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'American Idol': Pre-packaged For Maximum Profit

I have never really watched “American Idol” until this season. My wife is a huge fan and every year I would watch the first few “audition” weeks with her for the same reason people slow down near a car accident.

Yahoo! Taps into 'Purple Pedal Power'

NBC Bay Area: Yahoo! is sending bikes all over the place, with little Nokia cameras taking pictures every sixty seconds. Those pictures are then automatically geo-tagged and uploaded to the company’s Flickr photo sharing site.

Letterman Loses His Mojo

In the 80’s my quest was to see the Letterman show live. I LOVED his sense of humor. Memorable segments were “the guy under the stairs,” Larry “Bud” Melman, “Fun with Rupert,” and Biff Henderson’s “Map Across America.” I also

Ride 2 Recovery: An Amazing Journey!

The warrior cried, but not for himself. His tears flowed from the blessing of the little girl — the one with the angel-voice. And, as we stood in ovation in the American Legion Hall her lyric, “… I once was

Sister of Binghamton Gunman 'Shocked'

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy AP: In an interview on NBC’s “Today” show Monday morning, Jiverly Wong’s sister said she had “occasional communications” with him but hadn’t lived in the same house together

Blago on WLS: Before I was 'Hijacked'…

NBC Chicago: Claiming he was removed from office specifically so state legislators could move to raise Illinois taxes, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich told morning talk radio hosts that he was “hijacked from office.”

Some Tough Questions For Team-Oscar's Iran Follies

When Team Oscar lands on the Red Carpet at LAX, they’ll tell us what a joy it was sharing tea, finger cookies and film seminars with the hostage-takers, women-stoners, blogger-killers and gay butchers of Iran. As a public service of

Jimmy Fallon's Uncomfortable Late Night Debut

As Carson Daly demonstrates on a nightly basis, you don’t have to be funny, engaging or a good interviewer to have your own late-night talk show on NBC. Jimmy Fallon continues that tradition, this week taking over the 12:30 time

Inside the 'Media Malpractice' Promo Tour

I am sure that the media tour for any major film is always interesting. However, when that film skewers many of the very same outlets and people who are interviewing you, the possibility for the ride to get particularly odd

Jimmy Fallon Makes Late-Night Debut on NBC

WNBC: obert De Niro, Fallon’s very first guest, played up his tough-guy shtick while Fallon lobbed him “questions with one-word answers.” Then the veteran actor tried to stoke the funny with a Conan-esque creative skit called “Space Train.”