For the second year in a row, the Oscars will not have a host.
According to ABC entertainment president Karey Burke, there will be "no traditional host again" when the 2020 Academy Awards take place on February 9.
"We expect that we're going to have a very commercial set of nominations and a lot of incredible elements have come together that make us think we are going to have a very entertaining show again," she said during the Television Critics Association press tour.
Burke added that the ceremony will have "huge entertainment values, big musical numbers, comedy and star power".
Last year, comedian and actor Kevin Hart was due to host the awards, but after some offensive old jokes and tweets resurfaced, he decided to step down following a backlash.
Instead, the 2019 Oscars opened with a performance from Queen and Adam Lambert, and ratings for the show actually improved on the previous year by 11% with almost 30 million viewers tuning in.
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So, no wonder ABC and the Academy are happy to go without a host once again.
This year's Oscar nominations will be announced next Monday (January 13) with 1917, The Irishman, Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story expected to be big contenders.
The trophies will be handed out to the winners on Sunday, February 9 from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Adam Silverstein is a freelance sub-editor and writer at Digital Spy, and he specialises in music, TV and movies.
