the most important and glittery awards show that celebrates excellence in film.
Im not sure what controversy youre referring to, he deadpans.
Did something happen last year?
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If it did, I wasnt made aware of it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you top last years host?JIMMY KIMMEL:I wouldnt dare even try.
The guy is all razzle-dazzle.
You go into this years Oscars as a slightly different host than you were heading into last years.
I have a very fat monologue right now, and I need to pare it down.
So Ill probably just have a couple of hits on a lot of different things.
Last year, you invited us to reach out across the aisle and have a positive conversation.
What will you invite us to do this year?Umm, just stop hitting each other.
It was from 1 to 2:30 a.m., and I was beside myself.
I didnt know what to do.
I almost drove to a coffee shop.
If I wasnt in my underpants, I would have went right to a coffee shop.
Although I refuse to follow him.
I just have a direct link that I go to, over and over again.
But it probably is my most-visited site.
The #MeToo movement has been the most important story in Hollywood over the last year.
We saw Seth Meyers call himself the first astronaut shot into space when he hosted the Golden Globes.
How do you plan to address it?I will not ignore it.
One thing I do is read the room.
All of that stuff will get its time on the show, for sure.
How elastic will this ceremony be?
Youre such a fan of spontaneity and screw-ups.
Its not going to disappoint me.
When you look out at the audience, you have friends.
You have interviewed many of the nominees.
I feel like a maitre d at a very fancy restaurant.
Which race intrigues you the most?
Do you have a rooting intAsian.
Are there any that you are following closely?I guess Best Picture is the most interesting one.
People handicap this stuff like getting ready for the Super Bowl.
And then you start to believe this stuff.
And then I start thinking, Theres some pretty good odds onGet Out.
Maybe I should be putting some money down on this thing.
You know, Im from Las Vegas.
Thats my first inclination when I hear something.
Youre the referee here.
You want to be impartial.Yeah, weve had enough problems with the envelope.
Will you give Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty a chance at redemption?[Laughs].
Well, Faye and Warren didnt do anything wrong.
They were handed an envelope and they read what was on it.
So I challenge that notion, just to start with.
Guillermo will be on the red carpet interviewing people as they come through and probably getting them drunk.
So, in a way, he warms up the crowd for me as well.
The Shape of Wateris a big favorite this year.
I love Del Toro, but my Guillermo is numero uno.
I mean, I dont think its very easy.
But the challenge always is that its difficult to make jokes that reference movies people havent seen.
But your recovery off that joke was good.I dont remember what it was.
You said, You havent seen the movie, have you?Oh, yeah, yeah.
Because also, I saw three people laughing at it, so I knew it was funny.
You know how that goes.
Sometimes people see names that seem like theyre Academy Award-worthy, so they just check that box.
Last year, you brought in some tourists to the theater, and you had celebrities read Mean Tweets.
There will be some recurring stuff.
Im very conscious of not, you know, beating stuff to death.
On that note, is this good news for MattWith that said, Ive done 25,000 Matt Damon jokes.
Probably multiple groups of people who are mad.
And theres nothing I can do about that, short of destroying the internet.
Maybe net neutrality or the lack of will solve that problem for us in the future.
I look forward to the net neutrality part of your monologue.Thats right.
The biggest thing that will actually affect all of us, we dont even fing know what it is.
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