According to the internet, Conan O’Brien and NBC reached a settlement yesterday that will pay he and his staff $45-million. Interestingly, Conan’s settlement contains a “nondisparagement clause” stating that he can’t make fun of NBC publicly for an undisclosed period of time after he leaves the network, which means he’ll be unloading both barrels tonight. Set your DVRs kids! Meanwhile, Leno will appear on Oprah to try to salvage his reputation. |WSJ|
Listen as Fox News pundits shamelessly use earthquake analogies to describe Scott Brown’s Senate win in Massachusetts. You stay classy Roger Ailes. Read more »
You can see how Australia’s Aborigines might be a tad bit offended by this highly derivative, primitive Russian ice dance. |Yahoo|
And so it comes to an end, which is what they say all good things come to, sadly. Yes, our long, national fit of voyeurism into the realm of guidodom has come to a close, so let’s delve into the events of last night’s show and the reunion special that followed it, shall we? Read more »
NYC beware: Lady Gaga and her alleged penis are in town. Barring another case of exhaustion, she’s scheduled to do four shows at Radio City Music Hall. She kicked things off Wednesday night and with tickets reportedly hard to come by, its got celebrities and especially the plebeians, going nuts—to the point of violence even. Speaking of which, what’s with all the bruises? Bonus: YouTube video of her performance below. |Gothamist| Read more »
We present one of the greatest visual representations of NBC’s late night programming inspired by that notoriously pesky Twitter icon.
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If you’ve been to the movies lately, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the trailer for the utterly ridiculous looking “Hot Tub Time Machine.” Today the producers of the film released the red band trailer for the film, which stars John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry. You know you want to see it!
NASA announced a huge development in their space program: Astronauts can now tweet from the International Space Station. Previously, the crew had to email personnel who would then post it for them, but now they can go live and direct. Earlier today, Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer (@Astro_TJ) logged in and using the ultimate wireless internet connection ever, updated his Twitter, making him the first astronaut to do so unassisted, sorry @Astro_Mike.
Always maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, a video of rookie cops beating a Bronx man while in custody has surfaced. The suspect had already been handcuffed, when officers punched him (and a friend) repeatedly in the head as two sergeants at the scene looked on. Read more »
As you may know, Lil Wayne hails from the projects of New Orleans. As you may also know, the New Orleans Saints are playing the Minnesota Vikings this weekend with the winner advancing to the Super Bowl. With that said, Weezy has announced that he’ll be pulling for the Vikings on Sunday because he’s a Brett Favre fan. You know what, fuck Lil Wayne! |MTV|
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