Conan O’Brien Returns To ‘The Tonight Show’ As A Guest, 14 Years After Exit

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There’s no golden ticket quite like the golden ticket of finding your name in the lyrics of a Taylor Swift song. It’s one thing if you’re Charlie Puth, and already on a list of Spotify’s 150 top monthly artists. But for another musical artist name-checked in Swift’s album “The Tortured Poets Department,” the impact stands to be much more impactful.

The Simpsons has killed off a character who has been around for almost 35 years.The animated series is currently in its 35th season, having made its debut in 1989. Most of the show’s iconic characters have continued to feature throughout the decades, meaning fans were shocked to learn of the death of a classic Springfield resident, often seen in the background of one of its establishments.In last weekend’s episode, titled Cremains Of The Day, viewers saw the death of Larry the barfly, a regular at Moe’s Tavern, where he eventually dropped dead.In the episode, Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl attend his funeral, where they realise they knew little about him given the number of years they had all known each other, causing Homer to ask if they might be “terrible people”.Larry’s mother made a tribute at the funeral, in which she mentioned the bar’s regulars, saying: “My Lawrence always talked about his best friends, the fellows at Moe’s Tavern,” before encouraging them to come up and say a few words about him.The four are then tasked with taking Larry’s ashes to his “special place”, Serenity Falls, after being gifted a group photograph of them all together, by Larry’s mother.Fans of The Simpsons are taking to social media to express their thoughts on a rare death in the show.

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien said she was 'so proud' as she shared a rare message about her daughter weeks after they were caught up in a shocking brawl outside their family home. The actress, who is best known for playing Sarah Barlow in the ITV soap, shares teenager Scarlett with her ex and former co-star Ryan Thomas.

podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” The show follows O’Brien, 60, as he visits “friends” that he’s made (aka, fans who have called into his podcast). The result is a travel show that feels self indulgent, at times – as all celebrity travel shows often do – but it’s also entertaining and provides an off-beat and quirky look into a variety of countries.

Stephen Rodrick The key to understanding Conan O’Brien’s comedy is knowing that it comes from a point of kindness. Yes, I know in this age of comics punching down, this kind of compliment may leave you with a neon “Must Avoid!” sign flashing in your bleary eyes — but stay with me. Here is an example.

Coronation Street's leading ladies have had a mini reunion 24 years after their former co-star left the popular ITV show. Denise Welch, who played Natalie Barnes from 1997 to 2000, was excited to catch up with fellow Corrie stars Sally Dynevor, Jane Danson, Samia Longchambon and Angela Lonsdale, the latter having portrayed police officer Emma Watts.

Conan O’Brien had some lavish praise for late comic Norm Macdonald following the news of O.J. Simpson’s death — and why Macdonald was fired from “Saturday Night Live.”O’Brien, 60 — who was promoting his Max series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go” — appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper in the hours after news broke on April 11 that Simpson died at the age of 76 from cancer.When the conversation turned to Simpson, O’Brien wasted no time in remembering how Macdonald mercilessly ripped Simpson on “Saturday Night Live” in his “Weekend Update” segments after Simpson was arrested in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.“It was a huge deal back then.

Hot Ones YouTube show. The US talk show host was the guest on the season finale of the 23rd season of the First We Feast show, on which celebrities are interviewed by host Sean Evans while eating increasingly hot chicken wings. During the episode, O’Brien, 60, not only completed all 10 of the wings, but he proceeded to smear the hottest sauce all over his face and even started drinking it from the bottle, while wildly exclaiming, “Why can’t I feel it?!” Watch O’Brien’s appearance on the show below: O’Brien appeared on CNN shortly after the episode went live and spoke to host Jake Tapper about the experience.

Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston coordinate in black outfits while promoting their hit series The Morning Show at PaleyFest LA on Friday (April 12) in Hollywood, Calif.

Todd Carty looked nearly unrecognisable as he stepped out in Manchester sporting a thick moustache in new snaps.The actor was spotted running errands near The Lowry Theatre in the city. Todd, 60, looked worlds away from his roles in The Bill and Eastenders, in which he portrayed PC Gabriel Kent and Martin Fowler respectively.The former soap star is currently starring in a touring stage production of The Mousetrap. The star, who appears alongside fellow EastEnders star and Only Fools and Horses favourite Gwyneth Strong in the play, was seen nearby the theatre carrying a carrier bag filled with goods on 12 April, ahead of that evening's show.

Conan O’Brien has been on the campaign trail for his Max show Conan O’Brien Must Go, but during his latest promo stop, the comedian turned his attention to his paymasters.

O.J. Simpson was on everyone’s mind today after his death, and Conan O’Brien took the opportunity to salute his late friend, comic Norm Macdonald, who continued doing Simpson jokes even after being warned by NBC higher-ups to knock it off.

Conan O’Brien is taking on the spicy hot wings!

Conan O’Brien returned to “The Tonight Show” on Tuesday for the first time since exiting the job in 2010. O’Brien, who was on the show to promote his upcoming Max series “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” spent much of his time reminiscing with host Jimmy Fallon, 49, about his time on the show. “It’s weird to come back,” O’Brien, 60, told Fallon.

Michaela Zee Conan O’Brien sat down with host Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday night, where the two reminisced about O’Brien’s time hosting NBC’s “Late Night.” “It’s weird to come back,” O’Brien told Fallon. “I haven’t been in this building for such a long time, and I haven’t been on this floor in forever.” O’Brien added, “I was here for 16 years doing the ‘Late Night’ show before we went out to L.A., and right across the hall…all these memories came flooding back to me.” “The first thing that will hit you — and it will hit you, too, because one day you’ll have this show as long as you want it,” O’Brien said to Fallon, “but when you’re 98, you’ll move on and someone else will be in this studio.

Conan O’Brien returned to The Tonight Show for the first time as a guest since he left the NBC show.

Arlo Parks appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night (April 6), where she performed ‘Devotion’ – check it out below.The singer has just wrapped up a tour of North America and while she was in the States, she stopped by to perform the final single from her second album ‘My Soft Machine’.“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” Parks previously said of the track in a statement, adding the track “draws from the bands that made me fall in love with music from Deftones to Yo La Tengo to Smashing Pumpkins to My Bloody Valentine.”Check out the performance below:Meanwhile, Parks also said she had co-written the track ‘Ya Ya’ from Beyoncé’s new album ‘Cowboy Carter’.“Being a part of this rich, culture shifting record truly feels like a dream come true…thank you Mariel for the trust, @Beyonce,” Parks wrote on X/Twitter. “You are truly a FORCE – this is SPECIAL.”Parks is set to play this year’s edition of All Things Go festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Washington, D.C.

returning to the storied late-night franchise for the first time since he dramatically left it in 2010 after his public spat with NBC: the Nimrod Broadcasting Corporation.To quote that network in the 1990s: It’s must-see TV. Why? Conan is one of the last hosts who purely entertained us before the format devolved into tedious, partisan political lectures — and is always a riot. (Fallon doesn’t act like Rachel Maddow, but he’s not entertaining either).More grippingly, though, revenge is in the air.

stepped down from her position and was later replaced by Jenna Bush Hager. “I want to know what’s going on in this world, but I don’t want it in the ‘Today’ show kind of way. Just give me the facts, folks,” Gifford told The Post.

Conan O’Brien will return to NBC’s “The Tonight Show” for the first time since being fired from the host’s chair in 2010.O’Brien, 60, will be a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on April 9 to promote his new travelogue series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” premiering April 18 on Max. He’ll be on Fallon’s show with Nicole Richie and musical guest Benson Boone.O’Brien, who started on NBC hosting “Late Night” after David Letterman jumped to CBS, took over “The Tonight Show” from Jay Leno in June 2009 — while Leno pivoted to a prime-time show called “The Jay Leno Show.”But O’Brien’s “Tonight Show” viewership dropped after Leno left, and Leno’s ratings in prime time also took a big hit.NBC proposed starting Leno’s show at 11:35 p.m.