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Taylor Swift Drops Dating Hints On ‘SNL’

November 08, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

Is Taylor Swift really dating “Twilight Saga” star Taylor Lautner?

While both Taylors have kept quiet on the matter after being spotted together at a hockey game and out and about in LA in recent weeks, the country star addressed their rumored relationship in her “Saturday Night Live” opening “Monologue Song.”

Jay Leno Says He’d Return To ‘Tonight Show’ If NBC Asked

November 02, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Prime-time newcomer Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at “The Tonight Show” — and if NBC offered him that job again, he’d take it.

In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine published online Monday, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn’t his to make.

Craig Ferguson Finishes Taping Via Flashlight During Power Outage

October 27, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

“Late Late Show” host Craig Ferguson had to finish taping his program by flashlight on Tuesday after high winds knocked out power at CBS Television City in central Los Angeles.

Former ‘Letterman’ Staffer Describes Atmosphere Inside Show Staff

October 27, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

Nell Scovell, a former writer for “Late Night With David Letterman,” has penned an essay about her experiences working for the CBS program.

In an article for VanityFair.com, Scovell, who notes she was “the second female writer every hired at ‘Late Night,’” and one of only seven female writers reportedly hired in total at the show, said when she worked at the show, many of the things Letterman revealed in his recent address to the public were happening in the late ‘80s.

Michelle Obama To Appear Friday On ‘Jay Leno Show’

October 19, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

First lady Michelle Obama is going to be serving up answers on “The Jay Leno Show.”

NBC said Monday that Mrs. Obama is set to respond to 10 “rapid-fire questions” in a comedy bit with Leno. She’ll participate via satellite from Washington.

Court Files Opened In David Letterman Extortion Case

October 15, 2009

NORWALK, Conn.

The newsman accused of blackmailing David Letterman about his sexual affairs told the TV host that his “world is about to collapse around him,” according to newly released court documents.

CBS News producer Robert J. “Joe” Halderman allegedly told Letterman in a package of materials he sent that he had “a lot more” documents to back up his threat and needed to “make a large chunk of money,” the court files say.

Jon Hamm Hints At Past In ‘Movies That Would Appear Late Night On Cinemax’

October 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Before he was Don Draper, Jon Hamm was involved with some far racier projects, the “Mad Men” star confessed on “The Late Show With David Letterman” on Friday.

“There’s always that fallow period in any actor’s life,” he explained. “My most proud moment in that phase of my life, I worked behind the camera on some special projects – as a set dresser. So I would move all the props around. It was sort of on the low end of the Hollywood spectrum.”

Craig Ferguson Defends Boss David Letterman

October 06, 2009

NEW YORK, New York

Of all of those reacting to David Letterman’s situation, Craig Ferguson had a unique perspective.

As the host of the “Late Late Show” on CBS, he follows Letterman’s “Late Show.” Letterman also is his boss, since Letterman’s production company, Worldwide Pants, produces the “Late Late Show.”