Kevin Hart takes job nobody wanted, will host 2019 Oscars
For the past day or so, the film world has been freaking out over the Motion Picture Academy’s apparent inability to find someone—anyone—willing to host the 2019 Academy Awards. It was the sort of huge nightmare scenario that regularly devastates the film industry but is mostly meaningless to everyone else, especially since the impossible hunt for a suitable host has already come to an end. As it turns out, Kevin Hart is more than happy to host the Academy Awards, and he announced on Instagram (via Variety) that he’s actually taking the gig.