PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Oscars host Conan O’Brien says he is nonetheless unable to stay in his dwelling because of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and that the present’s organizers “want to be sensitive to what’s happened” to residents.
“Everybody I know has been affected,” O’Brien advised The Related Press Friday. “I’m out of my home. Luckily, my home, … the fireplace obtained very shut however my home survived. However we gained’t be again in there for a very long time. And I’m the fortunate one. I imply, I do know so many individuals who misplaced their properties and I’m simply, was ridiculously fortunate. So we need to make it possible for that present displays what’s occurring and that we put a lightweight on the correct individuals in the correct approach.”
Hundreds of Angelenos had their properties destroyed in wildfires that tore by way of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods this month. A lot of these whose properties survived can’t but return on account of smoke or different injury.
O’Brien was tapped final yr to host the 97th Academy Awards, which will probably be held March 2 in Los Angeles. The fires twice postponed the academy’s nominations announcement, which was held Thursday; “Emilia Pérez” emerged because the main nominee.
The fires have upended Hollywood’s awards season and successfully turned it right into a pledge drive. Some have questioned whether or not the Oscars ought to be canceled however its organizers say they’ll remodel the present in a approach that “unites us as a worldwide movie group and acknowledge those that fought so bravely towards the wildfires.”
“We need to be delicate to the second and we need to be delicate to what’s occurred,” O’Brien said Friday. “It’s prime of our minds and we’re speaking about it loads.”
“The Oscars is still I think it’s five weeks away. And we want to make sure that we process all of that and that we put on the best show for March 2. Not the best show that we thought of tonight. Not the best show for March 3, the best show for March 2 that reflects what people are feeling in that moment.”
O’Brien, the previous “Tonight Show” host, spoke on the premiere of his newest movie, “If I had Legs I’d Kick You,” which additionally stars Rose Byrne.
