year there will be a host for the first time since 2018 in fact, three of them. kizzy cox has been looking at the three women who will be fronting the oscars telecast and seeing if they have what it takes to bring about a ratings miracle. kizzy: this year s academy awards ceremony will have three different hosts, all women amy schumer, regina hall and wanda sykes each hosting for one hour of the broadcast. all three women are pretty good on theirfeet, so to be a good oscar host, you have to pay attention, you have to be funny, you have to be respectful, because this is hollywood s biggest night to celebrate what we re supposed to be about. regina hall, an actress famous for her work in the scary movie franchise and the hit film girls trip, is an experienced host, having helmed the bet awards. ba da ba ba da ba ba da! i mean, am i right? amy schumer, a comedian known for her sketch comedy show inside amy schumer.
more from hollywood boulevard in our preview of the academy awards. applause tonight we are here to celebrate. the oscars tv ceremony is in trouble. last year, it recorded its lowest ratings ever. some said this was partly due to the fact that the ceremony didn t have a host, so this year there will be a host for the first time since 2018 in fact, three of them. kizzy cox has been looking at the three women who will be fronting the oscars telecast and seeing if they have what it takes to bring about a ratings miracle. kizzy: this year s academy awards ceremony will have three different hosts, all women amy schumer, regina hall and wanda sykes each hosting for one hour of the broadcast. all three women are pretty good on theirfeet, so to be a good oscar host, you have to pay attention, you have to be funny, you have to be respectful, because this is hollywood s biggest night to celebrate what we re supposed to be about. regina hall, an actress famous for her work in the scary movi
the babies in ukraine. lady gaga, who will be presenting an award on oscars night, told me she would like to see some sort of tribute to the people of ukraine at the academy awards. absolutely. i think that we all should be making sure that we keep ukraine in our hearts at every moment. we all have a real obligation right now. and when one of the oscars hosts, amy schumer, appeared on the drew barrymore show, she said she wanted president zelensky of ukraine to have a presence in some form at the oscars ceremony. i wanted to find a way to have zelensky like, you know, satellite in or make a tape or something, and just because it.just because so many eyes get.there s so many eyes on the oscars that. but, you know, i m not afraid to go there. but you know, it s not.. it s not me producing the oscars. the academy didn t respond to a request for information on what they re planning to do at the ceremony in relation to ukraine, if anything, but it needs to get its messaging right. the oscar
chalking, painful and inexcusable, joining me now and i know you have been covering this abizarre story as it develops, what else has smith been saying? yeah so i ll read you a little more of what smith said, he said the list of those i have hurt is long, includes chris, his family, many of my deer friends and loved one, all those in attendance and global audiences at home, i betrayed the trust of the academy and denied the winners the chance to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. i am heart broken. here a little more behind the scenes on oscars night. it s become one of the most controversial moments in oscars history. it wasn t just oscars viewers who thought the moment when smith slapped rock might have been staged, the man running the entire show, will packer, says in a new interview with good