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Award show veteran Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscars in 2015
LOS ANGELES — Neil Patrick Harris is set to host the Oscars next year. The actor and author announced his latest gig online Wednesday. He posted a video on Twitter of him on the phone saying, “I’m in,” showing a close-up of his bucket list and circling “Host the Oscars.”
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Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie crashes Twitter
LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres’ goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the Oscars telecast was even over.
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Big Oscar night for ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ ‘Gravity’
LOS ANGELES — Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama “12 Years a Slave” best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.
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Matthew McConaughey wins Best Actor Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
LOS ANGELES — Matthew McConaughey has won the Academy Award for best actor for his performance as a desperate and determined AIDS patient in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
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Backstage: Jared Leto in generous mood after acting Oscar win
LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto wasn’t just thinking about himself after winning the best supporting actor Academy Award on Sunday night — his thoughts veered from his mother, the populations of Ukraine and Venezuela and even the reporters who were covering his Oscar glory.
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Jared Leto wins Best Supporting Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance as an HIV-positive transgender prostitute in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
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Host Ellen DeGeneres is ready to dance on the Oscars stage once again
Seven years after her Oscar debut, Ellen DeGeneres is back. The 56-year-old TV personality talked with The Associated Press about her plans and preparations for hosting her second Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Ellen DeGeneres has global ‘goal’ for next year’s Oscar telecast
LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres has high aspirations for her second time around hosting the Oscars.
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Is Ellen DeGeneres part of motion picture academy’s push for diversity?
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn’t as much of an old-boys’ club as it used to be. The group named two women to prominent positions this week, including Friday’s announcement that Ellen DeGeneres will host the 2014 Oscar show.
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Ellen DeGeneres to host 2014 Oscars
NEW YORK — Comic and daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres was picked to host the Academy Awards for the second time.