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CONAN O’BRIEN TO HOST 97TH OSCARS®
THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 2, 2025, AT 7 P.M. ET/4 P.M. PT,
ON ABC
LOS ANGELES, CA – Emmy® Award-winning television host, writer, producer and comedian Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Oscars®, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang announced today. It will be O’Brien’s first time hosting the broadcast. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
“We are thrilled and honored to have the incomparable Conan O’Brien host the Oscars this year,” said Kramer and Yang. “He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humor, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise. His remarkable ability to connect with audiences will bring viewers together to do what the Oscars do best–honor the spectacular films and filmmakers of this year.”
“America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars,” said O’Brien.
“Conan is a preeminent comedic voice, whose decades-long success is marked by his distinctive humor and perspective,” said Craig Erwich, President, Disney Television Group. “He joins an iconic roster of comedy greats who have served in this role, and we are so lucky to have him center stage for the Oscars.”
“Conan has all the qualities of a great Oscars host–he is incredibly witty, charismatic and funny and has proven himself to be a master of live event television,” said Oscars executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. “We are so looking forward to working with him to deliver a fresh, exciting and celebratory show for Hollywood’s biggest night.”
O’Brien is best known for hosting the late-night talk shows “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan.” Before his more than two-decade hosting career, he served as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons.” O’Brien currently hosts the podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” and recently starred in the 2024 travel show “Conan O’Brien Must Go.” He has won five Primetime Emmys® and earned 31 nominations for his work.
The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
By Natalie Robinson
Broadway World Best Female Vocalist and Bistro Award winner Quinn Lemley is back on the New York stage with her critically acclaimed show Rita Hayworth: The Heat Is On! — a bold, glamorous celebration of Hollywood’s original Love Goddess. Written and directed by Carter Inskeep, the show continues its record-release residency at The Triad Theater, honoring Lemley’s album Rita Hayworth Revealed, a Grammy® consideration and 2025 Josie Award nominee.
With sharp wit, emotional depth, and serious heat, Lemley doesn’t impersonate Rita — she channels her. Across 20 classic songs, she peels back the myth to reveal the real woman behind the icon: resilient, sensual, complicated, and fiercely human. From Gilda to headline-making romances with Orson Welles, Prince Aly Khan, and Howard Hughes, the show moves like a cinematic confession set to big band swing and smoky ballads.
Critics haven’t been subtle. The New York Times calls her “dazzling.” Cabaret Scenes says “sensual and spellbinding.” The New York Post nails it best: “You don’t even have to squint to see that Rita’s in the room.”
Upcoming Performance Dates (All Upcoming):
- Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM — Big Band
https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=7A52D6CD-0365-B7DB-B373AB087FA67AEA - Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM — Quartet
https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=7A52D779-B5EF-D976-8CEA22DB9D41C244 - Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM — Quartet
https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=7A52D827-B901-67E3-61E01C5171AB414D
Venue: The Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, New York City
Tickets: $25–$50 | $25 food & beverage minimum
Tickets available at www.TriadNYC.com or www.QuinnLemley.com/rita
On Television: Secrets of the Stage
Beyond the cabaret spotlight, Lemley also brings her storytelling instincts to the screen on Secrets of the Stage, a television series that pulls back the curtain on the real lives of performers. The show explores what happens before the lights come up and after the applause fades — the pressure, the craft, the vulnerability, and the drive that fuel live performance. It’s an unfiltered look at artistry from the inside out, and Lemley fits right in: fearless, polished, and never phoning it in.
If you want glamour with substance — and a little danger — this one’s still burning hot.
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