Oscars 2025: Host Conan pays homage to Hollywood after fires, takes jabs at nominees

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Oscars 2025: Conan O’Brien's joke about Cillian Murphy was one of the best of the night but the comic had a few wobbles as first-time host

Leave it to a dancing Irishman to deliver the wittiest jokes of awards season. Conan O’Brien, an accomplished clown and a competent Oscars host, didn’t always hit the target on his big night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. There were a few wobbles, a handful of missteps, even.

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Susana Verde watched the entire Oscar ceremony. But above all, he saw a presenter who, not being perfect, was very good. In such a way that, in the end, he didn't shout “Anora!” , but shouted “Go Team Coco”.

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Oscars Review: Conan O’Brien Nails a Ceremony That’s Sincere and Silly in All the Right Places

With odes to L.A. firefighters next to symphonic space worms, the 2025 Academy Awards had a little bit of everything — and a great Conan O'Brien.

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Conan O'Brien is the Oscars host we needed and deserved

Former late night show host and writer Conan O'Brien hosted the 97th Academy Awards on March 3 (IST). From punchlines to some good-natured teasing, O'Brien kept the show under control whilst proving the much-needed entertainment.

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Oscars 2025: Top moments from the night according to social media

Zoe Saldana became the first Dominican-American actor to win an Academy Award, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan of “When Harry Met Sally” reunited on the Dolby Theatre stage, and the best actress win went to breakout star Mikey Madison for her role in “Anora.”

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Conan Nailed the Oscars Hosting Job Simply by Being Conan

No one does self-deprecation like Conan O’Brien. His inexhaustible capacity for cracking jokes at his own expense is what made him so delightful to watch in the messy early years of NBC’s Late Night With Conan O’Brien, when the show’s low ratings were his favorite running joke and an excuse to air some of the weirdest talk-show gags ever. And it’s why he proved to be such an appealing host of Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. Whenever O’Brien was on…