Conan O'Brien has finally said "enough." The Tonight Show host is abandoning his gig rather than move it to midnight. O'Brien's blunt statement reflects months of being jerked around at NBC.

Richard Beckman, the former Conde Nast media group chief who was demoted to CEO of Fairchild fashion group last March, may leave Conde to head up trade publisher e5 (Update: Confirmed). But he was so popular! [NYP. Pic: Getty]

[This photograph of the Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador looks like the L. Ron Hubbard book cover but in real life. Highly recommended: Clicking to enlarge. Image via Getty]

AOL will begin a much-anticipated mass layoff round today, the head of HR wrote to staff. Fired workers — an estimated 1,400 of them — will largely be leaving on Wednesday. Then the internet conglomerate can hire in India. AOL is planing to expand its technical staff in South Asia, according to briefings within the company earlier this month. But first the company, in the midst of a major restructuring under CEO Tim Armstrong, must make major cuts stateside. By spreading the cuts among AOL's offices, the company will avoid having to give costly, lengthy firing notices under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification act. Let's hear it for the bottom line.

Time's excellent article about gay politicians in Europe faring better than in American cites three Ministers of Culture. It may be easier across the pond, but they're still just asking gays for which Broadway show to see.

Whenever a 30 year-old woman dies tragically, alone, her dead body lying undiscovered for days, capping a horrifically fucked up life, one is always tempted to ask oneself: Shouldn't we treat this event "as a glamorous celebrity happening to which we should aspire?" Eschew the temptation, friend! Andrea Peyser, an expert on sex fiends of all stripes, shall put this in perspective for you:

[Forbes sold their Manhattan headquarters to New York University this week. The publishing company will remain a tenant in the building for the next five years. Image via Getty]

The low-rent Jimmy Lloyd Productions put ads on Craigslist to attract "REAL songwriters" to add "Realness" to their proposed Lower East Side reality show, The Scene. Don't waste a demo, this is an embarrassment, not a big break. [Getty]

You silly goose, the celebs don't freeze their asses off in Utah for the movies, it's for the free crap. Parkas, jewelry, electronics, ski goggles, and Muscle Milk Light for everybody (famous)! Yippee! [Image via Getty]

The disgraced former NBC chief who left the network to become the Something-something of Somewhere Online has enlisted Arrested Development's Jason Bateman and Will Arnett to create a new digital production company, called DumbDumb. An apt title.

[Samsung puts on quite a display of displays for their booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which opened today. Image via Getty]

When Tila Tequila first popped onto the scene, she was the harmless, if ugly, face of fame's grim seduction. In the wake of "fiancée" Casey Johnson's death, she now represents everything wrong with our modern era.

[A 19th-century chandelier from Tavern on the Green is one of many being auctioned off later this month after the restaurant closed on New Year's Eve. Image via Getty]

Declarative PBS host and multimedia phenomenon Tavis Smiley is ending his "State of the Black Union" conference after ten years, because he needs time for other projects like—seriously—publishing R. Kelly's memoirs. Post-racial world, you're a wondrous place! [AP]

[People check out the lights of Manhattan while riding the Roosevelt Island tramway this evening. Image via Getty]

Bristol Palin has formed BSMP, LLC to provide "lobbying, public relations, and political consulting services." The 19-year-old would-be power broker's first client, revealed by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, is the pro-abstinence Candie's Foundation. The firm is named for the initials of Bristol Sharon Marie Palin, which makes it distinctly less exciting-sounding than mother Sarah Palin's Pie Spy LLC.

Every year to get through the winter in New York (or presumably everywhere cold like Boston, Chicago, Wasilla) we have to go through a mass delusion that there is nowhere better. It sounds something like this.

The "God Hates Fags" people, Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, have turned their soul-eating hatred on Lady Gaga, to hilarious effect. Their parody of the bisexual glam-pop star's megahit "Poker Face" goes like this: "You pissed off God, you'll see what he's got... You ain't God... God hates you... You got a whorish face, it's a whorish face."

South Africa may have its problems, but President Jacob Zuma's wedding ceremony ain't one. Zuma married his third(!) current wife yesterday. He has 19(!) kids. He is president(!), as we mentioned. Bonus dancing Zuma pic below!

In a random publicity-stunt press release, a random online bookie ranks Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump as the celebrity couple most likely to get divorced, beating even Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom. Prove this random internet oddsmaker wrong, Jared!