Conan Takes Over MTV

What do you do after hosting the Emmys twice to great acclaim? My, if you’re Conan O’Brien you host the Oscars MTV Movie Awards, of course.

I know – didn’t we just wrap up one awards season…must we move on the next already? (There’s no rest for the Holly-wicked.)

Anyway, it seems the powers that be at MTV have been pursuing the funny guy fiercely for the gig for a while, and, at long last, O’Brien has agreed to host the infomercial show this year, much to my delight.

“After eight years of intense negotiations,” he quipped on his eponymous TBS show last show, “I am hosting MTV’s second most prestigious awards show.”

Right on!

Photo: VanityFair.com.

Update: And the nominees are….

12 Years a Slave? American Hustle? The Wolf of Wall Street? What is this, the Oscars all over again?

Well, no. Not with Best Kiss, Best Fight, and Best Shirtless Performance in the mix. Duh.