The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show have both secured Emmy writing noms for the first time – noticeably helping to improve the diversity of the category.
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Conan O’Brien made his late-night curtain call on Thursday, which featured appearances and flashbacks from many of his close friends in show business-- and also some reflection by the host about his time on air. Will Ferrell made a virtual appearance to wish Conan off.
"Good luck Logan Paul Jr.," Ferrell teased. A montage of past interviews then aired including ones with Steve Martin, Jason Momoa, Betty White, Harrison Ford and the "Star Wars" cast.
The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show have both secured Emmy writing noms for the first time – noticeably helping to improve the diversity of the category.
Conan has crashed the late-night Emmy party after scoring a nomination in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category following his exit from the medium after 28 years.
Music mogul Scooter Braun has separated from his wife of seven years, Page Six has learned. Sources say Braun — who famously discovered Justin Bieber and even more famously got into an public fight with Taylor Swift over her master recordings — has been through a rocky patch with mining heiress Yael Cohen Braun, and they’ve decided to take a break.
Barron Trump had onlookers shocked as he emerged from Trump Tower in New York City, revealing his 6-foot-7 stature.The former first son was photographed in the Big Apple alongside his mother, Melania Trump, this week, towering over her 5-foot-11-inch frame.
Tencent has announced that it is using facial recognition on mobile phones software to stop children from playing games late at night.According to The Register, Tencent sent out a press release stating that players will need to use facial recognition software that stops children playing between 10pm and 8am.
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Square Enix will remove Final Fantasy V and VI from Steam next month, which will be replaced by the upcoming Pixel Remasters.A note for both games on their respective Steam pages (which are both labelled as the ‘old version‘) reads that they will “no longer be available for purchase after July 27, 2021.”Instead, users are advised to “please purchase the pixelated remaster version”.
Cult BBC game show The Weakest Link is being rebooted, with comedian Romesh Ranganathan stepping up to ask the questions, the broadcaster has said. The quick-fire game show ran from 2000 until 2012, with Anne Robinson acting as the no-nonsense quizmaster.
video above.O’Brien wrote for “The Simpsons” in the early ’90s after writing on “SNL.” He left “The Simpsons” when Lorne Michael pitched him to take “Late Night” over from David Letterman.The long-running Fox animated comedy put together the below “exit interview” for O’Brien’s final TBS episode.Seth Meyers, the current host of NBC’s “Late Night,” signed off with a salute to O’Brien, though that moment didn’t make YouTube.
Conan O'Brien's nearly three-decades long stint as a late-night host is over. The 58-year-old TV personality said goodbye to his long-running TBS series, , on Thursday night.O'Brien's celebrity friends turned out for the goodbye episode.
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Gallery: 20 famous acting families (Espresso) Actress and comedienne Lauren Lapkus was also among the fans saluting Conan on Thursday, revealing on Instagram she loved staying up late to watch Late Night with Conan O'Brien, adding: "I always dreamed of getting to be on the show. I put it on my vision board and eventually got to show that to him and even return as a guest a couple more times.
Conan O’Brien sat down with Homer Simpson for a HR-style exit interview.O’Brien, who was a writer on The Simpsons from 1991-1993, appeared in a cartoon sketch with the beloved character who was playing a representative from TBS.When O’Brien confirmed his talk show host status in the interview, Simpson replied: “Wow a dying breed, there’s only like 800 of you left.”O’Brien wrote full episodes of The Simpsons ahead of joining The Late Show in 1993.
LOS ANGELES -- Conan O'Brien stayed true to form as he wrapped his TBS show “Conan” after nearly 11 years, bouncing between self-deprecating and smart-aleck humor before allowing himself a touch of sentiment.“Try to do what you love with people you love, and if you can manage that, it’s the definition of heaven on Earth,” he said, marking the end of his third late-night show over 28 years.
Tributes to Conan O’Brien, from the worlds of comedy, film, tv, music and politics, flooded the internet on Thursday, as the comedian’s TBS late-night talk show Conan aired its final episode.
Conan O’Brien brought his 28-year career in late-night television to a close with a sweet list of thank yous, bringing an end to his linear small-screen career that has consisted of over 4,000 hours of TV.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen then-Turner Entertainment president Steve Koonin pitched Conan O’Brien on launching a show at TBS, he was upfront with the host: We won’t be able to deliver you an audience as big as the one you had at NBC. But you can do whatever you want.“He was true to his word,” said “Conan” executive producer Jeff Ross.