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Conan O’Brien will return to host next year’s Oscars — interestingly, he may be a nominee as well for his work in the Rose Byrne movie that premiered at Sundance, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

That’s a fascinating development! Conan O’Brien as an Oscar host already feels like a refreshing choice—his sharp wit and self-aware humor could make for a fun, unpredictable show. But the possibility of him being a nominee as well? That adds a whole new layer of intrigue.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You got some strong buzz coming out of Sundance ,but I’m curious to see how the awards conversation around it evolves. If Conan’s performance is genuinely in the mix for a nomination, it’ll be interesting to see how the Academy handles that dynamic.

What category do you think he’d be competing in? Supporting Actor seems like the most likely, but if the film really takes off, maybe we’re looking at a Best Picture nomination too?

James Franco hosted the Oscars the year he was nominated for 127 Hours, and I don't remember it being acknowledged

Seth MacFarlane hosted when he was nommed for Ted as well

I’m just glad they’ll be keeping someone who likes movies and award shows. That’s such a boon.

therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:29 pm James Franco hosted the Oscars the year he was nominated for 127 Hours, and I don't remember it being acknowledged

They made a comment about it during the broadcast. He was the first host in decades to be nominated

Was the last one Paul Hogan (co-hosting with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn) for the first Crocodile Dundee's screenplay?

If this is Hollywood's way to move away from VFX cinema of the last decade toward making films with actual stunts, then I'm all for it.

You KNOW Tom Cruise is swearing a blue streak about this category going into effect the year after the last Mission: Impossible.

Monterey Jack wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 1:03 pm You KNOW Tom Cruise is swearing a blue streak about this category going into effect the year after the last Mission: Impossible.

I'm sure hes's bound to receive some sort of a special achievement award for all his stunt work anyway.

How exactly will they get people to comply?

Also, had a good laugh at even the article pointing out the Song change and being like "yeah, you know who this is for."

knives wrote:Long running joke to be terminated.

Which joke is that?

Presumably that it wasn't required to watch all the nominees in a category to be able to vote in that category

Very cool (sarcastic) that they fired film preservation staff so that they could hire a nanny for their own members.

Very cool (complimentary) that they're going to give an award for casting.

This year’s Honorary Oscars. I know that Dolly Parton gets a lot of goodwill for her children’s literacy charity work and longevity in the biz, but her contributions to cinema are relatively minor. Ditto Debbie Allen, who is really more active in television and stage. Wynn Thomas is a really exceptional production designer; his work on Mars Attacks! is remarkable. Then there is Tom Cruise


Is it too much to see Takeshi Kitano, John Woo, and Tsui Hark get one? One of the commenters on Deadline mentioned Glenn Close, who received 3 Oscar nominations by the time she had made just 4 feature films and still doesn’t have one.

beamish14 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:19 pm This year’s Honorary Oscars. I know that Dolly Parton gets a lot of goodwill for her children’s literacy charity work and longevity in the biz, but her contributions to cinema are relatively minor. Ditto Debbie Allen, who is really more active in television and stage. Wynn Thomas is a really exceptional production designer; his work on Mars Attacks! is remarkable. Then there is Tom Cruise


Is it too much to see Takeshi Kitano, John Woo, and Tsui Hark get one? One of the commenters on Deadline mentioned Glenn Close, who received 3 Oscar nominations by the time she had made just 4 feature films and still doesn’t have one.

Jim Jarmusch for crissakes. He’s been making films for over 40 years now.

At least one of these usually is a consolation prize, going to someone nominated several times but who never won and this year that's Tom Cruise. I guess his obsessive dedication to his work and the fact that he risks his neck to entertain is also being appreciated. Dolly Parton is getting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which is an award for someone in the film industry but it's not for their film work, it's for their humantarian efforts. In that regard Parton sounds deserving to me. Debbie Allen? Beats me, she never struck me as that high profile with her film work but she seems to be much admired in the industry. The fact that she has worked on several Academy Awards shows probably doesn't hurt.

hearthesilence wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 7:40 pm

beamish14 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:19 pm This year’s Honorary Oscars. I know that Dolly Parton gets a lot of goodwill for her children’s literacy charity work and longevity in the biz, but her contributions to cinema are relatively minor. Ditto Debbie Allen, who is really more active in television and stage. Wynn Thomas is a really exceptional production designer; his work on Mars Attacks! is remarkable. Then there is Tom Cruise


Is it too much to see Takeshi Kitano, John Woo, and Tsui Hark get one? One of the commenters on Deadline mentioned Glenn Close, who received 3 Oscar nominations by the time she had made just 4 feature films and still doesn’t have one.

Jim Jarmusch for crissakes. He’s been making films for over 40 years now.

Brian De Palma. It’s time.

I'd stick up for Dolly Parton, particularly in Straight Talk, which was rather unfairly neglected in the post-Broadcast News/Switching Channels 'satire of the format of the mass media' genre of the 90s (Groundhog Day, Soapdish, Stay Tuned, Natural Born Killers, Mad City, etc). She even gets to tussle with Spalding Gray!

Since it's the Jean Hersholt Award, as long as the connection to film work is solid, it doesn't matter to me as it's mostly about the humanitarian work. Besides substantial acting work and writing and recording music specifically for films (for which she earned her two Oscar nominations decades apart), she's currently producing a James Patterson adaptation. That's enough for me.

domino harvey wrote: Sat Aug 09, 2025 4:08 am Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar have been expelled from the WGA for writing during the strike

Publicizing this is a weird and risky move from the WGA that won’t really endear them to people who already have massive issues with their organization and horrible arbitration system. They’re guilty of giving script credits to people who are friendly with members of their arbitration boards, and that can cost writers hundreds of thousands in lost revenue over time.

Guadagnino’s After the Hunt is the first of the predicted Oscar hopefuls to completely crash out this year (unless you count the Life of Chuck, which I don’t because people saw it before any Oscar talk occurred and still thought it would go somewhere)