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Jimmy Fallon to host Golden Globe Awards

By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times
Published: August 5, 2016, 5:05am

LOS ANGELES — Slow jam this news: Jimmy Fallon will host the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.

The announcement was made Tuesday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills.

Fallon took to Twitter shortly after the news broke, saying, “I’m so excited to be hosting The Golden Globes in January,” followed by, “I’m really looking forward to spending time with the Hollywood Foreign Press before Donald Trump has them all deported.”

The “Tonight Show” host follows actor Ricky Gervais, who emceed the ceremony earlier this year. Fallon’s former “Saturday Night Live” castmates Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted in 2015.

Fallon isn’t a newbie to awards hosting. He previously helmed the 2010 Emmy Awards, when the ceremony aired on NBC.

The Golden Globes ceremony is set to air live on both coasts on Jan. 8 from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

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