I Ain't One To Gossip, But...............................

Rumors are sashaying that NBC will give the Tonight Show back to Leno. Now, Conan is pissed, and NBC is pissed at him.

So, they screw up, they go stupid, and they get mad?

NBC Chief Asshat Jeff Zucker is threatening to keep Conan off the air for three and a half years because of it. He's set to make Conan honor his contract to NBC and not work anywhere else for the next three years.

Nice NBC.

Not.

But, and this is fun, while Leno's ratings nosedive, Conan's are up since this mess started.

I say, NBC? Keep Leno and feel the swirl of the toilet bowl as you sink even further, and Let My Conan Go!

All Conan wants is to be be released from his contract and to make sure everyone on his staff who relocated to Los Angeles for this debacle is taken care of.

Is that so wrong?

Time to send some good wishes to one of the biggest TV sluts of all time.

And I mean that in a nice way.......

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan has suffered a stroke.
She collapsed while recovering from bypass surgery, and her husband, Morrow Wilson, says that, although doctors removed the blood clot that caused the stroke, she is still struggling with her speech and walking.

She is out of ICU, though, and in a rehab center.
Morrow Wilson says:
"She can understand what you are saying in conversation, but still has some trouble speaking. Her speech is slower than it once was and she hasn't completely recovered on the right side of her body. She's going to require a lot more physical and speech therapy - but at least it's not like I stay awake at nights any more thinking that Rue is going to die."
So, send good thoughts to a golden girl.

Onto some good news:
After releasing a statement saying that they were going to support the humanitarian efforts in Haiti after the devastating earthquake, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation.

One.Million. Donated directly to Doctors Without Borders.
Angelina: "It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades."

Brad: "We understand the first response is critical to serve the immediate needs of countless people who are now displaced from their homes, are suffering trauma, and most require urgent care."

Hot.

And compassionate.

That's hot.

Simon Cowell is saying Cheerio to the show that made him a namesake in favor of bringing his UK success back across the pond. Next year, Simon will switch gears from judging American Idol to judging the new US version of The X Factor--think AI with no age limit.
Sounds nice, although I'm sure the folks at AI aren't too happy, but now it seems as though the Brits have their knickers in a twist. Simon wants to stay with both the UK and the US version of X, which means they cannot be filmed at the same time. So, the US version will be shot first, and air first, and the UK version will have to wait.

And they are not happy.

To that I say, Look UK, we whipped your behind in 1776 to gain our freedom, and we'll do it again to.......watch a TV show?

From the ISBL I H8 K8 file:

Allegedly, full-time media whore and part-time mother Kate Gosselin will be starting a new reality show coming this fall, but her old bosses at TLC aren't having it!
TLC Senior Vice President of Communications Laurie Goldberg released a statement this afternoon, denying that a new project was indefinite production:
"This is just the latest speculation from supposed sources. Last week everyone was announcing Date Kate. We are still in development and looking at a number of ideas. When we have determined what the show will be, you will hear directly from us."
Ooooh, marketing a media whore is a full-time job.

I H8 K8.

You wanna to see more of Lindsay Lohan?

Apparently, serial rehabber Lohan is starring in a sex tape that is poised to became an Internet sensation.

The 47-second clip--which for me is just about as long as I can stand to see Lohan in anything--is, according to the Daily Mirror newspaper: “....dynamite. It is pretty seedy and shows Lindsay engaged in a particular sex act, which, obviously, should remain behind closed doors. “

I think Lohan should remain behind closed doors.

Permanently.

Gay Aiken. Clay Gayken.........Clay. Aiken. Is releasing his first post-Coming-Out album, and that sound you hear is grandmothers all over the country firing up their scooters to get down to the record store and waiting in line for this one.

Clay's upcoming album on his new record label, Decca Records, is set to be released this coming summer, and he's veering away from that Pop he does so well....or at least the pop he thinks he does so well.

He's recording romantic classic songs from the 1950s and 1960s like "Moon River," "What Kind Of Fool Am I?," "Mack the Knife," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
Oooooh, how Barry Manilow of you. How Rod Stewart-like.

How.Boring.