How much do you love Anderson Cooper? He's a great news anchor, making a valiant attempt to stay neutral and simply report the news instead of bullying his guests into submission (ahem, Bill O'Reilly), and he manages to take time in his day to enjoy what really matters: reality TV.
Coop stopped by to visit with Jay Leno last night about all things Obama-related, but the main highlight (around 3:10) occurred when he brought up his love affair with The Real Housewives of Atlanta's NeNe. If anyone can get the Silver Fox to do some reality television commentary for Mollygood, let us know.
A DATE HAS BEEN SET "Conan O'Brien will take over the Tonight show next June — and what happens to deposed host Jay Leno after that is anybody's guess. Leno's last show will be Friday, May 29, and O'Brien will start the following Monday, June 1, NBC executives told a Television Critics Association meeting Monday."
Ashanti, the R&B songstress whose music will never stop reminding us of so many frat parties, appeared on the Tonight Show Friday to perform her new single, "Good Good." We're pretty sure the whole song's about her vagina, which is just hilarious considering that meemaws and peepaws love Jay Leno and his "clean material."
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We love David Cook for many reasons. He was consistently awesome on American Idol, he beat out pipsqueak/stage robot David Archuleta, and he makes a song about rainbows and butterflies tolerable. Here he is performing his new single, "Kittens Spew Sunshine Miracles," on The Tonight Show. If you want to really enjoy the performance, take a drink every time you hear an inspirational word. CONTINUED »
Ashlee Simpson continued fooling the world into indulging her and her music career last night on Jay Leno's talk show. She performed a track called "Little Miss Obsessive" and — believe it or not — she didn't lip-sync, which was just one of the reasons it was bad.
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• This is an April Fool's prank for good.
• Jay Leno has apologized to the gay community for being a stupid face and asking a guest to make a "gay face." [DListed]
• "MTV Cancels The Hills!!!" [PS]
• Beyonce and Jay-Z might get married, so, y'know, give up your dreams of dating either of them. [INO]
• People are finding avenues outside of music through which to feed Amy Winehouse money she'll spend on drugs. [ICYDK]
• That one bikini model who strangles herself with her breasts is now reviewing the film The Mist. Someone tell her it's not about being late for a train. [HT]
• Celine Dion smokes weed and is still that into` herself. Yikes. [CityRag]
ENOUGH WITH THE BABIES "After months of speculation that she has a bun in the oven, Minnie Driver put the rumors to rest, confessing to Jay Leno that she is, indeed, pregnant. Minnie, who appeared on The Tonight Show as a guest and musical act … surprised both Jay and the studio audience by confirming the news."
A coming-out party was held for Project Runway winner Christian Siriano last night at the Hollywood Roosevelt. The fierce tranny mess is busy these days, designing clothes for Victoria Beckham, visiting Jay Leno Friday night and making a dress for Kimberley Locke's American Idol appearance.
Perhaps the most exciting development, however, is Christian's return to TV: An Ugly Betty appearance is reportedly in the works. Prepare to overdose on the word "fierce."
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HOW DOES HE DO IT? Throughout the writer's strike, Jay Leno continued to win in the late night talk show ratings war. Despite not cutting a deal with the WGA to rehire writers (as Letterman did) and despite him having on Larry the Cable Guy four times (which is four too many), Leno thrived during the 100-day strike: "'He was going solo and he was going up against his main rival, who benefited by having his writers with him,' said Brad Adgate, research director for ad-buying firm Horizon Media. 'But Leno was still able to maintain his lead over Letterman whether he had backup or not. That's a real testament to Leno and his staying power.'"
David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, reached an agreement last week with the Writer's Guild of America, the terms of the which allow his late night program to resume production, complete with Guild writers. The settlement has prompted other hosts, like Jay Leno, to also return, but without writers.
Last night, the Late Show with David Letterman welcomed it's first guest in weeks, actor and comedian Robin Williams. Leno booked Mike Huckabee, a bigot who once advocated quarantining people with HIV. We hope you chose wisely.
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LOST MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING The four major late night hosts are shitting their pants! "There's some talk that the Big Four hosts — David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson — may all return around the same time. While informal discussions between the NBC and CBS camps have continued via backchannels throughout the strike (Daily Variety, Nov. 16), absolutely nothing like that has been agreed upon." Insiders are tattling that everyone might be back by Jan 7.
• The predator becomes the prey! [Yeeeah]
• That kooky Clinton HQ hostage taker/human bomb has been arrested. He was on a bender. [CNN]
• Jay Leno has fired hundreds of loyal employees, but his enormous garage of automobiles is safe. Where's Cameron Frye when he's really needed? [DListed]
• Is Adam Brody "huggable"? Former Mollygood editor MollyGoodson says yes. [PS]
• Stacy Keibler: What does she do? Event modeling doesn't count. (Did we make up event modeling?) [HT]
• Years ago, in Los Angeles, we met Alicia Silverstone's husband. The full story is very involved, but know that he is not a cool dude. [ICYDK]
• X-mas! Cue the celebrities telling you that you ain't shit unless you get your wife diamonds. [INO]
• How many years of damaged relationships could we have avoided had we considered the fact that we think injured doggies are cuter than regular doggies and psychoanalyzed accordingly? [CityRag]
Because we at Mollygood are well aware that so many opinions are so wrong so often, it comes as no surprise that there is a fervent backlash against Conan O'Brien taking Jay Leno's Tonight Show hosting gig. What is surprising is that many of O'Brien's detractors don't even know what channel their favorite comedian – Jay Leno, the "kind" one – is on. (So [sic])
When Monday's column led with news that Jay Leno was thinking twice about the deal he signed to hand over his Tonight Show hosting duties to Conan O'Brien in 2009…the overwhelming majority thought losing Leno would be a big mistake. Interestingly, many of the same people who voiced this opinion mistakenly thought that the "Tonight Show" runs on CBS.
While talking up her new film, Things We Lost in the Fire, on a taping of The Tonight Show last Friday, Halle Berry decided to try winning over the audience with some sheeny gags. First up, a distorted picture of her with a giant nose. Can you guess where this going?
According to one audience member, "She introduced the first photo by saying, 'Here's where I look like my Jewish cousin!'…No one laughed, and Jay nervously said, 'I'm glad you said that and not me.' When the show aired, they cut out her 'Jewish' comment and added a laugh track to the bit."
The gorgeous actress, who is 4½ months pregnant with her first child, by boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, said, "…I have three girls who are Jewish who work for me. We were going through pictures to see which ones looked silly, and one of my Jewish friends said [of the big-nose picture], 'That could be your Jewish cousin!' And I guess it was fresh in my mind, and it just came out of my mouth…"
And there you have it: The haven of the ethnic friend; a human Achterhuis for when the Nazis of personal responsibility come knocking.
I'm not sure I've ever been as unmoved by something that had the potential to be funny as I was by Rob Schneider impersonating Lindsay Lohan on the Tonight Show last evening. Not large or ugly enough to play up the sight gag of a man dressing as Lohan (as Chris Farley could have done), Schneider trotted out some really inventive "Irish people are drunks" material before killing with an "I was so wasted" one-liner. (Turns out "Lindsay" was so wasted she was "in [her] car but couldn't find [her] car." HA! But you're in the car, boozer!) He eventually brought down the house with a timely Lisa Nowak diaper joke.
It's a wonder the Deuce Bigalow series isn't more highly regarded, isn't it?
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