Here's what the emcee said during his monologue at the 95th Academy Awards.
“Five Irish actors are nominated tonight, which means the odds of another fight on stage just went way up,” he said.
He then listed off a slew of tough-guy characters played by actors seated near the front of the stage who would protect him “if you want to come up here and get jiggy with it.” He added: “We have no time for shenanigans. This is a celebration of everyone here.”— Called Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen “the Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood,” earning some warning groans from the crowd.
— “James Cameron is not here. You know a show is too long when even James Cameron can’t sit through it … Some of the critics are saying Jim Cameron isn’t here because he didn’t get a Best Director nomination. And while I find that very hard to believe about a man of such deep humility, he does have a point. I mean, how does the Academy not nominate the guy who directed— “Tom Cruise and James Cameron didn’t show up. The two guys who insisted we go to the theater didn’t go to the theater.
— “Only Walt Disney has been nominated for more Oscars than John Williams. He’s been nominated 53 times and won 5. Which is not great.”While Tom Cruise snubbed the Oscars by not attending the ceremony, producers did make him part of an opening skit, sort of, by intercutting Kimmel into Cruse’s jet inKimmel is hosting the Oscars for the third time, with the show airing live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
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