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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #390 on: January 12, 2010, 01:10:26 PM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on January 12, 2010, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
Conan says NO:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-conan-obrien-story,0,1066145.story

I admit I don't follow these things too closely, but why does Jay Leno seem to have NBC by the 'nads?   Last time I checked, the dude was pretty bad.  Not funny, smarmy to the extreme, he used to be a horrible interviewer, just looking for places to drop his one-liners. 


I agree, but Middle America loves Leno; that's why he got the Tonight Show instead of Letterman. NBC lost Dave over that and they'll probably lose Conan too.
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #391 on: January 12, 2010, 01:27:46 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 01:10:26 PM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on January 12, 2010, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
Conan says NO:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-conan-obrien-story,0,1066145.story

I admit I don't follow these things too closely, but why does Jay Leno seem to have NBC by the 'nads?   Last time I checked, the dude was pretty bad.  Not funny, smarmy to the extreme, he used to be a horrible interviewer, just looking for places to drop his one-liners. 


I agree, but Middle America loves Leno; that's why he got the Tonight Show instead of Letterman. NBC lost Dave over that and they'll probably lose Conan too.

Conan's statement that appears in the NYTimes was pretty amusing while still taking a firm stand against moving his show. As he should.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/?hp

NBC's trying to recover from what was a bad decision in the first place (giving Leno a primetime show) and make everyone happy, but I don't see that happening. Frankly I think they should give Leno his walking papers, but it'll probably be Conan that takes the fall here. Everyone keeps mentioning Fox, but any chance ABC will muster up a viable offer for Conan? How are Jimmy Kimmel's ratings these days?
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #392 on: January 12, 2010, 01:32:35 PM »
Quote from: urth on January 12, 2010, 01:27:46 PM
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 01:10:26 PM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on January 12, 2010, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
Conan says NO:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-conan-obrien-story,0,1066145.story

I admit I don't follow these things too closely, but why does Jay Leno seem to have NBC by the 'nads?   Last time I checked, the dude was pretty bad.  Not funny, smarmy to the extreme, he used to be a horrible interviewer, just looking for places to drop his one-liners. 


I agree, but Middle America loves Leno; that's why he got the Tonight Show instead of Letterman. NBC lost Dave over that and they'll probably lose Conan too.

Conan's statement that appears in the NYTimes was pretty amusing while still taking a firm stand against moving his show. As he should.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/?hp

NBC's trying to recover from what was a bad decision in the first place (giving Leno a primetime show) and make everyone happy, but I don't see that happening. Frankly I think they should give Leno his walking papers, but it'll probably be Conan that takes the fall here. Everyone keeps mentioning Fox, but any chance ABC will muster up a viable offer for Conan? How are Jimmy Kimmel's ratings these days?

Kimmel does OK for ABC (young male demo) and is much cheaper. FOX has the most to gain by wooing Conan with a fat offer. My understanding is if NBC fires Conan they owe him, like, $50M; not clear what he gets if he quits.
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #393 on: January 12, 2010, 03:08:31 PM »
Tim Goodman's take on the Conan thing:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/tgoodman/detail?entry_id=55113

FOX would have to be insane not to swoop in immediately and offer Conan the moon & stars.  Which reminds me that Letterman will be retiring in a few years, and who are they gonna replace *him* with? Craig Ferguson?
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #394 on: January 12, 2010, 04:23:13 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 12, 2010, 03:08:31 PM
Which reminds me that Letterman will be retiring in a few years, and who are they gonna replace *him* with? Craig Ferguson?

Yikes, if I wasn't already starting to feel a little long in the tooth, that certainly puts me over the edge. Granted he's been at it for, what, about 27 or 28 years now, so he probably is having those thoughts, but I just don't like thinking about it.
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No surprise but...
« Reply #395 on: January 27, 2010, 12:50:21 PM »
John and Elizabeth Edwards announce they are legally separating:

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/John_Edwards_Scandal/john-edwards-elizabeth-edwards-legally-separated-abc-news/story?id=9665906

...on the same day that Apple announces the iPad and President O. delivers the State of the Union. A bonus to Edwards' PR flack on his timing--could not have been better (unless Michael Jackson dies again)!
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Re: No surprise but...
« Reply #396 on: January 27, 2010, 02:16:57 PM »
Quote from: urth on January 27, 2010, 12:50:21 PM

...on the same day that Apple announces the iPad and President O. delivers the State of the Union. A bonus to Edwards' PR flack on his timing--could not have been better (unless Michael Jackson dies again)!

no kidding.

...and if you don't have anywhere else to look for iPad pix, you can go here: http://www.webguild.org/2010/01/apple-ipad-to-reinvent-media.php
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #397 on: January 31, 2010, 10:24:30 AM »
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #398 on: February 03, 2010, 02:12:28 PM »
Betcha Leif Garrett isn't going to get a star!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/en_nm/us_garrett_1
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #399 on: February 03, 2010, 02:24:17 PM »
Quote from: mshray on February 03, 2010, 02:12:28 PM
Betcha Leif Garrett isn't going to get a star!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/en_nm/us_garrett_1

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Maybe things are different in LA, but that describes half the population of NYC.  ;)
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #400 on: February 03, 2010, 06:09:12 PM »
Joe Perry: 'Paul Rogers is too English (to sing lead) for Aerosmith':
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=56575
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #401 on: February 03, 2010, 08:24:54 PM »
Quote from: Wayback on February 03, 2010, 06:09:12 PM
Joe Perry: 'Paul Rogers is too English (to sing lead) for Aerosmith':
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=56575

Kind of ironic, considering they're "the American Rolling Stones".  But they haven't ruled out hiring a woman -- Alicat, get yer audition tape ready!
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
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Re: Buckaroo Beej's Gossip Round-up
« Reply #404 on: February 16, 2010, 07:54:53 AM »
I wasn't even aware of this story until Olbermann alluded to it last nite. John Mayer apologizes for racist comments; also told Playboy that Jessica Simpson was like "sexual napalm" (in a good way, I guess).

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20343396,00.html
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