Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLaura Dern attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesHalle Berry attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesVan Hunt, left, and Halle Berry attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty ImagesAndra Day attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAndra Day attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesCarey Mulligan, left, and Marcus Mumford attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesYoun Yuh-jung attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesSteven Yeun, left, and Joana Pak attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLaura Pausini attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLee Isaac Chung, left, and Valerie Chung attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao , left, and Joshua James Richards attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao, left, and Charlene Swankie attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesCeleste Waite, fashion detail, attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chris Pizzello/APPaulina Porizkova, left, and Aaron Sorkin arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles.
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Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMartin Desmond Roe, left, and Travon Free attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLeslie Odom Jr., left,and Nicolette Robinson attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLeslie Odom Jr. attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesEmerald Fennell attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesSteven Yeun, left, and Joana Pak attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLaura Pausini attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesLee Isaac Chung, left, and Valerie Chung attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao , left, and Joshua James Richards attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesChloé Zhao, left, and Charlene Swankie attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesViola Davis attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAmanda Seyfried attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesGlenn Close attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesGlenn Close attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesVanessa Kirby attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesH.E.R. attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesRegina King, left, and Aldis Hodge attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesRegina King attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesRegina King attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAngela Bassett attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMargot Robbie attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAshley Fox attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAlan S. Kim, left, and Christina Oh attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMarlee Matlin attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMarlee Matlin attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesCeleste Waite attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesCeleste Waite, fashion detail, attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesDaniel Kaluuya attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/APPaulina Porizkova, left, and Aaron Sorkin arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesReese Witherspoon attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMartin Desmond Roe attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesMariqueen Maandig Reznor, left, and Trent Reznor attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Chris Pizzello/Getty ImagesAtticus Ross and Trent Reznor attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ricky Gervais said Sunday that he’s not wanted at the Academy Awards — an event the controversial comic has branded a “nightmare” to host.
The British funnyman has hosted at the Oscars’ rival awards extravaganza, the Golden Globes, five times, but he has never presented the Academy Awards.
“It’s The Oscars tonight!” Gervais tweeted. “I wasn’t invited. Was it something I said?”
He attached a video of his raunchy introduction to the 2020 Golden Globes, when he got censored twice on live TV.
The 93rd annual Academy Awards are set to air at 8 p.m. on ABC, capping off a surreal year in cinema.
The show has no official host, but Ariana DeBose, a Tony-nominated actress, and Lil Rel Howery, a comedian, were picked to host a pre-show also airing on ABC.
After landing on a list of dream Oscars hosts in February, Gervais, 59, wrote on Twitter: “That’s not a dream, it’s a nightmare.”
The Academy Awards are viewed as more staid than the less-prestigious Golden Globes.