Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney on preparing for Oscar's big night
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When 21 comedy writers on Jimmy Kimmel's regular late-night show gathered to come up with jokes for the Academy Awards, one suggested, "Start with a prayer."
"Okay. We should start with a prayer," said Molly McNearney, co-head writer and executive producer on Jimmy Kimmel's nightly show. McNearney is also an executive producer of tonight's Academy Awards.
Kimmel added, "Should end with a prayer."
On April 15, 1874 – 150 years ago – the first Impressionist exhibition opened on Rue du Capucines in Paris, featuring works by 30 artists, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Hosted by the "Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers, etc.," it was founded in response to the Paris Salon, the annual, government-sponsored exhibition that would frequently reject the works of the rising artists.