Tonight, Jay Leno spoke seriously on the NBC late night controversy for the first time, skirting blame and saying, "Conan's show... was not doing well." Later, David Letterman continued his Leno-bashing, while O'Brien further took NBC to task. Videos inside.

Conan is losing the "Tonight Show," but he's going to be just fine. TMZ has learned that Conan O'Brien is getting a $32.5 severance package—plus an extra $8 million or so in severances for "Tonight Show" employees.

Mo-o-om! Such was the plaintive, tweeted cry of 22-year-old rapper Bow Wow, who begged his awkwardly @-tweeting, flirtatious mother to quit Twitter last night. But no, she refused to go, and the micro fight got ugly.

Do not get Americans upset about their TV. They will stage demonstrations with witty signs and chanting and everything! Today the country was wracked by Conan O'Brien protests, the like of which have been unseen since Vietnam.

Larry King sold his suspenders. Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta saved young Haitians. And Jessica Yellin made a terrible earthquake-related pun. Welcome to the strangest night yet of CNN's unrelenting prime-time Haiti coverage.

Tonight on CNN, a special two-hour edition of Larry King Live is underway. The official point of the broadcast is to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Unofficially, it's about the celebrities and their precious "Tweet Suite."

Transvestite comedian and epic marathoner Eddie Izzard discusses the subtle differences between the way Americans and Brittons speak English and discovers what we knew all along: Brits add all those "u's" to words just so they can win at Scrabble.

On January 27, the president of the United States will outline plans for pressing issues like the deficit, immigration, maybe global warming. The same day, the CEO of Apple will hold up new, expensive plastic gadget. Who wins?

Twitter has become a magnet for Hollywood celebrities, which explains why Facebook's clearly jealous flacks were conducting interviews on the Golden Globe red carpet last night. Next step: Convincing stars like Ricky Gervais that users are worth the trouble.

Tonight we're watching the directorial debut of Neil Patrick Harris on How I Met Your Mother, Be Good Johnny Weir, and we'll once again be glued to the Late Night wars. What are you watching tonight? Let us know in the comments.

[It might have been sunny in New York today, but this is how the world should have looked on the most depressing day of the year. Image via Knicolai's Flickr]

Barack Obama's first State of the Union address will be on Wednesday, January 27. Just in time to not sign a health care reform bill!

This is what a keen male eye has posited in a post for T Magazine (the New York Times' snooty luxury fashion pub.) Well, to be fair, she says "curvy", not the f-word. But still... really? Let's consult some photos!

Extreme skier Garret Bartel flips over 13 times and hits 5 rock outcroppings as he plummets down the cliff side, but miraculously escapes with just some lacerations and a broken leg.

Hah, sorry America, Massachusetts doesn't want you to have any healthcare.

Oh sure, Jake Gyllenhaal's PR lady admits doing this terrifying "Intensati" fitness cult workout during work hours, and meanwhile fat West Virginians are reducing Jamie Oliver to tears, by fatness. Why does Jake Gylenhaal continue to neglect obese West Virginians?

For all the straights people out there who don't know, Guys with iPhones is a website that houses thousand of pictures of men holding a phone and often wearing little else. How has it become a magnet for B-list nudes?

Joining the long list of children's TV show hosts evidently conceived from nightmares, Vitsie the Videositter horrifies with her motionless incandescent cartoon eyes and a villainous cackle. Worse yet, Vitsie is in your house right now, living in your television.

While demonstrating the gift that wife Portia De Rossi bought for her, Ellen accidentally shows us how not to use a Segway. She notes, "Did we get it on tape? Because that's the most important thing." Yes Ellen. You did.

Future NFL bust Tim Tebow will appear in an anti-abortion Super Bowl ad.