{"id":482210,"date":"2026-05-13T07:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/482210\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:45:21","slug":"conan-obrien-to-return-as-oscars-host-next-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/482210\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan O&#8217;Brien to return as Oscars host next March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US chat show host Conan O&#8217;Brien is to return to host the Oscars for a third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old will return along with executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan for the 99th Academy Awards, which will take place on Sunday, 14 March 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Kapoor and Mullan said in a statement: &#8220;Getting to reunite with Conan O&#8217;Brien for a third year at the Oscars is really special. He brings that signature humour everyone loves, along with a real warmth and generosity that carry through the entire show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a true creative partner, someone we trust completely, and someone who makes the whole process genuinely fun, both behind the scenes and on stage. We&#8217;re incredibly grateful to keep building this together and can&#8217;t wait to share what&#8217;s next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katy Mullan and Raj Kapoor at the 98th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on 15 March, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington\/Penske Media via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/00245b95-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nExecutive producers Katy Mullan and Raj Kapoor &#8211; &#8220;Getting to reunite with Conan O&#8217;Brien for a third year at the Oscars is really special. He brings that signature humour everyone loves, along with a real warmth and generosity that carry through the entire show&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive of the Oscars Bill Kramer and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Lynette Howell Taylor said: &#8220;We are thrilled to be working again with Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff (Ross, producer), and Mike (Sweeney, producer) for the 99th Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are an incredible team and have produced such captivating, entertaining, and heartfelt shows over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so grateful for their ongoing partnership as we honour our global film community \u2013 and we look forward to Conan superbly leading the celebration with his brilliance and humour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien is best known for hosting US talk shows Late Night with Conan O&#8217;Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O&#8217;Brien, and Conan, having previously served as a writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Linda (Rose Byrne) visits her therapist (Conan O'Brien) in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0023ae27-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nConan O&#8217;Brien and the Oscar-nominated Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I&#8217;d Kick You<\/p>\n<p>He recently co-starred opposite the Oscar-nominated Rose Byrne in the dark comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/movie-reviews\/2026\/0219\/1558924-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">If I Had Legs I&#8217;d Kick You<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien has won six Primetime Emmys and earned 33 nominations, including a nomination for his work on the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>The 99th Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: Press Association<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more movie news.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US chat show host Conan O&#8217;Brien is to return to host the Oscars for a third consecutive year.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-482210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116566159466886903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}