by Alex Billington
February 13, 2024
Source: YouTube
"To the Oscars, man!" The 2024 Academy Awards are coming up in one month from now, the end of the 2023 awards season. The Academy hosted their annual Oscar Luncheon featuring all the nominees together for a photo and plenty of chit chat. To begin the countdown, The Academy and ABC have also released a fun promo video featuring host Jimmy Kimmel and some special guests. It's an impressive riff on Barbie, as Jimmy "Ken" Kimmel meets up with Weird Barbie, played by Kate McKinnon reprising her role, and goes off on a voyage to get safely to "OscarsLand". Along the way they recap the Best Picture noms β American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest β and they also encounter Bella Baxter (+ Godwin), America Ferrera, and Ryan Gosling in a Kenough sweater. This has to be one of the best Oscar promo videos in years, they actually get in some solid jokes and it's not too cheesy or dumb. Nice work! More of this humor, please.
Posted directly on Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube. Here's the start of America Ferrera's great speech: "It's literally impossible to host the Oscars. You have to be extraordinary, but somehow you're always doing it wrong… Like β you to make fun of people, but you can't make too much of people. And you have to give everybody enough time, but you can't go long… And you are the center of attention, but almost nobody cares you there…" Ha ha. Sounds about right! It is pretty hard to host the Oscars! And everyone will criticize you and if goes well, no one will say much. Here is ABC's official intro: "Jimmy is getting ready to host the Oscars for the fourth time. Heβs a little lost but thankfully Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling & Helen Mirren help him get back to OscarsLand." The 2024 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on the evening of March 10th starting one hour earlier at 7ET/4PT on ABC. Review the nominees right here. Stay tuned over the next month for the final weeks of Oscar buzz before all the 2023 winners are announced.