Neil Patrick Harris is your 2014 Oscars host

It's been confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that Neil Patick Harris will be hosting the 87th Annual Academy Awards. Harris has previously won a Tony and an Emmy and participated in a musical number at the 2010 event.

Last year's event, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, was the most watched Oscars event of the past decade and received a viewer-ship of 43 million worldwide.

Harris has stated in a statement that this is 'a dream come true' and 'to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal and Ellen DeGeneres is an honour.'

Looking at the films that have been released lately and those yet to come, I think it will be a close call for Best Picture and the other awards.