Conan O’Brien was funny, witty, heartfelt, and sincere. He’ll go down as delivering one of the best Oscar opening monologues in history. Oh my god please let Conan O’Brien host every Oscars ceremony from now on

For his first time even attending the Oscars, host Conan O’Brien has to juggle some serious stuff looming over Sunday’s ceremony. The devastation is still fresh in Los Angeles from wildfires (which forced O’Brien to evacuate his home and destroyed that of nine-time host Billy Crystal).

After way too many hostless or less-than-perfectly hosted Hollywood awards shows over the last few years, Conan O’Brien’s opener as emcee of the 2025 Oscars represented an extremely welcome return to solid joke-writing. (He and Demi Moore really got into it with that Substance bit up top, huh?)

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 hosted this year’s Academy Awards and he has revealed some golden ideas he and his writer weren’t allowed to execute. In an episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, O’Brien and Mike Sweeney,

While Conan O’Brien’s Oscars host stint earlier this month was arguably a unanimous sweep, there were some jokes that didn’t slide with the Academy. In a Thursday episode of his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,

The first-time host dished behind-the-scenes dirt during an episode of SiriusXM's 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend,' including his backstage encounter with Mick Jagger and the thing he'll miss most about hosting.

Conan O’Brien, who hosted the 2025 Oscars in Los Angeles March 2, shared some of his ideas that were ultimately cut from the ceremony due to surprising Academy rules.