Jimmy Kimmel Mocks De Niro, Robert Downey Jr.—and Katie Britt—in Oscars Opening
Jimmy Kimmel has never seemed uncomfortable hosting the Oscars, but he appeared more at ease than ever Sunday night during his fourth outing as master of ceremonies for Hollywood’s biggest night.
After a partial standing ovation, Kimmel kicked things off by celebrating Barbie, calling out all of the Academy members in the audience for snubbing Greta Gerwig, and telling Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling how hot they are. But he spent the rest of his opening monologue with tougher roast jokes about this year’s nominees.
“Christopher Nolan doesn’t have a smartphone,” Kimmel said of the Oppenheimer director. “He doesn’t use email and he writes his scripts on a computer with no internet connection, which is a powerful way of saying, ‘I will not allow my porn addiction to get in the way of my work.’”