Coordinate (verb) to give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements. Coordinate (noun) a thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. Coordinate (noun)
Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Oscars. The news, first reported by Variety and then also BuzzFeed, was confirmed to HuffPost Entertainment by a representative for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A press release announcing Harris as host for the 87th annual Academy Awards soon followed.
These days, an Oscars host is likely to wish only to avoid a complete disaster â but in 1958, veteran host Bob Hope may have introduced the world to a joke that, decades later, has become part of comedyâs common heritage. Hereâs how TIME described the ceremony in the Apr. 7 issue of that year: