The Oscars are going without a host again this year.

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Last yearB次元官网网址檚 ceremony attracted 29.6 million viewers, the second smallest in Oscars history but 12% more than in 2018, which ended a four-year slide in viewership. Comedian Kevin Hart was originally announced as host, but he when some anti-gay tweets he posted a decade ago resurfaced.

ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences agreed to go hostless for a second straight year.

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Nominations will be announced on Monday.

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Beth Harris, The Associated Press

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