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Conan O’Brien Helps CBS Crush NBC

Coco may not have dropped any bombshells during his heart-wrenching 60 Minutes interview last night, but the former Tonight Show host did boost the program’s audience enough to whomp on its NBC competition. Conan O’B rien helped increase the show’s numbers nearly 40% from last week to a 2.2 rating among the 18-49 age group. Meanwhile, Dateline NBC placed third after America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC. [ TVbytheNumbers ]

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Oscar-Nominated Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67

Sad news: British actress Lynn Redgrave died last night at age 67. Redgrave was twice Oscar-nominated almost thirty years apart for her work in 1966’s Georgy Girl and the 1998 Bill Condon film Gods and Monsters , and she is a member of the famous Redgrave acting clan, which recently suffered two other losses (Redgrave’s brother Corin passed away last month, while her niece Natasha Richardson lost her life in a skiing accident last year).

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Bill Condon Has Heard Enough of Your Questions Now, Twilight Fans

Twilight Nation has been hormonally atwitter ever since Bill Condon was announced as Summit Entertainment’s choice to direct the franchise’s final installment Breaking Dawn . Attempting to harness this energy over the weekend, the Oscar-winner invited fans to submit questions and concerns about the undertaking ahead. That’s probably the last time he’ll do that.

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Fran Drescher Threatens to Host Talk Show

A few months ago, Fran Drescher was rumored to be in talks with Fox News and MSNBC about hosting a politics-centered chat show. And last night, the former Nanny star announced her upcoming project on Twitter. (Note: if you are prone to migraines, do not read ahead.) Drescher tweeted, “OMG I ate peach cobler w hm made vanilla ice crm. 2moro got2 b redy @9:30am 4cancer event. Thn hm. Mis BF &dog. I’m doin a sumer tlk shw BTW. ” [ @frandrescher via The Wrap ]

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Hollywood Ink: Who Wants to Be in the Naomi Watts Business?

Conan O’Brien on 60 Minutes: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

What’s another 37 minutes between friends? That’s how long into the broadcast 60 Minutes waited to air Steve Kroft’s interview with Conan O’B rien, the first time the former Tonight Show host appeared on television since February 20th. And while most of the juicy details had already been previewed — as it turns out, Conan would have handled this entire situation a bit differently than Jay Leno — the interview still held some surprises. Namely, how the Great Late Night War of 2010 left the nominally unwavering Coco fairly damaged.

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Iron Man 2 Crosses $100 Million Overseas

That’s not a misprint: Despite being another five days away from release here in the states, Paramount opened Iron Man 2 in most foreign countries over the weekend and scored an estimated $100.2 million. For reference, that’s a 26% increase from the original and is just one of the many signs that Iron Man 2 will probably break the $158.4 million opening weekend record held by The Dark Knight . Might be a good idea to pre-order those opening night tickets now. [ LAT /Company Town ]

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Come On, Get Happy

And so another week — another month! Oy! — closes at Movieline. It was a blur, but we’ll piece it all together with the help of the good-old Week in Review. Make sure to check back with weekend editor Christopher Rosen on Saturday, and have a good one!

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Hank Azaria Unveils His Gargamel

Last month, Hank Azaria told Movieline what he’s got planned for his live-action spin on Gargamel in the Smurfs movie, and now there’s physical proof. Paparazzi snapped pictures of the actor in costume on the film’s NYC set, and…yeah, he looks pretty Gargamel-y. [ Coming Soon ]

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