 "Kevin Hart announces he's been selected to host Academy Awards 2019: It's time to rise to the occasion")
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Kevin Hart. Twitter/@TheAcademy[/caption] Hart took to Instagram to make the announcement, adding, “Now it’s time to rise to the occasion.” He will be hosting the Oscars for the first time.
The news was confirmed by The Academy, who tweeted:
Quoting Hart, The Academy also said that they were happy to have Hart on board.
Hart has earlier hosted the MTV Movie Awards along with his Central Intelligence co-star Dwayne Johnson, who is expected to join the comedian on live global broadcast, IndiWire states . Jimmy Kimmel congratulated Hart on Twitter, lauding the Academy’s choice.
Hart succeeds Kimmel, who hosted the last two editions of the Oscars. However, the ratings every year have declined, with it plummeting to a record low of 26.5 million viewer in 2018, said The Hollywood Reporter.