Jimmy Kimmel Pokes Fun at Nicole Kidman’s AMC Ad, Tom Cruise’s Absence, Scientology and More in Oscars 2023 Opening Monologue: Watch

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He’s got jokes! Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, with a rousing monologue — and no one in the crowd was safe.“I know that being here tonight is a dream come true for most of the people in this room.

Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it this year when the world finally got out of the house to see the films you worked so hard to make,” Kimmel, 55, began his opening monologue on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in L.A. “I also want to say that I am happy to see that Nicole Kidman has finally been released from that abandoned AMC, where she’s been held captive for almost two full years now.

It’s good to have you back, Nicole, and thank you for encouraging people who were already at the movies to go to the movie theater.”The 55-year-old Big Little Lies alum — who starred in a now-viral, post-pandemic commercial for the cinema chain in September 2021 — attended Sunday’s ceremony with husband Keith Urban, where they couldn’t help but chuckle at Kimmel’s jab.Kidman wasn’t the only subject of the comic’s jokes.

Her ex-husband. Tom Cruise, who was notably absent from the show due to his Mission Impossible filming schedule, quickly became joke fodder.“You know, Tom and James Cameron didn’t show up tonight.