The Academy Awards will be without a host for the first time in three decades after preferred choice Kevin Hart stepped down amid a row over homophobic tweets. Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment, the network which broadcasts the Oscars, said the February 24 ceremony would “just have presenters”. Speaking at an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Burke said the confusion surrounding the hosting gig had increased interest in the big night. There will be no Oscars host this year (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)She said: “Ironically, I have found that the lack of clarity around the Oscars has kept them in the conversation. Even before Hart pulled out, the hosting job had been branded “the worst job in town” by influential trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter.

Source: Irish Examiner February 06, 2019 01:52 UTC