Los Angeles Times | Oscars poll: After Neil Patrick Harris, who should be host next year? Los Angeles Times Host Neil Patrick Harris talks to the audience on stage at the 87th Academy Awards. Host Neil Patrick Harris talks to the audience on stage at the 87th Academy Awards. (Robyn Beck / Agence France-Presse /Getty Images). By Jevon Phillips contact the ... Birdman bags best picture award as Oscar night sees host showing his wild side Off the Carpet: Unexpected virtue at the 87th Oscars Nielsen: Oscars viewership down 16 percent |