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Oscars Still In Panic Mode, But Ousted Host Kevin Hart Is Doing Just Fine

John Bickley

We’re less than two months out from the 91st Academy Awards ceremony, and the Academy still hasn’t announced a replacement host for comedian Kevin Hart.

The Hollywood Reporter sounded the alarm Wednesday: “Sources within the Academy’s 300-person staff and 54-person board of governors have told The Hollywood Reporter that they have no idea how things are progressing, but they are growing concerned as Hollywood’s biggest night rapidly approaches. Indeed, not since Jon Stewart was announced as the host of the 78th Oscars on Jan. 5, 2006, and only once before that in the 21st century, when Whoopi Goldberg was announced as the host of the 74th on Jan. 7, 2002, has the search for a host extended into the calendar year of the show itself.”

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