Live from Los Angeles — it's the 2025 Oscars! Awards season is officially wrapping up, and Hollywood's biggest names are gathering together one more time to celebrate the best from this season's collection of films.
Sykes, who co-hosted the 2022 Oscars with Amy Schumer and Regina Hall, shared that she didn’t know how much she was being paid but assumed it was at least the "scale" rate, a minimum set by the SAG-AFTRA union.
Conan O'Brien reminded the world that he's a born TV host at last night's Oscars ceremony. Why isn't he on TV every single day?
Host Conan O'Brien performs onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars ... [+] at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Getty Imag
Potentially a performance of "Defying Gravity" from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande if our prayers our answered, some very close categories, and some solid jokes from Conan O'Brien. Like hopefully, because lord knows the Oscars can get kinda slow (it's a very austere night!
TV funnyman Conan O'Brien took the stage as host of the 97th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night as the 2025 Oscar nominees competed for top honors . O'Brien inherited hosting duties from fellow comedian and late-night star Jimmy Kimmel, who presided over the Oscars four times before.
As an Oscars host, O’Brien follows Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted in both 2023 and 2024 – as well as in 2018 and 2017 – Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, who co-hosted together in 2022, two years in a row (2020 and 2021) when the ceremony had no host, and Chris Rock, who hosted in 2016.