Raj Kapoor Returns as Showrunner

UPDATE (Feb. 3): Raj Kapoor, government manufacturer and showrunner of the 2025 Oscars, and Katy Mullan, the display’s different government manufacturer, lately introduced further individuals in their manufacturing group. Rob Paine returns as co-executive manufacturer and Taryn Hurd and Sarah Levine Corridor go back as manufacturers. Supervising choreographer Mandy Moore and lights designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz additionally rejoin the group. Manufacturers Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney sign up for the group for the primary time.

Writers for this yr’s display come with Amberia Allen, José Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Berkley Johnson, Ian Karmel, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Agathe Panaretos and Mike Sweeney.

Hosted through Conan O’Brien, the Oscars can be hung on Sunday, March 2 on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The display can be televised survive ABC, and for the primary time streamed survive Hulu.

PREVIOUSLY (Oct. 28): The 2024 Oscars gained a Primetime Emmy for exceptional selection particular (are living), the primary time the Oscars have gained a best program Emmy since 1991, so it’s no longer unexpected that the inventive group in the back of that display will in large part stay in position for the 2025 Oscars. The development will air are living from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on ABC and broadcast shops international on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET.

Raj Kapoor is ready to go back as government manufacturer and showrunner of the 2025 Oscars, Katy Mullan as government manufacturer and Hamish Hamilton as director. It’s Kapoor and Mullan’s 2nd time government generating and Hamilton’s 5th time directing the Oscars. Kapoor and Mullan had been some of the recipients of that Emmy win for exceptional selection particular (are living); Hamish additionally gained for guiding the display, however in a separate class, exceptional directing for a wide range particular.

Michael Bearden, a song director, keyboardist, arranger, conductor and composer, joins the inventive group as song director for the primary time. Rickey Minor was once ultimate yr’s song director, and gained a Primetime Emmy for exceptional song path for his paintings at the display. Bearden has labored with such artists as Whitney Houston, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Woman Gaga and Michael Jackson (because the King of Pop’s ultimate song director).

Bearden gained Primetime Emmy nominations for exceptional song path for the Tremendous Bowl LI Halftime Display That includes Woman Gaga (2017) and One Remaining Time: An Night time With Tony Bennett and Woman Gaga (2022). He has served as a song director for the Primetime Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and as a musician and arranger for a number of Kennedy Heart Honors and Oscars presentations. Bearden’s characteristic movie rankings come with Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Most effective, Outlaw Johnny Black, Michael Jackson’s This Is It, American Blackout and Constellation.

Kapoor has gained two Primetime Emmys. Along with the 2024 Oscars, he gained as an government manufacturer of Adele: One Evening Most effective, which gained exceptional selection particular (pre-recorded) in 2022. Kapoor has additionally been nominated for Emmys for his paintings on 4 Grammy telecasts, every other Oscar telecast and Norman Lear: 100 Years of Tune and Laughter.

Kapoor’s different credit come with the ACM Awards, the Latin Grammys, the Emmy Awards, Attractiveness and the Beast: A thirtieth Party, and The Paris Olympics LA28 Handover Ultimate Rite.

Mullan is an government manufacturer, showrunner and spouse within the world are living tournament manufacturing corporate Completed + Dusted. Her paintings in are living leisure levels from generating the London Olympics opening and shutting ceremonies to The Little Mermaid Reside!. Mullan’s fresh credit come with Attractiveness and the Beast: A thirtieth Party, Step Into…the Motion pictures and the Disney Circle of relatives Singalong franchise.

Hamilton made his Oscars debut directing the 82nd Academy Awards telecast in 2010. Along with the 2024 Oscars, he additionally gained an Emmy (along Jay-Z) for co-directing the 2023 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Display starring Rihanna. Hamilton has directed many different are living televised occasions, together with The Emmy Awards, The Grammy Awards, 15 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Presentations and the outlet ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics. Hamilton has gained 13 Primetime Emmy nominations, a BAFTA Award, a Peabody Award and a Grammy Award nomination for the song particular Robbie Williams – Reside on the Albert. He’s the founding father of Completed + Dusted.

Manufacturing designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who additionally gained Emmys for his or her paintings at the 2024 Oscars within the class of exceptional manufacturing design for a wide range particular, will even go back, as will purple carpet display government manufacturer David Chamberlin. The authentic are living purple carpet display airs at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The host of the 2025 Oscars has but to be nominated. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 2024 display.