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Music
12:55PM Jess McGuire | A few months ago, I thought to myself “McGuire, you should start a band that sounds like the Dirty Projectors! That’d make you happy!” But after watching this video, I’m mostly going to focus on marrying a member of the band. Which one? Does it really matter? They’re all startlingly attractive. I would “go there” with any of ‘em. More »
Dirty Projectors – “Cannibal Resource”
12:55PM Jess McGuire | A few months ago, I thought to myself “McGuire, you should start a band that sounds like the Dirty Projectors! That’d make you happy!” But after watching this video, I’m mostly going to focus on marrying a member of the band. Which one? Does it really matter? They’re all startlingly attractive. I would “go there” with any of ‘em. More » 
Small Screen
Dolly Parton Brings Her “Melons To The Big Apple”
3:00AM Tracie | Dolly was on Letterman last night, where she told a funny story about one of her first visits to Times Square in the late ’60s: She was mistaken for a hooker. More »
The Best Letterman Interviews of 2008
5:25AM Kyle Buchanan | Though David Letterman’s held a late-night career for almost thirty years, he’s rarely had as many consecutive buzz moments as he did in 2008. Whether he was expertly dissecting reality show stars, driving the nervous star of Twilight to a pipe for solace, or launching the full-scale Letterman/McCain War of ‘08, the ornery talk show host never lost his ability to fluster guests into their weirdest possible publicity stops. Thanks to video editor Richard Blakeley and intern Stacey Fitzgerald, we’ve assembled eight of the most magic moments in one clip. Vera Farmiga, don’t fret: there’s always next year. More »
More Footage Of Nicole Kidman On Letterman
5:10PM Jess McGuire | Our US counterparts posted a short clip of Nicole Kidman’s rather awkward time chatting to David Letterman on his CBS talk show, but is two minutes enough to judge if you unfortunately missed her appearance when the program was broadcast in Australia? I think not.
Here is Part One of Nicole Kidman promoting Australia on Letterman, and Part Two is after the jump.
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Nicole Kidman Ponders Talk Show Retirement After ‘Letterman’ Appearance Gone Awry
2:05AM Kyle Buchanan | If Hollywood is soon to lose Nicole Kidman to motherhood, at least she’s going out in a blaze of glory! The actress appeared on Letterman last night to promote Australia (we’ve seen it, and we feel safe in saying that Kidman’s nose gives her finest performance ever), and the host/guest interaction was so uncomfortable that even Kristen Stewart sent Kidman flowers afterward (with a note attached that said, “Damn, girl. Loosen up!”). More »
Emma Thompson Graphically Mauled By Stuffed Animal on ‘Letterman’
6:20AM Kyle Buchanan | Naturally, we at Defamer think the world of Emma Thompson — after all, who doesn’t? (Don’t answer that, Branagh.) Still, we didn’t expect much from her appearance last night on Letterman; maybe some cute banter, some veddy English trilling, but certainly nothing on the level of Helen Mirren’s “I’m a crazy British woman” press tour. More »
To David Letterman, Russell Brand’s Hairstyle is a Religious Experience
4:48AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that Russell Brand’s been virtually blacklisted from British television, he’s made a return to America to ply his wares (yes, that sound you heard was Jordin Sparks stomping an Ugg boot in frustration). Appearing on Letterman last night to promote his upcoming Adam Sandler movie, Brand bewitched the talk show host with the thicket of hair whipped up over his head like a haphazardly thrown-together bird’s nest. More »
‘Late Show’ Shocker: Alec Baldwin Sides With Biden, Not ‘Bible Spice’
3:28AM Kyle Buchanan | Alec Baldwin appeared on Late Show last night to reprise his own, sub-Tina Fey impression of Sarah Palin while recounting to Dave the (completely justifiable!) circumstances of Palin’s visit to SNL. Unlike her offer to Fey that night, Palin did not serve up Bristol as a potential babysitter to Baldwin’s daughter, but that’s not to say these two unlikely scenemates didn’t find something in common to talk about. More »
David Letterman Stages a Lauren Conrad Intervention
2:51AM Kyle Buchanan | On The Hills, Lauren Conrad can usually end an awkward situation by staring into the middle distance as the Black-Eyed Peas take us to commercial, but on last night’s Late Show, she had to simply sit there and take it as David Letterman suggested an alternate take on all the friend drama Conrad’s been through. “Maybe you’re the problem,” he said. More »
