Kanye West announced via Twitter that he plans to release a new track — his or a friend’s –every week between now and the holidays. West is calling the project “G.O.O.D. Fridays.”
Lee Ann Rimes says she’s “incredibly proud” of her retro bikini performance on last week’s America’s Got Talent. Sexy but she’s no Katy Perry.
Sylvester Stallone’s The [...]

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Did Conan O’Brien do the right thing by talking to “60 Minutes” on Sunday night? Or did his first public interview since he left the “Tonight Show” backfire? Critics and fans are split, while CBS was delighted — it got boffo ratings and the opportunity to beat on late-night rival Jay Leno some more. Conan [...]

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Late-night talking points:
* Conan O’Brien will give his first post-”Tonight Show” interview on “60 Minutes” Sunday, sitting down with Steve Kroft. O’Brien agreed not to give any interviews until after May 1 in his exit deal with NBC. O’Brien will have to be careful what he says however since he is prohibited from disparaging his [...]

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Surprise, surprise. Conan O’Brien has made a deal to return to late-night television, but the former “Tonight Show” host is going to cable not network. O’Brien has agreed to start a new hour-long show on comedy-based TBS, airing at 11 p.m., Monday-Thursday. George Lopez will slide his show to midnight. Most observers felt O’Brien would wind up at [...]

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SNL has three new shows in a row. Saturday: Jennifer Lopez (host and musical guest); Zack Galifianakis and Vampire Weekend (March 6); Jude Law and Pearl Jam (March 13).
Conan O’Brien has opened a Twitter account… and already has over 300,000 followers.
John Grisham is going to write his first children’s book series. The first book [...]

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Conan O’Brien ended his seven-month run on “The Tonight Show” on Friday night with a classy goodbye speech. He thanked his fans and NBC — his home for the past 20 years. He said that walking away from “The Tonight Show” was “the hardest thing I ever had to do” and “Nobody in life gets [...]

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It’s official. NBC said Thursday it has reached a $45 million deal with Conan O’Brien for his exit from the “Tonight” show, allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years. Under the deal, which came seven months after O’Brien took the reins from Leno, O’Brien will get more than [...]

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