The academy
has announced the host for the 86th Academy Awards, and it’s not
Seth MacFarlane. This year the host is comedian and talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres.
This
is the second time for Ellen DeGeneres to present the Oscars. The first time
was in 2007. That year Forest Whitaker won best actor, Helen Mirren won best
actress and Martin Scorsese won best directing.
The
86th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday March 2, 2014 on ABC
Press
Release:
Television
icon Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars® for a second time,
producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Academy Awards® will
be broadcast live on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014 on the ABC Television Network.
“We
are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars,” said Zadan and Meron.
“As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do
together, and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars.
There are few stars today who have Ellen’s gift for comedy, with her great
warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere, and we expect that the audience
at the Dolby Theater, and in homes around the globe, will be as excited by this
news as we are.”
“I
am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they
say — the third time’s the charm,” said DeGeneres.
“I
agreed with Craig and Neil immediately that Ellen is the ideal host for this
year’s show,” said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy President. “We’re looking
forward to an entertaining, engaging and fun show.”
“Ellen
is talented, wonderfully spontaneous, and knows how to entertain a worldwide
audience,” said Dawn Hudson, Academy CEO. “She’s a big fan of the Oscars; we’re
huge fans of hers. It’s a perfect match.”
“It
is an honor to welcome back Ellen DeGeneres as the host of the biggest
entertainment celebration of the year,” said Paul Lee, President, ABC
Entertainment Group. “She is the consummate entertainer, equally beloved by her
peers in the industry, movie fans and television viewers. We very much look
forward to having her back on ABC for Oscar Sunday.”
DeGeneres
hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, for which she received a Primetime
Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music
Program.
DeGeneres
has made a home for herself in daytime with her hit syndicated talk show, “The
Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which has earned a total of 45 Daytime Emmys during its
10 seasons.
Beginning
her career as an emcee at a local comedy club in her hometown of New Orleans,
DeGeneres’ acting career in television included roles in several successful
sitcoms before being offered a part on “These Friends of Mine” by ABC. After
the first season, the show was renamed “Ellen.” Running from 1994 to 1998, the
show garnered record ratings, with DeGeneres receiving Emmy nominations each
season in the Best Actress category. In 1997 DeGeneres was the recipient of the
coveted Peabody Award as well as earning an Emmy for writing the critically
acclaimed “Puppy Episode,” when her character came out as a gay woman to a
record 46 million viewers.
DeGeneres
has also been successful in her feature film work. She scored unprecedented
popular and critical response to her character, Dory, the fish with extreme
short-term memory, in the blockbuster Pixar animated feature, “Finding Nemo.”
DeGeneres recently announced the highly anticipated sequel to “Finding Nemo,”
Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” currently scheduled to be released in November
2015.
Academy
Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar
Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland
Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also
will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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