Oscars host Conan O’Brien says he’s still unable to live in his home due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and that the show’s organizers “want to be sensitive to what’s happened” to residents.

“Everybody I know has been affected,” O’Brien said Friday. “I’m out of my house. Fortunately, my house ... the fire got very close but my house survived. But we won’t be back in there for a long time. And I’m the lucky one. I mean, I know so many people who lost their homes, and I’m just, was ridiculously lucky. So we want to make sure that the show reflects what’s happening and that we put a light on the right people in the right way.”

O’Brien was tapped last year to host the Academy Awards, which will be held March 2 in Los Angeles.

The fires have upended Hollywood’s awards season and effectively turned it into a pledge drive. Some have questioned whether the Oscars should be canceled, but its organizers say they will transform the show in a way that “unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires.”

“We want to be sensitive to the moment, and we want to be sensitive to what’s happened,” O’Brien said. “It is top of our minds, and we are talking about it a lot.”

Gaga dropping ‘Mayhem’ in March: Grammy- winning songwriter and actor Lady Gaga will release her seventh studio album March 7, which media materials say will explore “themes of chaos and transformation.” The 14-track album will be titled “Mayhem.”

Two singles from the album have done well, with “Disease” hitting No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Die With a Smile,” a collaboration with Bruno Mars, spending three weeks at No. 1.

“ ‘Mayhem’ reinvents her early sound with a kaleidoscopic approach that draws from her expansive musical library while embracing a fresh and fearless artistic perspective,” according to the announcement.

She will debut the third single and accompanying music video Sunday, airing during a commercial break for the Grammy Awards.

Everett’s ‘James’ wins Carnegie Medal: For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind.

“I remember making friends at age 13 with the librarian at the University of South Carolina, and she used to let me go through the stacks when I wasn’t supposed to,” Everett said in an interview Sunday.

Everett’s latest honor comes from the country’s public libraries. On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Everett’s “James” was this year’s winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 cash award.

Kevin Fedarko’s “A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon” was chosen for nonfiction.

Jan. 29 birthdays: Actor Katharine Ross is 85. Actor Tom Selleck is 80. Singer Bettye LaVette is 79. Actor Ann Jillian is 75. Drummer Louie Pérez is 72. TV host Oprah Winfrey is 71. Actor Nicholas Turturro is 63. Actor Ed Burns is 57. Actor Sara Gilbert is 50. Actor Justin Hartley is 48. Singer Adam Lambert is 43.