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Obama on 'The Tonight Show': Six famous presidential TV cameos
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In Pictures Homer Simpson
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Jimmy Fallon faces impossible 'Tonight Show' task (+video)
As 'Tonight Show' host, Jimmy Fallon will try to hold on to Jay Leno's traditional audience while also tempting the social media generation. Analysts say he might not be able to do both.
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Whom does Obama read? Ezra Klein, Taylor Branch, Bill Simmons.
President Obama escapes his White House bubble by reading widely on the web, sometimes late at night, following links like the rest of us, says senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer.
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Culture Cafe Jimmy Fallon: Stern to replace him? An NBC late-night hosting job may be vacant
Jimmy Fallon, Stern job shake-up? Sources say NBC wants to replace 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon and bring in Howard Stern to fill Fallon's old spot. NBC denies the Leno story. If Stern was to replace Fallon, he would presumably leave his job as an 'America's Got Talent' judge.
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Michelle Obama's 'Evolution of Mom Dancing' rocks YouTube (+video)
First lady Michelle Obama joined late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon in a dance skit to promote her 'Let's Move' anti-childhood obesity program. 'Evolution of Mom Dancing' went viral on YouTube.
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Hackers target visitors to NBC's site
NBC.com has been found to harbor the RedKit browser exploit kit, which can deliver malware to vulnerable computers.
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Confusing polls: Has Mitt Romney closed the gender gap or not?
Mitt Romney has caught up to President Obama among women voters in one poll, but has fallen further behind in another. The truth is unclear, but Obama needs to hold his ground.
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Decoder Wire Ann Romney on Jay Leno: How did she do?
Ann Romney appeared on 'The Tonight Show,' and while she wasn't polished, she humanized Mitt quite well. The question is: Why wasn't she doing this in July? Now, it might be too late.
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Vox News Why Obama, Romney gravitate to '60 Minutes' and 'The View' (+video)
Audiences don't trust the news media in general, polls show, but do trust the coverage of shows they like. That is steering Obama and Romney toward softer, 'friendlier' shows to a level unprecedented in a presidential campaign.
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Is the end of late-night TV as we've known it near?
Two staples of late-night TV – 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline' – received bad news this month, suggesting that a recasting of the late-night order might not be far off.
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Decoder Wire Michelle Obama on Leno show: Why did she tease an Olympian? (+video)
Michelle Obama, who was a guest on Jay Leno's 'Tonight Show' Monday, recounted her trip to London for the Olympics and shared giggles with an Olympian. It was part entertainment, part campaign stop for the first lady.
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The Vote Rick Santorum tells Jay Leno why Romney endorsement was 'buried' (+video)
Rick Santorum told 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno, 'This was a letter to my supporters – who were for me.' Not Mitt Romney. The socially liberal Leno also pressed Mr. Santorum on cultural issues.
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Vox News Mitt Romney to Jay Leno: Rick Santorum can be my press secretary
OK, Mitt Romney was kidding about that Tuesday during his first appearance of the campaign season on 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno. GOP rival Rick Santorum is 'basically a good guy,' Romney said.
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Vox News Is Ron Paul a martial arts master? Jay Leno clip shows his moves. (+video)
No, Ron Paul isn't a martial arts master. The Jay Leno clip is a spoof on the fact that Paul won't accept Secret Service protection. But if he did, his code name would be 'Bulldog.'
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Vox News Michelle Obama on 'Letterman' tonight. Can she get Dave to work out? (+video)
In recent TV appearances, first lady Michelle Obama competed with Ellen DeGeneres in a push-up contest, and she tried to get Jay Leno to eat something healthy. On Monday's 'Letterman,' maybe she can get her host to take part in a sack race.
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The Vote Is Ron Paul running into money problems?
Ron Paul has about $1.6 million in the bank, according to the FEC, whereas he spent $5 million in January. It’s easy to think that this month he has to raise more, spend less, or dive into the red.
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Xi Jinping in California: a glimpse of what China really wants
Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping will spend most of his two-day California trip highlighting the two things that, perhaps, the Chinese people admire most about the US: films and basketball.
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Cover Story The job-shifters: people who reinvent themselves mid-career
How many professionals are creating second careers in an unforgiving economy? Meet six who did it successfully.
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Michelle Obama: Why is she going on Jay Leno?
Michelle Obama visits Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday. Besides two TV appearances, she’ll be at a pair of fundraisers and spotlight a program bringing fresh and healthy food to urban places.
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Vox News President Obama on 'The Tonight Show': A good move?
President Obama will appear on 'The Tonight Show' Tuesday for the fourth time. The show will give the president a wider audience but might have limited benefits, experts say.
10/25/2011 07:50 pm -
Culture Cafe Conan O'Brien Can't Stop: Blogger movie review
'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' is a fascinating true story of catharsis through comedy and the journey across America of one man trying to overcome his anger.
07/14/2011 12:31 pm -
Conan O'Brien to Dartmouth grads: Failure is freeing
Conan O'Brien recieved an honorary doctorate of arts at Dartmouth. He praised the 1,700 graduates for earning their degrees, then boasted that "Dartmouth is giving me the same degree for interviewing the fourth lead in 'Twilight.'"
06/13/2011 10:29 am -
Jay Leno: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year? Really?
Jay Leno: The comedian was named to be Harvard University's Hasty Pudding 2011 Man of the Year. Why was he chosen?
01/25/2011 12:09 pm -
A tepid return for Conan O'Brien: Time to rethink late-night talk?
The first two episodes of the highly anticipated Conan O'Brien show on TBS have been called conventional. The late-night talk show genre is in trouble, media-watchers say.
11/10/2010 07:54 pm -
Conan O'Brien returns -- to a changed late-night landscape
To the delight of Team Coco, Conan O'Brien returns to late-night TV after his ouster by Jay Leno. But the competition for young viewers has shifted with the rise of Comedy Central.
11/08/2010 06:52 pm -
Growing Up Laughing
Marlo Thomas remembers her own childhood even as she asks top comics: “How did you become funny?”
10/19/2010 07:05 am
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