Sherlock Holmes, The History Boys, Race: what to see at the theatre this week

The TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch has brought Arthur Conan Doyle's detective to a new generation, and West Yorkshire Playhouse is cannily building on that success with this brand-new Holmes adventure. Set two years after the famous encounter between Holmes and his arch-villain nemesis Moriarty on the...

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Conan mocks NBA fashion

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Fortes are out in force

To a Forte family affair at Browns, where Sir Rocco Forte, pictured with his daughter Irene, was joined by his sister Aliai for the 175th birthday of the Mayfair hotel which Forte owns. Antony Gormley and Sir David Frost were also there. Previous guests have included Agatha Christie, JM Barrie and Sir Arthur Conan...

standard.co.uk (2 days ago)

Heather Graham strikes a pose

Heather Graham strikes a crazy yoga pose with Conan for Twitter.

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Yo quiero Taco Bell ... for breakfast?

Conan jokes about JCPenney, Playboy, Taco Bell and more.

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Paisley Underground: the 1980s LA psychedelic scene that inspired Prince

When Steve Wynn moved back to Los Angeles in 1980 after finishing college, he looked at the music being made in his home city and realised he was out of step. "The idea that you'd make music with long, unscripted and unstructured jams. The idea that you were into 60s garage bands. The idea that you'd play one chord...

guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)

Zach Galifianakis Doesn't Like Being Famous

Zach Galifianakis is definitely a big star now, but he told "Conan" that he kind of doesn't like being famous. "And I understand the irony of saying that on a talk show," he added. “I’m kind of private," Galifianakis said "If I see a pack of teenagers walking my way, forget it. I will run.” It is possible that part...

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Guilty Pleasure Seekers

In the beginning, there was "Conan the Barbarian." Then came "The Beastmaster." But there was more. A knock-off of those hirsute-dude-in-a-loin-cloth epics, "Conquest," by Italy's dementedly inspired Lucio Fulci, isn't the film that made the director famous.

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Did You Catch This?

On Tuesday, Conan O'Brien introduced "Comedy For DVRs," a segment that is basically a little Easter egg for all of us who do nothing for his Nielson ratings (yet). The only way to enjoy the joke, you see, is to pause... and pause... and pause. This inaugural gag was called "Rejected Game Of Thrones" characters and,...

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Jennifer Love Hewitt Wants Conan On 'The Client List'

When Jennifer Love Hewitt said that the guest stars on "The Client List" like her to be hands on during the massage scenes, she piqued Conan O'Brien's interest. On "Conan," she said that the actors always want her to give them real massages. According to Hewitt, they say "it'll help them get into her character." And...

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Here Are The New ABC Comedies

Well here they are, the clips for ABC's new comedies. Leading off with Super Fun Night, the comedy Rebel Wilson called, "anti-Sex and the City because when these ladies eat at night, they aren't talking about dick." Also notable: Conan O'Brien exec-produced.From Ryan Seacrest Productions, Mixology is midseason...

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Your New, Very Slightly Different Host of Late Night, Seth Meyers

Surprising approximately no one, NBC announced today-the day before their upfronts schedule presentation to advertisers-that Seth Meyers will take over for Jimmy Fallon as host of Late Night in 2014. It’s been so expected for such a long time that I wrote a column about it a month ago, and my sentiments are, like...

time.com (7 days ago)

The many faces of Irene Adler

Irene Adler made her first appearance in the 1891 Arthur Conan Doyle story, “A Scandal in Bohemia.” This was also Doyle’s first Sherlock story, and from that filmmakers have extrapolated a romance between the two characters, although in Doyle’s work, Sherlock was too analytical to become passion’s...

nypost.com (7 days ago)

Watch RNDM Perform on Conan

RNDM, the project that includes Joseph Arthur, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Richard Stuverod, performed together on Conan Thursday evening.

pastemagazine.com (9 days ago)

Last Night on Late Night: Nick Offerman's Personalized Reading of Tweets by Miley Cyrus, Amanda...

Last night on Conan, Nick Offerman interpreted tweets authored by celebrity ingenues, Miley Cyrus (who loves her bitches), Amanda Bynes (who was hungry), and Carly Rae Jepsen (whose sneezes sound like Snow White's). Plus: Jimmy Kimmel had select actors read mean tweets about themselves. For instance, Zach Braff...

vulture.com (9 days ago)

Len Bailey: Can Sherlock Holmes Solve Bible Mysteries?

Len Bailey is the author of Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye ($15.99, Thomas Nelson) In my new book I needed a detective to travel back in time to solve ten Bible mysteries. Ah, but which one? Icons flash to my mind for each genre. For thrillers: James Bond. For horror: Dracula. For mysteries, Sherlock Holmes...

huffingtonpost.com (10 days ago)

Watch Marina & the Diamonds Slow Down 'Lies' for Smoldering 'Conan' Performance

Marina Diamandis, the singer-songwriter at the center of Marina & the Diamonds, morphed from new wave apologist to electro-pop starlet for her sophomore album, 2012's Electra Heart, but the Welsh-raised artist ditched her slick Diplo and Dr...

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Totally Real 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Spoilers

Conan was accused of revealing a major plot point of "Star Trek Into Darkness" during a segment on Tuesday's show, so he was forced to address it on Wednesday. The irony, Conan explained, was that the show was filled with plenty of other "Star Trek" spoilers the fans must have missed. Watch the clip above if you...

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Watch Iron & Wine's Pleading 'Low Light Buddy of Mine' on 'Conan'

Before the release of Sam Beam's fifth album as Iron & Wine, Ghost on Ghost, the woodsy singer-songwriter shared two of its tracks:

spin.com (11 days ago)

Edie Falco Not Sure Why She Won Comedy Actress Emmy

Edie Falco has the honor of being the only actress to have won a best actress Emmy for both drama and comedy. She nabbed her drama award for her work in "The Sopranos," while the comedy one came for her current, show, "Nurse Jackie." But she told "Conan" that she doesn't understand why she won for comedy. “I always...

huffingtonpost.com (11 days ago)

Iron and Wine Sow Unease with 'Low Light Buddy of Mine' on 'Conan'

Sam Beam painted an ominous picture when he led Iron and Wine through "Low Light Buddy of Mine" last night on Conan Singing in his whispery voice the bearded singer delivered lyrics shot through with a thread of unease while an expanded version of the band added horns strings and...

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Keith Urban asked to sign what?

Keith Urban tells Conan that he thought he had heard it all, until a fan asked him to sign her prosthetic leg.

cnn.com (12 days ago)

Keith Urban recalls his teenage years playing in a heavy metal band

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 7, 2013 - Country superstar and current American Idol judge Keith Urban appeared on the Conan late show last night (May 6). Stopping by to promote FOX's hit TV show, which is currently winding down as...

examiner.com (12 days ago)

A fan wanted Keith Urban to sign what?

Keith Urban tells Conan that he thought he had heard it all, until a fan asked him to sign her prosthetic leg.

cnn.com (12 days ago)

Conan: Terrible Kentucky Derby names

Conan takes a look at some of the lesser known, slower horses that you might not have seen at the Kentucky Derby.

cnn.com (12 days ago)

Watch Comedian Pete Holmes Explain Being ‘Gay for Gosling’

After a long, agonizing wait to hear back about his talk-show pilot (which he hilariously recounted for us here), comedian Pete Holmes now has the long, agonizing wait until the show actually premieres in the fall after Conan. During which he can agonize over who his guests will be? Specifically, ... More »

vulture.com (13 days ago)

What’s so great about new Edgar Allan Poe book? Elementary!

A new Edgar Allan Poe book is giving me the warm fuzzies. Oddly, the reason why involves Sherlock Holmes.Millions of years ago — well, it was the mid-1980s — the young captain rode his dinosaur into a bookstore and expended what was then an uncomfortable amount of money for Amarinth Press’ “The Celebrated Cases of...

standard.net (14 days ago)

Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recounts Meeting Joe Biden on Conan

Veep star Julia Louis Dreyfuss revealed on Conan last night that she had actually had met Joe Biden. Dreyfuss. As proof that it happened, the real-life Veep took a selfie of them with Dreyfuss’ phone.

pastemagazine.com (16 days ago)

Last Night on Late Night: Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Joe Biden Took A Selfie

Last night on Conan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus showed the selfie that Joe Biden had taken on their motorcade ride, which had trailed a salty joke about getting Jill to sleep with the Veep. Plus: Matt Lauer confessed, "I am not a guy who complains"; Zach Galifianakis got lost in booty squeezing ... More »

vulture.com (16 days ago)

The Latest 'Arrested Development' Addition

Busy Philipps is stopping by "Arrested Development." The "Cougar Town" actress and comedian Natasha Leggero join the growing list of "Arrested Development" Season 4 guest stars, Zap2it reports. According to the website, the pair play news anchors in an upcoming episode of the new season of "Arrested Development" on...

huffingtonpost.com (17 days ago)