Jimmy Kimmel on How the Oscars Are Held in a Mall: ‘Last Night, Barbra Streisand Was This Close to a Hot Topic Store’

Jimmy Kimmel has hosted the Oscars four times, and his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” studio is right across the street from the Dolby Theatre. So he’s especially well equipped to break the news to the rest of America about something everyone in Los Angeles already knows: The Academy Awards are held in a shopping mall.

Yep, the Ovation Hollywood — formerly known as Hollywood and Highland — has been home to the Oscars since 2002, having opened as a shopping center at the corner of, yes, Hollywood and Highland in November 2001. On Monday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the host recounted the night…