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Is The Real Housewives of NYC More Effective as an Oral History?

With each week of expert analysis from Movieline’s Julie Miller, The Real Housewives of New York ‘s mosaic of glitz and gaucheness separates into pure shards. Jill’s the problem , Bethenny’s a bit put on , and no one ends up looking like a saint. But perhaps the issue with RHONY ‘s cast is their format: If they were characters in a piece of literature, would we be so cavalier to dismiss them? After piecing together bits from the Bravo blogs, it turns out we have the makings of a Victorian bildungsroman on our hands.

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Is The Real Housewives of NYC More Effective as an Oral History?

The Return of Johnny Carson

While we wait for Bill Carter to finish writing the The Late Shift sequel, producers Basil Iwanyk ( Clash of the Titans ) of Thunder Road and Kevin J. Cleary of Content House are developing a miniseries about the drama between the Tonight Show ‘s first three hosts: Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. The miniseries, called The King of Late Night , will be based on Robert Metz’s 1980 book The Tonight Show and will explore the behind-the-scenes drama that plagued the show’s hosts long before Jay Leno butted his chin in. [ Deadline ]

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Conan O’Brien on 60 Minutes: The First Leno-Bashing Excerpt

It’s been a big week for Conan O’B rien: he performed in LA , he cut Max Weinberg loose , and he made Time’s “100 Most Influential Glee Cast Members and World Leaders” list . Still, it’s all just prelude for O’B rien’s some-holds-barred interview with 60 Minutes this weekend. CBS just released an excerpt — what does the TBS -bound talk show host have to say?

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Jay Leno Likens Conan’s TBS Rebound to a ‘Very Funny Cat Landing On His Feet’

Jay Leno may have successfully avoided commenting on Conan O’B rien’s new TBS venture last week, but the reigning Tonight Show champion was no match for an Access Hollywood reporter staking out the TV Land Awards red carpet this weekend. There to present an award to Bosom Buddies (for a reason unbeknownst to us, and probably everyone in attendance that night), Leno finally spoke out about Conan’s move to cable… and it was everything you thought it would be.

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Departing Idol Bandleader Rickey Minor Shares Your Concerns About Season 9

Bandleader Rickey Minor generally acted with statesmanlike conduct when discussing his departure from American Idol and new gig with The Tonight Show . But in his excitement to fill Kevin Eubanks’ chair, the venerable Idol maestro divulged candid tidbits about the performance level of this year’s contestant crop. Validate our disappointment, jazzman!

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TBS Unveils Its Inaugural Conan Promo

It’s only been a matter of hours since Conan O’B rien announced that he will depart network television for TBS , and already, the network has posted a promo on their website celebrating their latest acquisition. The same way that NBC speedily transformed Jay Leno’s primetime ads (you know, the ones with the vintage blue convertible speeding down PCH ? ) into Jay Leno’s Tonight Show 2.0 commercials, TBS has hastily doctored Conan’s fan art to celebrate the impending Conan era. The evidence, after the jump.

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Slash Sneaks Conan O’Brien Onto Leno Show

Filed under: TV , Jay Leno , Conan O’Brien Slash pulled off the ultimate act of defiance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last night — dude rocked a Team Coco pin on the air during his performance at the end of the show!Though it appears NBC tried to edit around the Conan O’Brien support … Permalink

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Gabourey’s Mom’s Got Talent

Gabourey Sidibe has already had her big break with this year’s Oscar-nominated film Precious and now it looks like her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is getting her own shot at fame with an upcoming appearance on NBC’ s competition show, America’s Got Talent . Ridley, a former teacher who has been earning an income by dancing in a New York subway the past few years, confirmed the April booking to Radar: “It’s a big break for me and I would like to follow in Susan Boyle’s footsteps and become a star in my own right.” [ Radar ]

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EXCLUSIVE: Does Max Weinberg Want to Be Jay Leno’s New Bandleader?

After the Late Night Wars toppled Conan O’B rien from The Tonight Show and reinstalled Jay Leno in his place, it seemed as though the battle lines had been drawn: on one side, there was Team Coco, on the other, Team Leno, and never the twain should meet. That’s what makes the news we’re about to reveal all the more surprising.

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Madea And Jason Duel Over Lackluster Oscar-Weekend B.O. [Defamer Attractions]

Welcome back to Defamer Attractions , your guide to everything new, noteworthy and momentous at the movies. This week, Madea slaughters Jason, and Oscar slays everybody. More