Academy Awards will proceed as planned on March 2, but the comedian is relying on intuition and empathy to guide him through the preparation process for his Oscars hosting debut

O'Brien, who moves to L.A. from Massachusetts, opened up about what he and his wife went through during the course of the Los Angeles wildfires, which are still ongoing. He said that they were evacuated and displaced from their home, staying at a hotel in the meantime.

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"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor," O'Brien said in a statement, "but for my work as a riverboat pilot”

Bronstein, a bit of a cult figure in the film world, made her directorial debut in 2008 at the SXSW festival with “Yeast,” which featured a pre-fame Greta Gerwig and was hailed by by New Yorker critic Richard Brody as a “mumblecore classic.”

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Conan O’Brien is one of the lucky few whose Pacific Palisades home is still standing after the LA wildfires, but he says he knows many who’ve been affected by the devastation, including his podcast co-host Sona Movsesian.

The stage is set. Conan O’Brien is ready for his hosting return. The red carpet will soon be rolled out for the annual Academy Awards, taking place in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfire crisis. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get the lowdown on the noms,

Conan O’Brien is aware of the tightrope walk ahead of him as Academy Awards host.

Conan O'Brien reflected on preparing to host the Oscars for the first time amid the  Los Angeles fires that have ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena.

As wildfires burn throughout SoCal, host Conan O'Brien discusses how the 97th Academy Awards will adjust to acknowledge the catastrophe.