A LITTLE BORED PERHAPS?

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Low ratings on NBC? No problem. The world is Conan O'Brien's audience now.

The deposed Tonight Show host is the latest celeb to take to Twitter, posting his inaugural tweet Wednesday afternoon.

"Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me," wrote the veteran funnyman, who perhaps wanted an incubator in which to keep his jokes warm while he finalizes plans for a national tour.

So far, so good. His online bio states: "I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account."

And 178,903 followers at press time, six hours after that first post.

"If this is really @conanobrien on twitter, then my life is complete!!! Coco! Coco! Coco!" wrote a very excited Christina Applegate.

And Tia Carrere about summed it up: "That Conan O'Brien is such a clever fellow. I think I'll follow him just to see what kind of shenanigans he's up to."

INSPIRATIONAL

After the difficult but inspiring profile written about him in the latest issue of Esquire, revered film critic Roger Ebert will be sitting down for his first televised interview since he lost his ability to speak.

With the aid of a text-to-speech computer program and his own make-shift sign language, Roger will sit down with Oprah Winfrey next week for what is sure to be an amazing interview.

We'll definitely be tuning in for that!

YES YES YES

We think this needs to happen!!

Rihanna was recently asked if she would ever do a collaboration with our beloved GaGaLoo, and we are very pleased with what she had to say!

"A collaboration between GaGa and myself would be really cool because we do a similar type of music and we both really love fashion, so I’m sure it’ll be a hot video. I would love to collaborate with her."

Agreed!!

Rihanna also said she would like to do a duet with cutie pie Taylor Swift. 

On Monday, Jay returns to his time slot on NBC with guests like Olympic athletes and Sarah Palin.

YAWN!

Over on CBS Dave, who has opted out of taking the first week of March off since Jay is coming back to his usual spot, has someone better. And that someone is Leno's BFF and NBC's love child Jerry Seinfeld.

Sure, Jerry has a show to promote, but he has a long history with Leno. Not to mention he was the first guest when he occupied the 10:00pm time slot.

Should make for some inneresting TV.

Who will U be watching???

QUICK HITS

• Jennifer Lopez and her longtime music label Sony's Epic Records have parted ways, leaving her with no label to distribute her newest album.
• Prince is being sued for $2.3 million in compensation for canceling a Dublin concert.
• 65-year-old Gary Busey and his 40-year-old girlfriend Steffanie Sampson have welcomed Luke Samson Busey into the world. Becoming a dad at 65. Hmmmmmm.
• While Charlie Sheen has checked into a rehab clinic, his wife has checked out of one and into another, promising to sue the first one for breach of privacy.
• Lady Gaga has posed topless on the cover of Britain's Q magazine.
• Now available at Macy's: "SJP NYC," a "Sex in the City" fragrance Sarah Jessica Parker has helped create. $35 for 1-ounce.
• Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol will make her acting debut on the ABC Family drama series, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
• Paula Abdul is going to try her hand at hosting a one-hour talk show on Oprah's new OWN network. BFF Gayle King says she'll be doing something at the new network, just not sure what.
• A new analysis of dozens of commercial beers shows it is a significant source of dietary silicon, which is a key ingredient for bone health, reports LiveScience.com.
• George Lopez will provide the voice of Speedy Gonzalez in a new movie.
• Sears and K-Mart say they'll be closing 21 stores by this spring.