Conan O’Brien has been tapped to host the Academy Awards next year.
The Emmy-successful comic and focus on show host will entrance Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremony for the predominant time on 2 March 2025.
“We are thrilled and honoured to have the incomparable Conan O’Brien host the Oscars this year,” acknowledged Invoice Kramer and Janet Yang, the CEO and President of the Academy of Motion Describe Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), in an announcement on Friday.
“He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humour, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise. His remarkable ability to connect with audiences will bring viewers together to do what the Oscars do best – honour the spectacular films and filmmakers of this year.”
O’Brien follows in the footsteps of fellow focus on show host Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the show solo for the third and fourth time in March 2023 and 2024. This year’s telecast gained the Emmy for Significant Diversity Particular (Are living).
Reacting to the records, the 61-year-inclined joked, “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars.”
Though he has by no device hosted the ceremony, O’Brien has previously fronted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006 and the MTV Film Awards in 2014.
O’Brien got his begin as a writer on Saturday Evening Are living and The Simpsons and is easiest known for hosting the debate exhibits Leisurely Evening with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Exclaim with Conan O’Brien and Conan. Since quitting unhurried-night TV in 2021, he has been hosting the podcast Conan O’Brien Wants a Wonderful friend and the shuttle programme Conan O’Brien Must Drag.
The 97th Academy Awards will take care of shut attach at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday 2 March 2025.
