Ultimate hosting test for Kimmel. Comedian and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will preside over the Oscars for the first time, and critics will be watching to see how he pulls it off in front of a television audience of tens of millions. Kimmel, 49, faces the stiff challenge of keeping the more than three-hour show—usually the most-watched non-sports telecast in the United States— upbeat in a year where no major surprises are expected and where the Oscars So White controversy seems to be a thing of the past. 'I've come to terms with the fact that someone is going to be disappointed in me at the end,' the emcee, who recently hosted the Emmys, told The New York Times in an interview published this week. 'I just don't know who it will be yet.' | AFP