Hear me out. I’m on record on the podcast liking last year’s hostless ceremony and wanting that to continue. However that was before I saw Hustlers. Now is a different time.
The Academy recently announced that the 2020 ceremony will be produced by Stephanie Allain (Hustle & Flow, Beyond the Lights) and Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star is Born) and of course the media started speculating about whether or not they’ll bring back a host. They haven’t divulged any of their plans yet but the usual lists of who should host have started appearing everywhere. And it’s the usual suspects (Ellen, Kimmel, The Rock). Sorry to these suggestions, we can do better than that...
My suggestion is Palmer for a myriad of very good reasons:
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She’s a gifted physical comedian, watch her running away at the hospital entrance after a mishap with a mark in Hustlers and you’ll know this to be true. Let’s make this the Oscar ceremony that has a couple of pratfalls
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If she can be funny and unadorned in a meme, imagine what she can do with more time on our TVs
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She hosts the 3rd hour of Good Morning America so she has the experience for the job
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She has released 2 studio albums so we can imagine a fantastic and well sung opening number
Who do you think should host the Oscars? Or should they remain hostless?