Neil Patrick Harris will host this year's Academy Awards ceremony on February 22nd. Though Harris has become a master of ceremonies extraordinaire in recent years, this will be his first stint helming the Oscars. Variety reports:
Harris has performed on the Academy Awards show, but this will be his first time as host. Harris has hosted the Tony Awards last year and Emmy in 2013 and 2009, so with Oscar, he is apparently going for the EGOT sweep of hosts. (All that remains is Grammy.) He is appearing in Fox’s B.O. hit “Gone Girl.” He has won four Emmys and this year took home a Tony for the lead role in the musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
Watch a video of Harris sharing his announcement and crossing one more item off his bucket list, AFTER THE JUMP…
