HOSTING the Oscars like comic icons Bob Hope and Billy Crystal did many times was once a sign of reaching the top of the showbiz ladder, but now it's turned into a loser, with the once-coveted gig being shunned like leprosy.
Incredibly, talk star Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted Hollywood's glitzy awards night four times, and fellow funnyman John Mulaney, formerly from Saturday Night Live, recently told the Motion Picture Academy no when asked to do the job next year.
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