While Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host the Academy Award this year, it took a bit of convincing to get him on board.
A brand new promo for the awards ceremony jokingly shows the late night host venting about last year’s chaos, after stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced La La Land as Best Picture instead of real winner Moonlight.
‘You know, I dream about it every night,’ the star confided to his therapist, who was later revealed to be none other than Beatty himself.
Worries on his mind: Jimmy Kimmel vents about the chaos surrounding last year’s Best Picture debacle at the Oscars in a new promo for this year’s ceremony
I’m listening: The late night host confides to Warren Beatty about last year, where the Bonnie And Clyde actor and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced La La Land as the Best Picture winner instead of actual Best Picture Moonlight
Flashbacks of the 2017 ceremony whirred past.
‘I can’t even open the mail,’ he continued, ‘Because of envelopes.’
Then he accosts a barista for writing the wrong name on his coffee, berating him saying: ‘You gotta get the name right!’
‘I tried to put it behind me,’ he explained while torching his tuxedo on a barbecue grill.
Nightmarish: ‘You know, I dream about it every night,’ the star said
Phobia: ‘I can’t even open the mail,’ he continued, ‘Because of envelopes’
Cranky: Then he accosts a barista for writing the wrong name on his coffee
Name game! He berates the poor coffee employee, saying: ‘You gotta get the name right!’
‘I feel like I’m losing me mind,’ Jimmy griped.
‘And the worst part is they want me to do it again. So, what do I do?’
The camera pans out to reveal a patiently listening Warren Beatty reluctantly playing the part of therapist.
Appearing at his wit’s end, the actor then yells at Jimmy, telling him: ‘I don’t care what you do just get out of my house!’
Scorched Earth: ‘I tried to put it behind me,’ he explained while torching his tuxedo on a barbecue grill
In flames: ‘I feel like I’m losing me mind,’ Jimmy griped
A dilemma: ‘And the worst part is they want me to do it again. So, what do I do?’
Unwelcome guest: The camera pans out to a patiently listening Warren Beatty who’s at his wits end and yells at Jimmy, ‘I don’t care what you do just get out of my house!’
Rather than let it ruffle his feathers, Kimmel shrugged things off and hopped from the recliner.
This morning the nominations for the premier awards event were announced.
Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape Of Water leads the pack with 13 nods while Dunkirk got eight nominations and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received seven.
The 90th Academy Awards will take place March 4 at The Dolby Theater in Hollywood and will air on ABC.
A night to remember! The 90th Academy Awards will take place March 4 at The Dolby Theater in Hollywood and will air on ABC