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Don’t Say ‘Goodbye’ to Jay Leno Just Yet

Jay Leno is slated to leave “The Tonight Show” next May after seventeen years. Conan O’Brien, who has been putting his time in at the late slot for fifteen years, will take over as the host of the show. But, Leno won’t be moving very far. NBC announced today that Leno will take over the 10 p.m. weeknight slot next fall, leaving him just the summer to relax before returning to work. Rumors had been circulating for a while that NBC didn’t want to lose Leno and the possibility of him hosting another show for NBC seemed like a good … Continue reading →

TV News: Late Night Laughfest Continues and Grammy Winner Gets Soapy

Oh Jimmy, Jimmy. It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of Jimmy Fallon in the near future. Word has it that the former “Saturday Night Live” regular just signed a deal with NBC to take over for Conan O’Brien when he succeeds Jay Leno next year. For months the buzz surrounding Fallon’s move to the “Late Night” chair has been growing louder. Now, finally, it appears the brass at NBC is preparing to make an official announcement about the deal. A few days ago The Hollywood Reporter and Variety both published articles that said the network execs would … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potpourri: New Baby, New Pad, New Line

Mr. Big has a new role–Mr. Mom. “Sex and the City” star Chris Noth is reportedly thrilled with his new title and even more pleased that his newborn son is healthy and happy. According to Noth’s rep, the actor’s long-time girlfriend Tara Wilson gave birth to a baby boy in Los Angeles on Friday. Orion Christopher Noth weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz. and is the first child for both Noth and Wilson. The couple met while Wilson was employed at Noth’s New York bar, The Cutting Room. NEW PAD Conan O’Brien also has reason to celebrate today. Not because he … Continue reading →

Save Your Jokes Late-Night TV Hosts Can’t Take Them

Word sure spreads fast… Shortly after the announcement came that late-night TV hosts Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien plan to cross picket lines and get back to work by January 2nd amateur comedians got busy. According to NBC executives, both the network’s website and switchboard were inundated yesterday with material from jokesters around the country trying to peddle their laughs. Well, as of this morning, the peacock network has this to say to anyone who wants a new job as a late-night TV writer: Keep your jokes to yourself. Actually, the notice posted on NBC’s website reads as follows: “NBC … Continue reading →

Leno and O’Brien Returning to Late-Night TV

Fans of Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien will get to start 2008 with fresh laughs from their favorite late-night comedians after all. Executives at NBC just announced that both the “Tonight” show and “Late Night” will return to TV with new episodes beginning January 2nd, almost exactly two months to the day after the Hollywood writers strike sent them into repeats. According to NBC bigwigs, both late-night talk shows will not include jokes supplied by writers. They didn’t elaborate on who will be writing material, but you’d think that the life-long comedian/hosts could help come up with a few minutes … Continue reading →

The Writers Strike and Late-Night Talk Shows—THE BACKLASH!

Did you watch “Last Call” last night? If so you witnessed the first fresh episode of late-night talk since the writer’s strike began more than four weeks ago. After host Carson Daly cracked jokes about his applause sign still working and shared pictures of what he and his staff did in the last month he finally explained why his NBC show became the first late-night chatfest to return to the air with fresh material since members of the Writers Guild of America took to the picket lines more than a month ago. “We ran out of repeats,” Daly cracked. “A … Continue reading →

Conan the Saint?

Well, he does kind of look like a young Kris Kringle… As the Writers Guild of America strike drags into the end of its fourth week, Conan O’Brien is making like St. Nick to bring holiday cheer to his late-night talk show staff. The comedian has pledged to cover the salaries of his non-writing production workers (nearly 80 in all) for the foreseeable future. According to Variety, the 44-year-old talk show host’s generous offer (he’s paying the salaries out of his own pocket) will kick in on December 1st, that’s when NBC said it would be forced to lay off … Continue reading →

Celebrity Milestones: Engaged and Expecting Again

So much for the Tina Fey rumor… It appears Jimmy Fallon is officially off the market. But, the groom-to-be is did not propose to any of his former “Saturday Night Live” co-stars. Rather, Fallon is engaged to girlfriend Nancy Juvonen, a Hollywood producer who worked on the actor’s 2005 romantic comedy “Fever Pitch.” And by the sounds of it the proposal was as romantic as any Hollywood-produced love scene. According to a friend of the couple’s, Fallon popped the question in New Hampshire on the dock of Juvonen’s family home in Wolfeboro on Lake Winnipesaukee–the same place where “On Golden … Continue reading →

New Beginnings For Hollywood Stars

Just call her Mama Elfman. Jenna Elfman’s rep is confirming that the actress and her actor husband Bodhi are the proud new parents of a healthy baby boy. Story Elias Elfman made his debut on July 23rd in Los Angeles. Elfman’s rep says the former Dharma & Greg star is doing fine. As for baby Story – who weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. – he is reportedly already a fan of “classical music, a clean diaper, mom’s boobs and long naps.” This is the first child for the 35-year-old actress who played Dharma Finklestein Montgomery on the ABC … Continue reading →

Trump Stirs Up More Controversy

With Rosie O’Donnell recently announcing her departure from ABC’s “The View” you had to know that her rival Donald Trump would not remain silent for long. (I think it took him about 2.16 seconds to issue a statement after the news of her leaving was broadcast.) I’ll get to their ongoing battle in a bit, but first I wanted to clear up rumors about Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent appearance on Trump’s TV show “The Apprentice: Los Angeles.” For some reason I allow myself to get sucked into “The Apprentice,” season after season (this year was no different). On the March … Continue reading →