Conan O'Brien tapped to host the next Academy Awards

Emmy-winning late-night talk show host and podcaster Conan O'Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards, the organization behind the ceremony announced Friday.

O'Brien has never hosted the Oscars, which was emceed by late-night personality Jimmy Kimmel for the last two years.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the news in a post on X early Friday. In a video, O'Brien pretends that he has just won an Oscar.

"Oh, I'm hosting? I'm an Oscar host," O'Brien says in the video. "Oh, but do I still get to keep the Oscar?"

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