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Conan O'Brien

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    April 2, 2012

    Conan O'Brien's Workout Mixtape: Stuff White People Like

    Last week, we received the following press release: "Curious on how Conan O'Brien maintains his lean physique? It takes hours and hours in the gym -- and to keep his energy up, Conan needs the right kind of music. We we cornered Coco and got him to reveal what's thumping in his headphones while he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Happy (Belated) Birthday, Twitter: 10 of Our Favorite Food-Related Tweets

    Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Conan O'Brien Visits M&M Soul Food [Video]

    Deon Cole & Conan O'Brien at M&M Soul Food​Conan O'Brien loves gravy. That's what the ultra-pale comedian and TV show host discovers when he visits M&M Soul Food with his pal, comedian and actor Deon Cole. [Video after the jump.]

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Maya Rudolph, Bridesmaids Star, Tells Conan That Her Friend's Dog Olly Found Severed Head Near Hollywood Sign

    The grim tale of the severed human head that turned up near the Hollywood sign was already a full-length, stranger-than-fiction L.A. horror flick. Dog finds head; severed feet and hands show up nearby; skeezy paparazzi try to sell alleged pics of head for $5,000. But last night on Conan, of-the-mom ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2011

    And the Sucky Goes to ...

    The grim tale of the severed human head that turned up near the Hollywood sign was already a full-length, stranger-than-fiction L.A. horror flick. Dog finds head; severed feet and hands show up nearby; skeezy paparazzi try to sell alleged pics of head for $5,000. But last night on Conan, of-the-mom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    The Butch Bakery Cookbook, A Guy-Centric Cupcake Book For Those Big Spoons

    Just as we say we'd be happy to never see another cupcake book again, one lands on our desk that is oddly compelling. We say oddly, as we wouldn't even call The Butch Bakery Cookbook by David Arrick (with Janice Kollar) a particularly good baking book. But it is pretty hilariously entertaining-- tho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    George Lopez Canceled After Less Than a Year of Following Conan O'Brien Late Night on TBS

    Lopez, last night.​Updated at the bottom with a statement from TBS. First posted at 12:27 p.m. They say that Latinos are "the help," but this is ridiculous. After Conan O'Brien took over George Lopez's slot on TBS in November, the move was spun as a comedy all-star package, with Lopez coming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    [VIDEO] L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Gives Conan O'Brien an Ultimatum: No Community Service, No Street Sign

    YouTubeIs the mayor of Los Angeles flirting with Conan O'Brien?​Up to now, we've done all we could to avoid covering Conan O'Brien's ridiculous request that Los Angeles name a cruddy old street in Van Nuys after His Gingerness. But Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's unexpected YouTube response yest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Conan O'Brien ('s Writing Staff) Kicks Off Everything Is Festival at Cinefamily

    The kids you made fun of in high school: All grown up, and richer than you.​ When you hear the name Conan O'Brien, you probably picture the man who single-handedly rallied America's youth against Jay Leno, revenge after Leno took back the Tonight Show gig that, only nine months earlier, he'd l ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    June 23, 2011

    Conan O'Brien Documentary Review

    The kids you made fun of in high school: All grown up, and richer than you.​ When you hear the name Conan O'Brien, you probably picture the man who single-handedly rallied America's youth against Jay Leno, revenge after Leno took back the Tonight Show gig that, only nine months earlier, he'd l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    An Evening with Max Weinberg

    The kids you made fun of in high school: All grown up, and richer than you.​ When you hear the name Conan O'Brien, you probably picture the man who single-handedly rallied America's youth against Jay Leno, revenge after Leno took back the Tonight Show gig that, only nine months earlier, he'd l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Newt Gingrich Announces Republican Presidential Campaign Do-Over to Commence in L.A. This Weekend

    Newt.​Forget New York. If you can re-make it here, you can re-make it anywhere. And plenty of people, from L Ron Hubbard to Conan O'Brien, seem to have relaunched their careers in this City of Angels. You can now add Newt Gingrich to that list. Yeah, despite what you might have heard about t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Andrés De Bouchet: Q&A with Conan's Fat Jesus

    ​ You may know him as "Fat Jesus" from Conan, where he's a writer, or from the numerous other characters he's played on the show. He also ran the popular Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is a Game in New York before moving to L.A. With his booming voice, du Bouchet is m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY! ANDRES DE BOUCHET

    ​ You may know him as "Fat Jesus" from Conan, where he's a writer, or from the numerous other characters he's played on the show. He also ran the popular Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is a Game in New York before moving to L.A. With his booming voice, du Bouchet is m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Conan O'Brien

    Screenshot of Conan O'Brien's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Arnold Love Child Jokes: Jay Leno vs. Conan [Video]

    NBCJay Leno gave it to his pal.​Arnold Schwarzenegger's revelation that he fathered a child out of wedlock 10 or so years ago was a present to America's L.A.-based late-night talk shows. In fact the muscle-man actor has been giving steadily to the cause of monologia since 2003, when he elbowe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Conan O'Brien Jokes That Korean Massage Parlors Look Like Korean Funeral Homes

    TBSConan.​Here's our theory. People who aren't from L.A. (we're looking at you, Kobe) don't fully grasp the breadth and depth of our diversity. We have ethnic communities for days (and decades, if not centuries), and while dog-meat jokes and thank-you-come-agains might have been okay 20 or 30 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Conan O'Brien

    Screenshot of Conan O'Brien's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Conan O'Brien Whooped Both Jay Leno And Jon Stewart On Cable TV Last Night -- But Can He Make The Magic Last?

    TBSSomewhere between poverty and basic cable​Hot damn, Conan. We knew the comeback would be big, but that was some next-level shit. America's favorite middle-aged carrot set the record for the most-watched show in cable-TV history last night: His brand-new 11 p.m. slot on TBS roped in a baffl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Will You Watch 'Conan' At 11 Tonight, Or Stick With Jon Stewart?

    Pulse2Back up off my slot, Stewart​All the bleeding gingerhearts on Team Coco finally lay down their arms tonight. After 10 months following "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour," Conan O'Brien fans will gather J.Bieb-style outside the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    [Video] Conan O'Brien Says He'll Pursue Custody Battle Over Masturbating Bear

    NBCWill NBC keep O'Brien from his bear?​Since he stepped from NBC, late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien has been fairly mum about the intellectual property he helped to develop during his longstanding stint at the network. What would become of the Masturbating Bear and Triumph the Insult Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    A Spooky Season For Jay Leno As Ghost From Conan O'Brien's Past Kicks His Ass In Ratings

    NBCDead Conan is kicking live Jay Leno's butt.​This is a true Halloween treat: The ghost of Conan O'Brien's late-night show is beating Jay Leno's Tonight Show numbers. Talk about being beaten by a dead horse. The Wrap reports that O'Brien's short time in NBC's 11:30 p.m. slot in summer, 2009 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Jack White Is with Coco: White Stripes Frontman Releases Two Conan O'Brien Albums

    I'm With White-o​The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jack White's Third Man Records label will be releasing two Conan O'Brien albums recorded last June. According to the report, The first is "And They Call Me Mad?" which includes O'Brien's improvised spoken word inspired by the legend of Fra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Tonight: The Dead Weather, the Gaslight Anthem, Rihanna, Keane, Gram Rabbit, Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants

    Floria SigismondiThe Dead Weather​What can we say about the Dead Weather that you don't already know? That they really really could have done better on the video for "Blue Blood Blues?" That Jack White covering "Creep" with Conan O'Brien was stranger than fiction? That Alison Mosshart has a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    IF A TV PILOT NEVER AIRS, DOES IT STILL STINK?

    Floria SigismondiThe Dead Weather​What can we say about the Dead Weather that you don't already know? That they really really could have done better on the video for "Blue Blood Blues?" That Jack White covering "Creep" with Conan O'Brien was stranger than fiction? That Alison Mosshart has a ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    DOMINATRIX OR TREAT?

    Floria SigismondiThe Dead Weather​What can we say about the Dead Weather that you don't already know? That they really really could have done better on the video for "Blue Blood Blues?" That Jack White covering "Creep" with Conan O'Brien was stranger than fiction? That Alison Mosshart has a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Conan O'Brien To Give First Post-NBC Interview To '60 Minutes'

    Meghan SinclairSuper CoCo.​In his first interview since leaving NBC, late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien will appear on CBS News program 60 Minutes Sunday, Associated Press reports. O'Brien's exit deal with NBC -- he walked away from the network with more than $40 million for himself and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Hole, Air Guitar and Conan O'Brien

    Yeah, you may still be trying to recover from Coachella, but there was a little too much going on this weekend to be housebound. Courtney Love and Conan O'Brien both made their big returns to the L.A. stage and local air guitarists went head to head at the Troubadour to move one step closer to the c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    CONAN THE HILARIAN

    Yeah, you may still be trying to recover from Coachella, but there was a little too much going on this weekend to be housebound. Courtney Love and Conan O'Brien both made their big returns to the L.A. stage and local air guitarists went head to head at the Troubadour to move one step closer to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    George Lopez Doesn't Mind Being Bumped For Conan -- 'The Red Man'

    ​Despite speculation that George Lopez is suffering the same fate at TBS that Conan O'Brien walked away from at NBC when it was proposed that Jay Leno's return to late night shuffle the redhead's show back a half hour, the Latino comedian says he's more than okay with Conan taking his 11 p.m. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Conan Announces New Late-Night Show On TBS

    ​Conan O'Brien on Monday announced he's headed to cable network TBS for an 11 p.m. late-night show that will start in November. The move will bump George Lopez's own talk show to midnight. The move appears to confirm that the host will remain in Los Angeles, where he moved from New York for hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Pizza Pie Used To Lure Team Coco Back To New York

    ​Gawker.TV recently delivered New York pizzas to writers for Conan O'Brien who were making an appearance at the Hollywood Improv. The message? "New York misses you! Come back -- there's more pizza where this came from." (Via LAist). Sorry Big Apple, but you're with us, Conan. Besides the fact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Conan O'Brien's Live Variety Show Coming to the Gibson Amphitheater in April

    ​Conan O'Brien will be bringing his "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" tour to the Gibson Amphitheater on April 24 [UPDATE: another date added for April 25]. Tickets for the American Express-sponsored tour are available through his Team Coco website. The show is advertised as ... More >>

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    January 28, 2010

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY! -- EUGENE MIRMAN

    ​Conan O'Brien will be bringing his "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" tour to the Gibson Amphitheater on April 24 [UPDATE: another date added for April 25]. Tickets for the American Express-sponsored tour are available through his Team Coco website. The show is advertised as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Today In WTF: NBC Buys A Show From Conan

    NBC​As the world watched the biggest break-up since (possibly) Brad and Angelina unfold in slow-motion this month, it would be reasonable to think that the blood between late-night host Conan O'Brien and NBC would be as bad as it gets. The network paid him and his staff nearly $45 million to w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Conan Signs $45 Million Deal To Exit NBC

    ​NBC made it official today: Conan O'Brien is leaving with a $45 million package that includes about $33 million for the soon-to-be ex-Tonight Show host and $12 million in severance for members of his staff, according to Business Week. The agreement allows O'Brien to get on the air via anothe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    $40 Million For Conan To Leave NBC, States New Report

    NBC​Forget $30 million: As Conan O'Brien is portrayed as the victim in his battle with NBC, his ratings are up, and fans are rallying around him, he could now get $40 million to walk away from his contract with the network, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal would preclude him from ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Conan Getting $30 Million To Walk Away, According To Report

    ​Sharon Waxman's The Wrap is reporting that NBC will pay Conan O'Brien to walk away from The Tonight Show and his contract dispute with NBC. Waxman states that NBC executives, including CEO Jeff Zucker, held an all-night negotiating session Thursday to help come to the deal. O'Brien had rejec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Conan Fans Plan Rally, Might Be Too Late

    Mike Mitchell​Fans of late-night TV host Conan O'Brien announced an "I'm with Coco"-themed rally outside the taping of his show Monday in Universal City. The rally, however, might be too late, as The Wrap is reporting that NBC and O'Brien have come to a $30-million deal that would have him wal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Leno Headed Back To Old, Hour-Long Stomping Grounds Late-Night

    NBCJay Leno.​Jay Leno has struck a deal to get his late-night hour back at 11:35 p.m. on NBC, a move that indicates Conan O'Brien is definitely off the line-up at NBC, according to a report at TMZ. The site states that Leno had been guaranteed an hour under his Jay Leno Show contract for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Defamer Calls For NBC Chief Zucker's Head Over Conan Fiasco

    NBCJeff Zucker.​There was a time when publications, mostly of the dead-tree variety, would call for heads of leaders, mostly of the political kind. But in this info-stream era, everyone's an armchair studio chief, and every public figure -- not just the one you voted for -- is game. It was on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Conan O'Brien Says No To Later Time Slot At NBC, Wants Network To Reconsider Late-Night Moves

    NBCConan O'Brien.​Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien rejected NBC's proposal to have his Tonight Show start a half hour later as a result of the resurrection of a Jay Leno late-night program to start at 11:35 p.m., calling the the proposed move "destruction" of the franchise. In a widely distribu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Rumor Mill: NBC Looking For Guest Host For Tuesday's 'Tonight Show'

    NBCConan O'Brien.​Rumors are circulating in Hollywood that NBC is scrambling to find a guest host to fill in for Conan O'Brien on Tuesday's Tonight Show. Earlier today O'Brien issued a statement rejecting NBC's proposal to move his show to 12:05 a.m. to make room for a renewed late-night progr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Leno Prime-Time Show Done; NBC To Go Back To 'Scripted' TV

    NBCJay Leno.​NBC over the weekend copped to its retirement of the short-lived Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m. weeknights, officially announcing that its hoped-for lineup shuffle was a proposal that would have Leno and Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien squeeze into late-night together at 11:35 p.m. and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Top Entertainment Stories of 2009 Named; Jackson, L.A. Dominate List

    ​The death of Michael Jackson topped a list of top-ten entertainment stories for 2009, and headlines emanating from Los Angeles dominated the list. The survey of news editors was conducted by Associated Press. Its top stories: 1) The death of Michael Jackson; 2) the rise of singer Susan Boyle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Are Redheads Safe Anywhere? Can We All Just Get Along?

    NBC​We told you about a redheaded student being attacked at a Calabasas middle school as part of "kick a ginger day." Well, it turns out there were four other carrot tops who got kicked and hit as part of a coordinated redhead attack that was promoted via Facebook. The anti-redhead violence h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Conan To Emcee Police Benefit; You're Really Not Invited

    An elite event to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Los Angeles Police Department, to mark the end of Chief William Bratton's tenure, and to provide yet another opening ceremony for the new Police Administration Building will feature Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien as an emcee, Wolfgang Puck as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Mud-Raking: News Stations Tout Mudslides That Never Come

    Judging by local television news operations, yesterday's rains comprised a state of emergency. For three days all local news stations led with this story: The first rainstorm of the season could cause disastrous mudslides in the foothills below fire-ravaged sections of the Angeles National Forest. M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    KCRW Launches New Guest DJ Sessions featuring Conan O'Brien, Jason Reitman and others

    Everybody has an opinion about music, especially celebrities, and KCRW is harnessing this intrinsic reality with a new online series which launches today called the Guest DJ Project. Each week, a member of KCRW's on-air staff interviews a person of note, and broadcasts the results, which so far has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Introducing Teenage Kicks A Moment of Rock Crit Glory

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