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Hedwig Tony Winner Neil Patrick Harris to Host 2015 Oscars Telecast

The TV favorite is going for an EGOT of awards-show hosting.

Neil Patrick Harris will host this year's Oscars telecast on ABC.
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Neil Patrick Harris is going for an EGOT. In more ways than one.

After hosting the Tonys and the Emmys in past years, Harris will lead the 2015 Academy Awards telecast on February 22, Variety reports. The actor, who recently completed a Tony-winning run on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, has won multiple Emmys for his awards-show broadcasts.

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron produce the broadcast for the third time, working with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the network ABC. The 87th Oscars ceremony will air live on ABC and in 225 countries.

Harris played a nine-season run on the series How I Met Your Mother, and he is the author of the new memoir Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography.