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Late Night Highlights: George Lopez Welcomes Conan, Kevin Eubank Breaks Up with Jay

If you thought that Conan O’B rien was legally prohibited from appearing on television, you were right. But if you thought that meant that George Lopez could not use his likeness in bits recycled straight from NBC, you were wrong. Until Conan makes his cable debut in November, expect more of those pilfered segments and Desi-Lucille comparisons (“A Latino and a redhead. It’s worked before. Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball. [We’ll be a] same-sex Lucy and Ricky!”). Click through to see George Lopez kick off the LOCO fanfare, Kevin “Kev” Eubanks break up with Jay Leno , and the other highlights you missed from last night’s afterhours programming.

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Larry Birkhead: The Latest Cry for Attention

This is how a real pimp rolls. Once the cameras grow weary of your attempts to remain in the news by thrusting your daughter in the spotlight , you must adjust. How does a dedicated, shameless attention-getter change things up? By exploiting his deceased child’s mother, right, Larry Birkhead? The former lover of Anna Nicole Smith was spotted out in attire that bears her face this week. Larry Birkhead : Anne Nicole Smith t-shirts, and dignity, for sale! [Photos: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com] A former celebrity gossip photographer, Birkhead knows what sells. That’s why he’s seen here in a shirt that honors Anna Nicole Smith in the most appropriate way possible: by milking her likeness for fame and fortune. It’s really not a question of how much Birkhead made for posing with this top on. It’s a question of how he sleeps at night.

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Hollywood News – Captain Kirk Gets Waxed

William Shatner received one of the highest honors Hollywood has to offer – his image as STAR TREK’s Captain Kirk immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. How does the likeness compare to the real thing? Check it out here! Add this to your queue Added: Wed Nov 11 00:13:03 UTC 2009 Air date: Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 UTC 2009 Duration: 01:19

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No Doubt Sues Activision Over "Band Hero" Game

The band No Doubt, sued video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc over the use of their likeness on its new Band Hero game, accusing the company of turning the rockers into a virtual karaoke act.

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Nirvana members issue statement against Kurt Cobain’s Guitar Hero avatar

Fans of Activision’s Guitar Hero game can master enough songs to unlock the likeness of Kurt Cobain to help them shred on songs that are way beneath Nirvana. Granted, Nirvana tunes weren’t exactly complex symphonies but do you think Cobain really wanted to be seen jamming on Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name?” Kurt’s sense of irony notwithstanding, me neither. And Krist Novaselic and Dave Grohl (Kurt’s bandmates in the seminal band) agree

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Obama Joker Poster Surfaces, Sparks Debate

A mysterious poster featuring President Barack Obama portrayed as Heath Ledger’s famous Joker are surfacing in L.A. The word “socialism” appears beneath him

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