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The Best of Conan O'Brien's Late Night

Mike Byhoff · 06/01/09 10:12AM

Conan O'Brien is set to debut as the new host of the Tonight Show this evening, which is exciting. Though we do worry that because he's now on an hour earlier, our favorite kinds of Late Night bits might be deemed too weird or risky. Favorites likes these hallowed treasures:

Yahoo CEO Smacks Down Second Reporter

Ryan Tate · 05/28/09 01:30PM

Carol Bartz is on a rampage. First the Yahoo CEO delivered a "fuck you" to Kara Swisher of All Things Digital. At least that half-joking rebuke was somewhat cordial; today Bartz cut off CNBC's Jim Goldman with an icy "excuse me" at the start of an on-air smackdown.

Today Investigates High School Hug Madness

Pareene · 05/28/09 10:59AM

Oh, good, Today covered the teenage hug menace. "High school hugging has turned into a cultural phenomenon, studied by sociologists, and written about in The New York Times." A phenomenon studied by bullshit pseudo-scientists and written up as a trend in the Times? Hugs are the new hipster farms!

Carol Bartz's Elusive New F-Bomb

Ryan Tate · 05/27/09 07:10PM

Yahoo's delightfully potty-mouthed CEO dropped another one of her famous F-bombs on the Wall Street Journal's Kara Swisher at the D conference today. The Journal's been promoting the incident online, but can't seem to bring itself to air video of the cussing.

Glenn Beck Says Supreme Court Nominee Is a Huge Bigot

Ryan Tate · 05/26/09 06:30PM

Glenn Beck had an amazing transformation today on Fox News: In the morning, the conservative shouting head was saying Sonia Sotomayor was just your typical, politically correct Supreme Court nominee from a liberal president. By the evening, Beck had decided she was actually a dangerous racist.

Pixar, Search No Further For Your Next Adorable Character

Richard Lawson · 05/26/09 10:15AM

This is a pygmy jerboa, a little rodent who likes to jump. He already looks like one of Pixar's creations, what with his long tail and comically oversized feetses. Don't you just want to see him in some sort wry yet heartwarming adventure about identity politics? [via Neatorama]

These Teens Are Our Sorry Future

Ryan Tate · 05/18/09 01:32PM

NBC's Today this morning introduced us to some tech-addled teens who were helpless without their mobile phones. Let's all point and laugh, and cry.

Keith Olbermann's Ego Trumps the Truth

Gabriel Snyder · 05/14/09 10:15PM

Oh man, Keith Olbermann took to his nightly airwaves to try and shame CityFile, Wonkette and us for raising questions about his unexplained vacation last April. We're not sorry.

Tesla Motors Moneyman Revs His Mouth on Camera

Owen Thomas · 05/12/09 12:46PM

Morgenstern runs Valor Equity Partners, which led a $40 million investment in Tesla in February 2008 and controls a seat on the board. The badly mismanaged electric-car startup quickly blew through Valor's money; by October, it was down to $9 million in cash. Despite raising more money from investors, Tesla is running on fumes, and collecting deposits for its Model S electric sedan, a car which exists only as a barely drivable quasi-prototype. Tesla requires hundreds of millions of dollars more than it has to make the Model S a reality — which is why Morgenstern's talk of new money is so interesting.