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Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host for the third consecutive year

UPDATED: Tue., May 12, 2026

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Conan O’Brien will return to host the 99th Academy Awards set for March 14. O’Brien, known for his self-deprecating humor, emceed the Oscars this year and in 2025. “Conan has created remarkable energy around the Oscars,” President of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich said in a statement Tuesday announcing O’Brien’s return. “His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood’s ...

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Eastern Washington-based film ‘Train Dreams’ nominated for four Oscars

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 22, 2026

A local production supervisor was caught off guard when a friend from the East Coast called him to wish him congratulations early Thursday morning.

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After decades of pushing, stunts will get their own Oscar

UPDATED: Fri., April 11, 2025

After more than three decades of lobbying — and countless bruises and broken bones — Hollywood's stunt community will finally be recognized at the Oscars.

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Conan O’Brien to host 97th Academy Awards, marking his first time as Oscar emcee

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 15, 2024

Emmy-winning talk show host and comedian Conan O'Brien has been tapped to emcee the 97th Academy Awards, set for March 2, the academy announced Friday.

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Schools get sudden donations after ‘The Last Repair Shop’ wins Oscar

Sun., March 24, 2024

Steve Bagmanyan found his calling in a shop of broken instruments, tucked away in an industrial section of downtown Los Angeles. But each year, the shop breaks his heart.

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Lily Gladstone makes history as first Native American best actress Oscar nominee

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

With Tuesday's historic best actress Academy Award nomination, Lily Gladstone is one step closer to notching a significant win on Oscars night for her performance in Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon."

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Here are the films and actors nominated Tuesday for Academy Awards

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

"Barbie," "Oppenheimer" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" were among the films that scored nods for best picture when the Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning.

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Are you watching the Oscars on Sunday? Root for this Idahoan’s work on ‘The Whale’

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

When the envelopes open at the 95th Oscars on Sunday, there will be at least one Idahoan in the audience with fingers crossed: Moscow-born-and-raised playwright turned screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter. Hunter wrote the script for the celebrated film “The Whale,” a drama about a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter, which has three nominations. The film is based on ...

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads the Oscar nominations

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 24, 2023

In a year when moviegoers returned en masse to big-budget spectacles — and skipped nearly everything else — Oscar voters on Tuesday spread nominations remarkably far and wide.

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What’s Worth Watching: Oscar-winning ‘Cabaret’ celebrates 50th anniversary

UPDATED: Thu., March 31, 2022

In the surreal shadow of an insensitive joke that ended in physical violence courtesy of Chris Rock and Will Smith, respectively, Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli took the stage to announce the Academy Award for best picture. And it was everything. At first, Minnelli, 76, appears flustered, possibly overwhelmed by the setting.

Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host for the third consecutive year

Eastern Washington-based film ‘Train Dreams’ nominated for four Oscars

After decades of pushing, stunts will get their own Oscar

Conan O’Brien to host 97th Academy Awards, marking his first time as Oscar emcee

Schools get sudden donations after ‘The Last Repair Shop’ wins Oscar

Lily Gladstone makes history as first Native American best actress Oscar nominee

Here are the films and actors nominated Tuesday for Academy Awards

Are you watching the Oscars on Sunday? Root for this Idahoan’s work on ‘The Whale’

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads the Oscar nominations

What’s Worth Watching: Oscar-winning ‘Cabaret’ celebrates 50th anniversary

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