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Neil Patrick Harris will host the Oscars next year | Neil Patrick Harris will host the Oscars next year |
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Neil Patrick Harris can soon add yet another hosting gig to his resume — the actor will host the Oscars next year. | Neil Patrick Harris can soon add yet another hosting gig to his resume — the actor will host the Oscars next year. |
The “How I Met Your Mother” star confirmed the news with the most epic humblebrag of all time, tweeting a video of himself talking on the phone, grinning as he says “I’m in.” Cut to: A notepad with his bucket list, check marks next to a couple cool things he’s done: Win a Tony Award, star in a TV show, rap with Snoop Dogg. Then at the very bottom (beneath “get married” and “have children”) he lists “host the Oscars,” which he circles with a pen. | |
http://t.co/ZG1EC9ooxK — Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) October 15, 2014 | http://t.co/ZG1EC9ooxK — Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) October 15, 2014 |
http://t.co/ZG1EC9ooxK | http://t.co/ZG1EC9ooxK |
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) October 15, 2014 | — Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) October 15, 2014 |
Well then, that’s settled. NPH, usually a delightful presence on very dull award shows, is still pretty much as safe a choice as you can make. That’s likely what the Academy has in mind, given the amount of criticism for installing the purposefully controversial Seth MacFarlane a couple years ago. Last year’s host was the ultra-easygoing Ellen DeGeneres. She did just fine. | Well then, that’s settled. NPH, usually a delightful presence on very dull award shows, is still pretty much as safe a choice as you can make. That’s likely what the Academy has in mind, given the amount of criticism for installing the purposefully controversial Seth MacFarlane a couple years ago. Last year’s host was the ultra-easygoing Ellen DeGeneres. She did just fine. |
To recap, NPH hosts a lot of things: The Tony Awards, four times. The Emmy Awards, twice. He’s even won Emmy Awards for hosting the Tony Awards. He generally gets pretty rave reviews and dutifully helps a clip go viral with a clever song and dance number. (Though he’ll have some competition with DeGeneres’s historically retweeted selfie from last year.) | To recap, NPH hosts a lot of things: The Tony Awards, four times. The Emmy Awards, twice. He’s even won Emmy Awards for hosting the Tony Awards. He generally gets pretty rave reviews and dutifully helps a clip go viral with a clever song and dance number. (Though he’ll have some competition with DeGeneres’s historically retweeted selfie from last year.) |
Also a plus: Harris stars as the creepy, lovesick ex-boyfriend in “Gone Girl,” which has garnered rave reviews and just might be up for a few prizes at next year’s ceremony. The Oscars will air Feb. 22, 2015, on ABC. | Also a plus: Harris stars as the creepy, lovesick ex-boyfriend in “Gone Girl,” which has garnered rave reviews and just might be up for a few prizes at next year’s ceremony. The Oscars will air Feb. 22, 2015, on ABC. |
“We are thrilled to have Neil host the Oscars,” executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement. “We have known him his entire adult life, and we have watched him explode as a great performer in feature films, television and stage. To work with him on the Oscars is the perfect storm, all of his resources and talent coming together on a global stage.” | |
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View Photo Gallery —Harris’s career includes star of “How I Met Your Mother,” Tony award winner and host of the Emmy and Tony awards. | View Photo Gallery —Harris’s career includes star of “How I Met Your Mother,” Tony award winner and host of the Emmy and Tony awards. |
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