Author: Rebecca Alter / Source: Vulture
Since Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the Oscars approximately eight hundred years ago, keeping up with the Academy’s endless tweaks and reversals around this year’s ceremony has been a full-time job.
For those who still don’t know what to expect after the last red carpet interview this Sunday, we’ve compiled a list of the latest in the Academy’s announcements. Bear in mind that, this year more than ever, these facts are subject to change.1. There won’t be a host.
After leaving us speculating about who would host the 2019 Oscars well past Thanksgiving, the Academy announced Kevin Hart as their host in early December. After Hart’s homophobic tweets from 2009 to 2011 drew negative attention to the Academy’s choice of host, Hart refused to apologize and instead stepped down from the position. Rather than find a replacement, the Oscars announced they’d go hostless for the second time in the ceremony’s history. On February 20, rumors circulated that Whoopi Goldberg might be a secret host, but ABC has denied the story.
2. There will be musical numbers.
From all five nominees! Plus, at least one extra. After initially announcing that they would only stage two of the five nominated songs at the ceremony, the Academy bowed to criticism and announced that all five will perform. These are:
• Bette Midler performing “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns.
• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (not Jackson Maine!) performing “Shallow” from A Star Is Born.
• Jennifer Hudson singing “I’ll Fight” from RBG.
• Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (sorry, Tim Blake Nelson-Heads) dueting on “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
• An as-yet-unannounced performer — maybe or maybe not original performers Kendrick Lamar and SZA — singing “All…
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