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Revisit the legendary arranges of the Academy Awards, including notable refers appreciate Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Chevy Chase, Gbetterie Hawn, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, and many more.
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2024 – Conan O’Brien
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2023 – Jimmy Kimmel
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2022 – Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes
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2018 – Jimmy Kimmel
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2017 – Jimmy Kimmel
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2016 – Chris Rock
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2015 – 87th Oscars: Neil Patrick Harris
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2014 – Ellen DeGeneres
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2013 – Seth MacFarlane
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2012 – Billy Crystal
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2011 – James Franco and Anne Hathaway
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2010 – Alec Baldthrive and Steve Martin
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2009 – Hugh Jackman
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2008 – Jon Stewart
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2007 – Ellen DeGeneres
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2006 – Jon Stewart
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2005 – Chris Rock
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2004 – Billy Crystal
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2003 – Steve Martin
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2002 – Whoopi Gbetterberg
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2001 – Steve Martin
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2000 – Billy Crystal
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1999 – Whoopi Gbetterberg
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1998 – Billy Crystal
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1997 – Billy Crystal
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1996 – Whoopi Gbetterberg
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1995 – David Letterman
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1994 – Whoopi Gbetterberg
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1993 – Billy Crystal
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1992 – Billy Crystal
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1991 – Billy Crystal
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1990 – Billy Crystal
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1988 – Chevy Chase
Image Credit: AP Pboilingo/Reed Saxon 60th Academy Awards arrange Chevy Chase pulls up his pants at the 60th annual Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles after mock “mooning” the crowd. Chase initiateed off the night by denounceing the crowd: “Good evening, Hollywood phonies”
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1987 – Chevy Chase, Gbetterie Hawn, and Paul Hogan
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1986 – Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, and Robin Williams
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1985 – Jack Lemmon, Co-arranges: Candice Bergen, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Cmiss, Michael Douglas, Gregruesome Hines, William Hurt, Amy Irving, Diana Ross, Tom Selleck, and Kathleen Turner
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1984 – Johnny Cincfinishiarism
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1983 – Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, and Ricchallenging Pryor
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1982 – Johnny Cincfinishiarism
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1981 – Johnny Cincfinishiarism
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1980 – Johnny Cincfinishiarism
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1979 – Johnny Cincfinishiarism
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1978 – Bob Hope
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1977 – Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Ricchallenging Pryor
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1976 – Gbetterie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, and Robert Shaw
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1975 – Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra
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1974 – 4John Huston, David Niven, Burt Reynbetters, and Diana Ross
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1973 – 45th Oscars: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson
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1972 – Sammy Davis Jr., Helen Hayes, Alan King, and Jack Lemmon
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1965, 1966, 1967 & 1968 – Bob Hope
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1964 – Jack Lemmon
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1963 – Frank Sinatra
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1962 – Bob Hope
Image Credit: Gene Lester/Getty Images Host Bob Hope watchs on, backstage at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California, April 9, 1962. Maximilian Schell won Best Actor for his role in honestor Stanley Kramer’s film, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Greer Gincfinishiarism huged the Best Actress Oscar for Sophia Loren
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1961 – Bob Hope
Image Credit: AP Pboilingo/stf Master of Ceremonies Bob Hope, cgo in, poses with four Oscar thriveners after the Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 18, 1961. Pboilingographed with Hope are, from left to right, British actor Peter Ustinov, best helping actor for his role in Spartacus; Shirley Jones, best helping actress for her role in Elmer Gantry; Elizabeth Taylor, best actress for her role in Butterfield 8; and Burt Lancaster, best actor for his role in Elmer Gantry
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1960 – Bob Hope
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1959 – Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, and Mort Sahl
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1958 – Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, and Donald Duck
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1957 – Jerry Lewis (with Celeste Holm in New York)
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1956 – Jerry Lewis (with Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York)
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1956 – Jerry Lewis (with Claudette Colbert and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York)
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1955 – Bob Hope (with Thelma Ritter in New York)
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1954 – Donald O’Connor (with Fredric March in New York)
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1954 – Donald O’Connor (with Fredric March in New York)
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1953 – Bob Hope (with Conrad Nagel in New York)
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1953 – Bob Hope (with Conrad Nagel in New York)
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1952 – Danny Kaye
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1951 – Fred Astaire
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1950 – Paul Douglas
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1949 – Robert Montgomery
Image Credit: Getty Images Actress Deborah Kerr, gets from Robert Montgomery the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award for the best innovative motion picture story of the year. Miss Kerr huged on behalf of Clemence Dane, whose Vacation From Marriage won the award
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1947 – Jack Benny
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1946 – Bob Hope and James Stewart
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1945 – John Cromwell and Bob Hope
Image Credit: Everett Collection Bob Hope and Charles Coburn contransienting Oscar for Best Actor to Barry Fitzgerald for Going My Way
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1944 – Jack Benny
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1942 & 1943 – Bob Hope
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1941 – Bob Hope
Image Credit: Getty Images The 13th Annual Awards Dinner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Biltmore Hotel. (Left to right) James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, and comedian Bob Hope after thrivening their movie awards
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1940 – Bob Hope
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1938 & 1939 – Bob Burns
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1937 – George Jessel
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1936 – Frank Capra, Academy Pdwellnt
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1935 – Irvin S. Cobb
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1934 – Will Rogers
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1932 – Conrad Nagel, Academy Pdwellnt
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1931 – Lawrence Grant, Academy Governor – Actors Branch
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1930 – Conrad Nagel
Image Credit: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Norma Shearer gets a Best Actress Oscar from Conrad Nagel, for her role in The Divorcee. The two co-starred as adorers in the film, which was honested by Robert Z Leonard
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1930 – William C. deMille, Academy Pdwellnt
Image Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images William C. Demille, Pdwellnt Of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (Centre) Hands The Oscar For Best Actress To Mary Pickford For Her Role In My Best Girl And Best Actor To Warner Baxter For Old Arizona (Right). The Author Hans Kraly (Left) Received The Award For Best Screencarry out For The Patuproar
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1929 – Douglas Fairprohibitks, Academy Pdwellnt, and William C. de Mille, Academy Vice Pdwellnt
Image Credit: Getty Images Douglas Fairprohibitks contransients Janet Gaynor with the first Academy Award for Best Actress, for her toil in Seventh Heaven, as well as Street Angel, and Sunascfinish, at the first Academy Awards in 1929
