There was no host at the 2020 Oscars, but the show did get rolling with a couple of comedians riffing back and forth: Chris Rock and Steve Martin. Rock, who (along with Martin) had practiced some of his new material the night before the Comedy Store in Hollywood, declared the reason the Academy Awards didn’t have hosts anymore: “Twitter,” he said. Martin assured people that there would be no “Moonlight” mix-up again, because the academy had moved over to the Iowa Caucus app. Nothing.”AdvertisementA few jokes later, after Martin said seeing Brad Pitt was “like looking in a mirror,” Rock noticed Amazon’s Jeff Bezos in the audience. Jeff Bezos is so rich, he got divorced and he’s still the richest man in the world.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 10, 2020 01:52 UTC