Comedian Kevin Hart to host 2019 Academy Awards

FILE PHOTO: 2018 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals - Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S., August 20, 2018. - Kevin Hart. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Kevin Hart will host the next Academy Awards ceremony in February 2019, the "Ride Along" actor said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

"I am so happy to say that the day has finally come for me to host the Oscars," Hart wrote. The Academy Awards are the film industry's highest honours.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Sandra Maler)