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Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscars | Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscars |
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Television and film actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2015. | Television and film actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2015. |
The star of TV comedy How I Met Your Mother announced the move by posting a cheeky video on Twitter. | |
In it, he says "I'm in!" as he gets off the phone, before circling the words "Host the Oscars" on a bucket list. | In it, he says "I'm in!" as he gets off the phone, before circling the words "Host the Oscars" on a bucket list. |
The 41-year-old, known to many for Doogie Howser MD, has hosted the Tony Awards and the Emmys but he said this realised a lifelong ambition | The 41-year-old, known to many for Doogie Howser MD, has hosted the Tony Awards and the Emmys but he said this realised a lifelong ambition |
"To be asked to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, and everyone else who had the great fortune of hosting is a bucket list dream come true,'' Harris said in a statement released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. | "To be asked to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, and everyone else who had the great fortune of hosting is a bucket list dream come true,'' Harris said in a statement released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs called Harris "the consummate entertainer". | Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs called Harris "the consummate entertainer". |
The news caps a busy week for Harris, who released his autobiography and features in in the nation's number one film, Gone Girl. | The news caps a busy week for Harris, who released his autobiography and features in in the nation's number one film, Gone Girl. |
The 87th Academy Awards take place on 22 February at the Dolby Theatre. | The 87th Academy Awards take place on 22 February at the Dolby Theatre. |
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