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On a chilly Thursday night in late January, four weeks from his last show as host of “Late Night,” Conan O’Brien was strumming a guitar behind his beat-up desk in his cluttered office at Rockefeller Center, figuring out how to say goodbye. After 16 years and 2,725 shows, O’Brien would be moving, along with almost […]

“It should be called ‘Dickhead.’ Why the former Sony Pictures mogul’s proposal sets a new low.”

Homeland Security Tries Gizmos Like ‘the Squid’ to Ensnare Bad Guys

As Elizabeth Edwards talks (and talks) about her husband’s affair, The Daily Beast provides an exclusive look at one central character who remains a cipher: “Uncle Fred” Baron, the lawyer who paid for Edwards’ mistress to move across the country.

Top-Ten Lists Abound Online, but Following the Herd Can Make You Wonder About the Wisdom of Crowds

On June 1, Mr. O’Brien will debut as the new host of NBC’s Tonight Show. And since February, the majority of his New York staff has relocated to Los Angeles, where NBC is currently putting the finishing touches on a new Tonight Show theater. It’s housed in Stage One of Universal Studios, the original home […]

As the gay-rights movement has been globalized, so has religious and political opposition to homosexuality.

Walter Kirn, author of Lost in the Meritocracy, on his college breakdown, colliding with clubby rich kids, and the book that brought all the horror rushing back.