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Letterman Had Human Emotions, Relationships

1:03AM Hamilton Nolan | Will David Letterman ever live down the shame of being the first American to sleep with someone at work? Let’s hope not! Sexxxy Letterman revelations this morning: Another fling, pictured! Dave’s alleged Halderman hate rage! And, what will happen tonight?!? More »

Career Suicide Caps Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Late Show’ Stupid Human Tricks

8:30AM STV | For all the hoaxy drama behind Joaquin Phoenix’s hip-hop ambitions, you can’t say the guy isn’t serious about effectively throwing his film career away after watching his spectacular self-immolation last night on The Late Show. More »

Delta Goodrem’s Postmodern David Letterman Fantasy Comes True

9:54AM Clem Bastow | After much fanfare, Delta Goodrem has risen through the ranks of the US talk shows to the pinnacle, The Late Show With David Letterman (that show’s being the pinnacle is of course open to debate; I would’ve gone with Outrageous Celebrity Lookalike Behaviour Caught On Tape: 2, but there you go). In any case, Delts ended up the star attraction on the show after John McCain pulled out of his scheduled appearance. How did she go? Well, let’s watch it: More »

Liv Tyler Is Back On The Market And, Hey! Eyes Up Here!

9:30AM Molly Friedman | Judging by her appearance on The Late Show Friday night, Liv Tyler isn’t wasting any time moping over her recent separation from husband Royston Langdon. Showing up in a body-hugging little black silk dress, its lace top doing little to cover up cleavage, and pounds of makeup covering her typically bare face, it looks as though Tyler is taking a page from the Gwyneth Paltrow Guide To Hot Rock Mums. But does the trampy look work on Tyler? A closer look after the jump. More »

Gwyneth Paltrow Gives David Letterman’s Knee A Sensual Rubdown

8:30AM Mark Graham | Gwyneth Paltrow’s bid to reestablish herself both as a commercially viable actress and a MILF-y sexpot reached new heights last night on The Late Show With David Letterman. After running into the Ed Sullivan theatre looking like she just got done with a spinning class at the Equinox Gym, she entered David Letterman’s notoriously chilly environs wearing a sleeveless top that was scantily cut down to there. After dispensing with the formalities (Dave complimented her towering heels, asked how the kids were, blah blah blah), Gwyneth launched into a story about how she had trouble performing a certain scene while filming Iron Man because she had recently injured her knee. While Dave feigned interest in the story of her damaged joint, Gwynnie recognised his lack of interest and decided to do something about it. Namely, she gave his knee (and a bit of his thigh) a nice little rubdown. While we can spout off a number of instances over the years where Dave has been kissed, hugged and even flashed by his guests, we believe this is the first time a guest has ever dared touch Dave’s leg for this length of time. More pix of Gwyneth, including the lacy see-through getup she wore to an Iron Man screening last night, after the jump. More »

Renee Zellweger Coins New Term For Frozen Snot, Wins Back Our Love By Impersonating It

8:10AM Molly Friedman | Renee Zellweger may have brought the va va voom factor to Letterman last night in her body-hugging red Old Hollywood dress, but one of her talking points was far from glamorous. While chatting with Dave about shooting Chilled In Miami in temperatures she claimed reached 57 below, Renee delves deep into the physical effects that kind of weather can have on the body, particularly the ways in which bodily fluids react to icy weather. And those effects do not look pretty in close-ups. But thanks to her sugary Southern accent and last-minute decision to impersonate her own snot for Dave, we’re ready to forgive her for all that twitchy Hitchcock-inspired emoting she slaughtered us with last month. [CBS] WATCH VIDEO More »

Martha Stewart Is No Lush, But She Sure Loves Getting Talk Show Hosts Trashed

8:30AM Molly Friedman | After gleefully watching along as Martha Stewart doused Conan O’Brien with all sorts of lush-inducing cocktails, from Guinness to gin to mystery concoctions, we put on our thinking caps and sorted through our clip-clustered memories. After we cleared the cobwebs a bit, we remembered that this wasn’t the first time Martha shared her love of liquor with television hosts. Loyal Defamer readers will recall her 8am rise-and-shine mixers with Meredith Vieira on The Today Show last month, and insomniacs will certainly remember her booze-on-the-brain appearance on The Late Show last week (in which she listed at least four indecipherable drinks she calls her “favourites”). But her fondness of ladylike cocktails doesn’t stop there. Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer put together a burp-filled mashup of our favourite Professional Housewife’s alcohol-drenched appearances of late; as always, video is available the jump. More »