Jimmy Kimmel hosting the 2018 Oscars.
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The Academy Awards are returning to a simpler time. A time when the biggest drama at the awards show wasn’t a slap heard around the world but an awkward mix-up that saw La La Land accidentally crowned Best Picture over eventual winner Moonlight. That is to say, Jimmy Kimmel, who presided over that confusing 2017 ceremony and the subsequent (though far less memorable) one, will return to host next year’s 95th Oscars. “Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap,” Kimmel said in a statement. “Either way, I am grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after everyone good said no.” The ceremony…