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Kevin Hart is officially set to host the 91st Academy Awards ceremony. The star and comedian is emceeing the event for the first time, saying, "now it's time to rise to the occasion."

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00:00The 91st Academy Awards has found its host in Kevin Hart.

00:03The comedian and first-time Oscars host took to Instagram on Tuesday to write,

00:07"...for years I have been asked if I would ever host the Oscars and my answer was always the same.

00:12I said that it would be the opportunity of a lifetime for me as a comedian and that it will

00:15happen when it's supposed to. I will be sure to make this year's Oscars a special one.

00:20I appreciate the Academy for the opportunity. Now it's time to rise to the occasion."

00:24The last two Oscars shows were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel as the ceremony is seen in decline in

00:28viewership with a record low 26.5 million viewers tuning in for last March's broadcast.

00:33The Academy has promised the broadcast will not run over three hours and has implemented one change

00:38already. Not all of the awards in the 24 Oscars categories will be revealed live. Instead,

00:43six to eight categories will be announced during commercial breaks and edited excerpts from the

00:47acceptances will be aired later in the broadcast. For his part, Hart previously hosted the MTV Movie

00:52Awards along with his Central Intelligence co-star Dwayne Johnson. He has been vocal about his desire

00:58to host the Oscars since at least 2015 when he appeared on Kelly and Michael, now Kelly and Ryan, saying,

01:03"...That would be an amazing accomplishment. Right now, within what I've done and the progress

01:10that I've made in my career, that's definitely the next major step I feel for a comedian,

01:15to say that you've hosted the Oscars." The Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 24th on ABC.

01:21To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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