- Fred Taylor to join the other 15 running backs in New England
- CBS takes video viewing to the next level: Full episodes from TV.com on your iPhone
- No Doubt regroups for… a Gossip Girl episode???
- Baseball is getting warmed up. Who’s ready for opening day?
Extra Slice – Video: Louis CK on Conan doing my favorite bit from his live show
- NFL free agency begun at 12:00am this morning, and already Scott is smiling today: Haynesworth to the Redskins for 7 years and $100MM!
- Yes, Housh to the Giants would increase his fantasy football rating immensely
- Another free agent off the market this morning: Brady and Gisele make it official
- Eddie Murphy to play the great Richard Pryor in an upcoming bio on his life… I smell Oscar…
Extra Slice – Video: Apple continues to be the target of every technology company on the market. Today’s challenger: BlackBerry
- Guess it’s time to get out of the cold. Is Rex Grossman Romo’s new backup?
- The Simpsons gets renewed for another generation to enjoy – two more years, into season 22!
- Considering the OUTRAGEOUS cost of NBA tickets, someone explain to me how they could be struggling for money?
- Every time I find a link to a British newspaper site, I get reminded of when I lived there and how much I liked the “Page 3 girls”. And then I click on that link and smile (NWA)
Extra Slice – Video: Even though he had a rough day today, there’s no doubt: Tiger is back
- Uh-oh. This Watchmen review starts with a simple word: “Ouch”
- A league-by-league breakdown of the most intimidating players of all time
- Let’s take bets on how long it takes for Holly to run back to Hugh after this…
- Strange: Yesterday I mention Michael Jordan was on my brain, and today someone posts his 10 best commercials (something I did WEEKS ago)
Extra Slice – Video: A look at one of my favorite off-the-wall interviews (complete list here): This is Crispin Glover (of Back to the Future fame) on Letterman’s old show
- To, what I imagine is the dismay of every other professional golfer in the world, Tiger returns
- This Spider-Man\U2 show is TOTALLY happening and hitting Broadway this time next year
- Ok, Michael Cera is on board. That’s everyone. Now – MAKE THE ARRESTED MOVIE ALREADY!
- And finally today, a contribution from her birthday boy: Sam Jackson signs on to play one role in NINE FILMS!
Extra Slice – Video: Don’t know why, but I really wanted to watch some Michael Jordan highlights today. So enjoy
- Big day at the The CW (and for some Orange Peel fans) – they have ordered another season of the following shows: Smallville (with Tom Welling), 90210, Gossip Girl and America’s Next Top Model, along with orders for a Melrose Place reboot and Gossip Girl prequel
- The end of an era: Steven Page (the chubby one) is leaving Barenaked Ladies and is – hopefully – getting his life back together
- What’s old is new again: Andy Richter to return to Conan’s team, this time as announcer of the show (does he really have the voice for that?)
- In honor of Cantor’s birthday today and his beloved 90210’s renewal, here’s a look at him auditioning for the show
Extra Slice – Video: Rich Eisen runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL combine. Best part is at the 2:12 mark where they show just how slow he is compared to other NFL prospects
- Obama takes his show to the halls of Congress. HEY WALL STREET – Try to enjoy the speech tonight.
- Is DC about to get “taxation WITH representation”? Here’s hoping
- Seeing an opportunity to squash Jimmy Fallon on arrival, CBS is attacking hard. First step, put Craig Ferguson in prime-time to host the night and drive to his show. Second step: Repeat.
- Speaking of Late Night, check out these photos from the last show/wrap party (and check out what Conan did when someone across the street told him not to go)
Extra Slice – Video: Pee Wee reminds us that crack is, indeed, wack
- Wow, something you ALMOST never see. One sports network is actually downsizing their staff!? So long, Emmitt…
- Barkley is going to jail for five full days (that’s so arbitrary… what is it, one for each of his T-Mobile Favs?)
- On Monday the Slumdog Millionaire kids hung out with Mickey and Minnie. And on Tuesday, they returned to the slums.
- Mmmmm… edible Scrabble
Extra Slice – Video: Two more Watchmen clips have hit the web. Enjoy some Rorschach:
- Why are Award shows doing so well this year? Grammy were up, now the Oscars
- Judd + Sandler + Rogen + Shwartzbaum = Funny People (thanks Cantor for the link)
- Nicole Richie is preggers yet again. With this guy’s baby…again. I mean, COME ON!
- Heads up IHOP lovers: Tomorrow is National Pancake Day!
Extra Slice – Video: Kimmel had a good night last night making some Oscar jokes including this one starring Mel Gibson and this one with Tom Cruise. The best one though? The “behind-the-scenes” for the Tom Cruise promo
- As we take a week off between Conan and Fallon, here’s a look at past late night talk shows that didn’t quite succeed
- Another sign of the times: Gawker condenses their sites with Defamer getting eaten (for the most part) by mama bear
- The Vikes making a play for Sage?
- After the late “Joe The Peeler” died two weeks ago (thanks Emily for the link), his daughter – in a lovely tribute to her father – hit the streets last weekend to sell the leftovers (thanks Shayna for the link)
Extra Slice – Video: Will the return of Tracy Morgan to SNL mean the return of Brian Fellow’s or, better yet, Astronaut Jones?
