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In recent years, the Academy Awards have gone with three hosts new to the job.They've gone with zero hosts.But in 2023, just one will be on hand, and it's a veteran: Jimmy Kimmel.The late-night star, who has emceed the ceremony twice before, will be the sole host of the 95th Oscars when they air March 12 on ABC, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.

Tracie knows the power of words, Amy Poehler said of American Library Association Executive Director and TIME100 Icon Tracie D. Hall, when she introduced Hall at the 2023 TIME100 Gala on April 26.When I met her, and when I asked her what her favorite word was, she answered quickly: Abracadabra.How fitting for someone who believes in the magic of encouraging children to read, and providing more books for the incarcerated.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up for their first-ever joint live tour this spring.Their "Restless Leg Tour" kicks off with four shows at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC in late April.They'll then visit Rosemont and Chicago in May, and Boston and Atlantic City in June.See the full itinerary below.

Paul Rudd is a funny guy and a cool dad.The 53-year-old actor (though you'd never guess by looking at him) is a gifted comedian, so it made sense when Marvel Studios cast him as Ant-Man - one of the more inherently silly superheroes from the comics - nearly a decade ago.The 2015 Ant-Man was a comedy as much as it was a heist-flavored superhero movie, and the 2018 sequel might have been even funnier.

The lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center returns on Wednesday to commence a 90-year tradition in Midtown Manhattan.The tree, an 82-foot-tall, 50-foot-wide Norway spruce, arrived in New York City on Nov. 12 after making a 200-mile trek from Queensbury in upstate New York.On Wednesday night, a 900-pound star with three million Swarovski crystals will be placed on the spruce's top and over 50,000 multicolored LED lights will flash on for the first time.