We’re just over twenty-four hours before the Academy Awards, and as we’ve mentioned in a previous article, there is still no host, with no signs of that changing before the curtains go up. As the Academy has dug in their stodgy heels and decided to have the ceremony remain hostless, which we give them points for sticking to their guns, but give them a failing grade for what will go down as the worst decisions since Franco and Hathaway tag-teaming things a few years back.

As we’re wont to occasionally do, we got the brilliant idea to suggest past winners who have the panache, charisma, and style chops to take on the duties of host to fill the Hartian void that has been left. We went through the list of past winners of the Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, and Original Song Awards of the past few years and came up with the ones who stood out not necessarily for their acting chops, but for their style sense and their gauged sense of hosting abilities. Enjoy.

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Pictured: Sam Smith, Matthew McConaughey, Common, John Legend, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson, J.K. Simmons, George Clooney, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, Brad Pitt.