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It doesn't take a news junkie to notice that there are quite a few members of the Senate and House of Representatives having a tough time of it in the media lately. But in case you somehow HAVE missed it, "The Daily Show" covered the latest offenders last night, in its wrap-up of Crumbums and Fatcats, above. The rest of last night's late-night highlights are after the jump.
continue readingIt's already been quite a year for Betty White: a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild (which she discusses in the "Entertainment Tonight" clip above), talk of a Daytime Emmy nomination for her role on "The Bold and the Beautiful," and a very well-received Snickers ad, which aired during the Super Bowl. And things are only getting better: in a move that will delight the nearly half a million members of the Facebook group that agitated for it, White will host "Saturday Night Live" this season. Not sure you'll watch? Maybe the lineup of sketches from White's "Saturday Night Live" episode, which we have brought back from the future*, will change your mind: you can see it after the jump.
*It's not actually from the future. I just made it up.
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Last night, Jay Leno returned to the "Tonight Show" berth he'd vacated last spring; perhaps you heard or read something about how Conan O'Brien doesn't host that show anymore? How well did Vulture, MTV, and NPR's Monkey See blog predict what Leno would do in his first episode back at 11:35? You can find out by watching the full episode above; the rest of last night's late-night highlights are after the jump.
continue readingAbove is a clip from CBS News in which President Barack Obama does two things that you've wanted to be allowed to do since you were three years old...in 30 seconds. Obama was visiting an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training facility in Lanham, MD, when the staff there invited him to autograph one of their walls. That's right: A group of adults encouraged him to draw on their wall. And that's just the beginning.
Obama was then escorted to what appears to be a wall of alarms, triggered by a big red button (I assume). He was then encouraged to set off the alarm, and made the entire wall light up and make a lot of noise. The president joked that he "could use of these when the media was around," which was politiely funny enough to score every headline about his visit. But really, that's taking the focus away from the meat of this story: When you're President of the United States, adults let you draw on the walls and push big red buttons. No wonder every 3-year-old kid in the country wants to be president.
"Glee" hasn't aired a new episode in nearly two months, but now there's a way for us to fill the space it left in our hearts, apart from watching the cast and producers on all the award shows they're sweeping: "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" has created its own take on the subject matter, with "6-bee." See it above, hope that the intention is for it to become a recurring segment (in the tradition of "The Real Housewives of Late Night"), and click "continue reading" for the rest of last night's late-night highlights.
continue readingBetween Khloe and Kourtney's khombined efforts, the free world took a few hits this week. First off, OK! Magazine's cover showed Kourtney Kardashian holding her month-old baby and touting her post-pregnancy diet secrets. "My hunger-free diet and easy fitness plan will work for you too!" she claims. Only, she didn't really say that, and what's more, she's actually much fatter than the picture on the cover. "They doctored and Photoshopped my body to make it look like I have already lost all the weight, which I have not," she told Women's Wear Daily. OK! also claimed that she gained 26 pounds during her pregnancy, but she Tweeted that she'd actually put on 40. Way to be a positive role model for women of all sizes, Kourtney. I appreciate your honesty, and look forward to you selling your non-airbrushed photo spread to prove it. (After she knocks on her head and repeats, "Cancel! Cancel!" as demonstrated in the video, above.)
While her sister was standing up for her curves, Khloe was busy meeting President Obama, who did some palm-greasing with the Lakers (and their wives) yesterday. Khloe was so starstruck that she forgot her verb tenses, Tweeting, "I just meet Obama with my husband!" That'll do, khids. Let's talk more about who the smartest sister is.
South Carolina can be justly proud that it was where Stephen Colbert spent his formative years, but since then, the state has had a lot to apologize for, as Jon Stewart outlined on "The Daily Show" last night. See the damning evidence above, and click "continue reading" for the rest of last night's late-night highlights.
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There's no escaping the ongoing saga of NBC's late-night shuffling: it's such a ubiquitous story that it's even a topic of discussion on rival networks. Above, David Letterman offers his Top Ten signs there's trouble at NBC; after the jump, see what Conan had to say, as well as the rest of last night's late-night highlights.
continue readingVirginia Governor Tim Kaine has done some hard grinding for the Democratic Party since 2005, and was particularly influential in helping President Obama carry Virginia in the '08 election. So, what do you get the man who has the entire state of Virginia for Christmas? Well, how about having the most powerful man in the free world disguise himself as "Barry from DC" and call in on his talk radio show. Politics, baby!
That's what happened earlier today: Obama thanked Kaine for his year of service, joked about their "superior" spouses, and perhaps most impressively, jumped the talk radio caller queue. He also basically turned a veteran politician into a cross between a tween girl at a Jonas Brothers concert and a puddle. Merry Christmas, Tim...you'll never wash those headphones again.
President Obama's pretty happy that the Senate pushed through their side of the healthcare bill (above), and with that out of the way, he's got some spare time to focus on the holidays. So what's on the big cheese's Christmas list? Nothing, because he's a cyborg got no use for stinkin' presents. The president says he and the first lady decided years ago not to give each other Christmas gifts, but he makes up for it during the year with birthday and Mother's Day gifts (and don't forget extravagant date nights). Daughters Malia and Sasha, he says, can give him "hugs" for the holiday...because they're too old to make macaroni art, I'm assuming. And we all know how the President loves his macaroni.



