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Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for 2026 awards ceremony

Talk show host, who received widespread acclaim for his debut earlier this month, will resume the reins at next year’s Academy Awards on 15 March

Conan O’Brien is to return as host of the Oscars ceremony in 2026 after a successful first stint earlier this month. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas), the body that organises the Oscars, announced in a statement they were “thrilled” that O’Brien was appearing again, along with TV show producers Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney and executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. His most celebrated gags included cracks aimed at Wicked (“The perfect movie for anyone who’s ever finished watching The Wizard of Oz and thought, ‘Sure, but where did all the minor characters go to college?’”), Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón (“Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars tonight, my name is Jimmy Kimmel”) and Donald Trump (“Anora is having a good night … I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian”).

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