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Let George Takei Help You Come Out This Holiday Season

During Conan O’Brien’s show Tuesday, sidekick Andy Richter advertised a limited-time offer in which he, comedian Deon Cole, the Basic Cable Band and George Takei will tell your family you’re gay.

Posted on Dec 19, 2012 READ MORE


Bill Maher on ‘Conan’: Obama Not First Gay President

When Newsweek published a cover this week that declared Obama America’s “first gay president” after he came out in favor of same-sex marriage, it raised some eyebrows. On Tuesday, comedian Bill Maher addressed the controversial cover during an interview with Conan O’Brien.

Posted on May 16, 2012 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS



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Schwarzenegger Slashes Social Programs

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken the ax yet again to California’s social programs, vetoing almost $1 billion in spending on welfare, special education, child care and other programs before signing a budget bill into law.

Posted on Oct 9, 2010 READ MORE  |  18 COMMENTS



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Conan Takes His Late Night Antics to Cable

Late night chatterbox Conan O’Brien, whose career woes briefly made him the perfect entertainer for a nation of unemployed people, is headed back to work. TBS, which already has a late night show helmed by George Lopez, managed to secure the rights to Conan’s yuk-yuks ahead of Fox.

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Late Night Hosts Gang Up on Leno

NBC’s “Tonight Show” meltdown has given plenty of fodder to the network’s late night competitors, who, for the most part, seem to side with Conan O’Brien over Jay Leno.

Posted on Jan 31, 2010 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


Conan Burns NBC’s Millions in Revenge

Until they shut him down, “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is free to spend NBC’s millions doing things like dressing up the world’s most expensive car as a mouse and giving it a Rolling Stones theme song. This may be a bit unseemly in the middle of an economic meltdown, but as revenge goes, it’s pretty sweet.

Posted on Jan 21, 2010 READ MORE  |  23 COMMENTS


Shatner Reads Palin’s Tweets

William Shatner is back with bongos in tow to read through more of Sarah Palin’s “poetry,” also known as her Twitter posts.

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