Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards, which will take place on March 2, 2025, the comedian announced via from the account of X da Academia.
Conan O’Brien is officially the 97th Oscar host!
Tune in to Hollywood’s biggest night Sunday, March 2 at 7e/4p, LIVE @ABCRed! #Oscar @TeamCoco @ConanOBrien pic.twitter.com/ZpsGM9LEIq
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) November 15, 2024
The 61-year-old comedian stood out as host of talk show Late Night with Conan O’Brienbetween 1993 and 2009, and Conan from 2010 to 2021. Previously he had been a scriptwriter for the cartoon program The Simpsons and the Saturday Night Live talk show. Since 2018 he has presented the podcast. Conan O’Brien needs a friend.
The Academy chose him “for his brilliant humor, his love of cinema and his mastery of live television,” Bill Kramer and Janet Yang said in a press release this Friday.
This is the first time that Conan O’Brien will headline an Oscar ceremony, which will be held in Los Angeles, United States of America.
Edited by Dulce Neto.
Source: Observadora
