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LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a> played on his famous red hair and pale skin for an Aunt Gladys<\/a> opening at the Oscars and took shots at artificial intelligence’s creep through Hollywood, the Oscars’ move to YouTube and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s takes on the fine arts.<\/p>\n \u201cI am Conan O\u2019Brien and I am honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards,\u201d O\u2019Brien said after taking the stage for the ABC telecast at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night for his second time hosting and the 98th edition of the ceremony. \u201cNext year it\u2019s going to be a Waymo in a tux.\u201d <\/p>\n O’Brien warned the audience that security would be high at this year’s Oscars. <\/p>\n \u201cI hear there are concerns about attacks from both the opera and ballet communities,\u201d the host said, getting a big laugh as the camera cut to a laughing Chalamet, the best actor nominee whose comments on the two art forms during the run-up to the show became fodder for the cultural discourse.<\/p>\n Later in the show in a bit that fell flat, he introduced in the orchestra a percussionist playing a \u201cChalamet bum drum,\u201d a pair of fake bare buttocks played with table tennis paddles.<\/p>\n He then took aim at Netflix<\/a> chief Ted Sarandos, who is annually a major figure in Hollywood but this year got special attention as his company nearly bought Warner Bros.<\/a>, the studio behind the night’s biggest nominees, before backing out. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s his first time in a theater!\u201d O’Brien said, then took on a mock Sarandos voice. \u201cWhat are they all doing enjoying themselves?!” he shouted. “They should be home where I can monetize it!\u201d<\/p>\n The pre-recorded opening bit was maybe to be expected given how often O’Brien mocks his own hair and pallor, but still had surprising moments. <\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t you think it\u2019s a bit much?” O’Brien could be heard saying to a stylist before the reveal. <\/p>\n He wore Amy Madigan\u2019s caked-on Aunt Gladys makeup and bright red wig from \u201cWeapons,\u201d and it showed him being chased by angry kids just as she was in the role from the prestige horror film that won her best supporting actress just a few minutes later.<\/p>\n Gladys-Conan was then folded into clips from other major nominees. He was animated into \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d played table tennis against Chalamet in \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d and ran across the Shakesperean stage in \u201cHamnet.\u201d<\/p>\n After winning reviews in his hosting debut last year, O’Brien<\/a>, the 62-year-old onetime writer for \u201cSaturday Night Live” and \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d former longtime talk show host, and professional podcaster, was rehired almost immediately<\/a>. <\/p>\n He had nearly a year to prepare this time, and got to do it in considerably more comfort. Last year, O’Brien was among the people displaced by the Los Angeles-area wildfires<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year I got to wake up in my room,” he said earlier in the week. <\/p>\n O’Brien may have given the Academy Awards telecast some stability in the hosting spot after much uncertainty about the role that can often be thankless, including a three-year stretch from 2019-2021 with no host at all. ABC convinced Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, the face of the entertainment side of the network, to host four times, something that’s unlikely to happen again with the Oscars moving to YouTube in 2029<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people are worried this is going to change how the Oscars are viewed,\u201d O’Brien said Sunday after the first award was handed out, \u201cbut I\u2019ve been assured …\u201d he was then cut off by a wildly intrusive YouTube-style ad featuring actor Jane Lynch pitching a tactical flashlight. <\/p>\n The bit got a big laugh from the room, as did most of his monologue. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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