Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short will compete ... appear on stage at the Oscars again - at least not as the host. Hosting the Oscars is “a lot of work and a thankless task” In an ...

have hosted the Oscars, and Billy Crystal has overseen the show nine times. Jimmy Kimmel has hosted four times, and Steve Martin has done it three times. If you're wondering who has been the host ...

Steve Martin (2001 and 2003 solo ... It's impossible not to rank Hope high on any list of Oscar hosts, as he emceed solo or with others literally half the ceremonies (19) between 1940 and 1978.