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TV presenter Conan O’Brien has been chosen to host the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.
OSCARS 2025 – From one TV host to another. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the name of the presenter the 97th Academy Awards next March: Conan O’Brien. Even if he has already been master of ceremonies for the Emmy Awards around twenty years ago, it was a great first for the 61-year-old American host and comedian.
As you can see in the video below, the Academy of Oscars account published a short sketch to announce his presence. Conan O’Brien can be seen holding a statuette in his hands and marveling at having won the prize, before a voice-over tells him that he is only a presenter. “Oh, but can I keep the Oscar?” »he then asks with a crestfallen expression, before hands come to take it away from him.
His appointment in this role remains rather a surprise. In the United States, some expected several presenters to host the evening as was the case in 2022 with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. A rumor even circulated that a duo of comedians, made up of friends Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, were in the running to don the master of ceremonies costume.
30 years of television experience
In a statement, Bill Kramer and Janet Yang, directors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, said “delighted and honored to have the incomparable Conan O’Brien hosting this year’s Oscars”as reported Deadline. “He is the perfect person to lead our global celebration of cinema with his brilliant humor, love of films and mastery of live television”they continue.
For more than 30 years, Conan O’Brien was behind the desks of late-night shows, those famous American shows in which a host receives one or more guests to chat. Since 2018, he has been at the helm of a podcast called Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend (Conan O’Brien needs a friend in French) in which he invites celebrities. He succeeds Jimmy Kimmel, the iconic TV presenter who hosted the last two editions of the Oscars in addition to the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies.
The 2025 edition of the Oscars will see many films in competition, but some feature films are already standing out. Among them, we find the Palme d’Or of the Cannes Film Festival, Anora by Sean Baker with Mikey Madison. But also Emilia Pérezthe musical drama by Jacques Audiard which stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña. Or even The Substancea body horror starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley directed by Coralie Fargeat. See you on the night of March 2 to 3, 2025 to find out the winners of this 97th Academy Awards ceremony.
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