Comedian Kevin Hart to host 2019 Academy Awards

Comedian Kevin Hart will host the next Academy Awards ceremony in February 2019, the "Ride Along" actor said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

"I am so happy to say that the day has finally come for me to host the Oscars," Hart wrote. The Academy Awards are the film industry's highest honors.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Sandra Maler )

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