J.Law handled a pretty serious Oscar malfunction with impressive grace and dignity. She had a brief second seen here with her head in her hands, picked herself up and continued to the stage to remark in a masterful understatement and to a sympathetic standing ovation “…that was really embarrassing.” Commentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive (Getty Images)
2014: The the famous celebrity selfie featuring Lupita Nyong'o, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper and Kevin Spacey It was by all accounts Ellen going slightly off script as she organised a snap of her and her Oscar pals at the 2014 ceremony. Huddled in close, it must have been Bradley Cooper’s nose for a good picture and some innate photographic timing that bagged him the textbook selfie: fun but not contrived? Check. Everyone smiling and in the moment? Check. No blinking? Check. All pretty much in focus? Check. Everyone in shot a bona fide A-lister? Of course, check. Break the internet? Definitely check. Ellen’s selfie would become one of Twitter’s biggest hits everCommentary by Bob Ahern, Director of Getty Images Archive (Ellen DeGeneres)
2019: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform
2019: Rami Malek takes a fall during the 91st Annual Academy Awards (Getty Images)
2018: Jennifer Lawerence climbs over seats (Getty Images)
2018: Emma Watson's tattoo (Reuters)
2018: Helen Mirren on a Jetski (Reuters)
2018: Frances McDormand accepts Best Actress for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (Getty Images)
Will Smith sent shockwaves around the world when he stormed on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face for making an insensitive joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
He also repeatedly swore at Rock, telling him to keep his “wife’s name out of his f*****g mouth”.
Shortly after, Smith was named best actor for his role in King Richard.
While Smith was allowed to keep his gong, he has been banned from attending the Oscars or any other event held by the Academy for 10 years.
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