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William Shatner Mimes Masturbation, Flips Off Conan On Tonight Show
7:15PM the cajun boy | William Shatner, looking bloated, red-faced, sweating, and acting as though he was either high or drunk or both, was a guest for the ages on Conan’s Tonight Show tonight. God bless him. More »
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Heidi Pratt’s “Hospitalisation” Is One Giant Reality TV Mess
9:00AM Foster Kamer | Heidi Pratt was rushed to a hospital in Costa Rica last night for some kind of stomach infection while filming/quitting I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Our source calls the entire thing out. More »
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Heidi And Spencer’s War On Reality Continues From Jungle Hideout
5:19AM Richard Lawson | So we got duped. Heidi and Spencer, the prats from The Hills who supposedly quit the horrid reality trash barge I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here!, haven’t, in fact, been gotten outta there. More »
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Playboy Should Call Ron Burkle
4:40AM Hamilton Nolan | In your finally Friday media column: no bunnies for Richard Branson, no viewers for NBC, a shot at enlightenment for America’s dumb children, and—finally—a classy new porn mag: More »
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How Jay Leno Screwed Conan O’Brien
6:41PM the cajun boy | The New York Times has a massive piece in this week’s Sunday Magazine by Lynn Hirschberg on Conan O’Brien and the changes taking place at NBC as O’Brien prepares to take over as host of the Tonight Show on June 1, while Leno moves into the nightly 10pm slot. More »
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Chuck Exists Only To Sell Subway Sandwiches
6:33AM Hamilton Nolan | Last month TV comedy Chuck had that Subway sandwich product placement that was so laughably flagrant we thought, “This will surely hurt the credibility of ‘Chuck!’” How young and naive we were. Turns out that that Subway deal is literally the only reason that Chuck still exists: More »
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NBC Condemns Us To Wait Seven Months For New 30 Rock
5:30AM Richard Lawson | NBC has announced its autumn TV schedule, and dropped in an immensely disappointing piece of news: the 30 Rock season premiere date is TBA. They say maybe winter; it’s currently May. More »
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Clooney To Star As Martin Luther King In Lars Von Trier’s New Biopic
11:50PM Richard Lawson | Just kidding. Today we have more news from the TV upfronts, plus movie word from sunny, splashy, ridiculous Cannes. More »
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Jay Leno Hospitalised, Giving NBC A Heart Attack
8:07AM Owen Thomas | The Tonight Show is a no-show tonight. Host Jay Leno has checked himself into the hospital, and NBC is airing a rerun instead of the planned lineup featuring actor Ryan Reynolds. More »
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