Tom Cruise and Jane Lynch
This week's TV was full of twist endings. Lie to Me's killer let his kid sister drown for the paltriest of reasons. United States of Tara's fractured heroine turned out to have a secret half-brother. Raylan let his nemesis escape on Justified. Sue Sylvester, of all people, came to Mr. Schu's rescue on Glee. And on Breaking Bad, Walt killed someone to save the partner who causes many of his troubles. Welcome to Top Moments: He Was Dead the Whole Time Edition...
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Dorian Holley
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has recruited another American Idol player: vocal coach and associate musical director Dorian Holley.
Tonight Show taps Idol's Rickey Minor as band leader
Holley will serve as lead singer of the Tonight Show band starting ...
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Rickey Minor
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has tapped American Idol's Rickey Minor to serve as music director.
Idol's music director will replace Kevin Eubanks, who announced his forthcoming departure on Monday's show. Minor will make his on-air debut on...
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Jay Leno
After hinting months ago that he would scale down his role with The Tonight Show, Kevin Eubanks announced on Monday's show that he would step down as Jay Leno's bandleader, a role he's played for 18 years.
Conan O'Brien going to TBS
The announcement may have been the reason Leno made no mention in his monologue of Monday's other late-night news:
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Jay Leno
Jay Leno returned Monday night to The Tonight Show with only the slightest of nods to the late-night shakeup that ended his primetime run and led to the departure of his successor — and now predecessor — Conan O'Brien.
Leno books Adam Lambert and others for Tonight Show return
"It's good to be home," Leno said of the show business institution he hosted for 17 years. "I'm Jay Leno, your host — at least for a little while."
With that, Leno went into his familiar monologue about the day's news. But this one was...
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Kevin Eubanks
Soon after Jay Leno reclaims his longtime 11:35 p.m. timeslot, he may lose bandleader Kevin Eubanks.
Eubanks has asked to leave the show and is working out the terms of his departure, The New York Times reports. Eubanks is set to...
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Question: Aw, Michael, I'm sorry you lost Sexiest Vegetarian honors to Kevin Eubanks! I guess no matter how powerful the Ask Ausiello platform is, it can't compete with Jay Leno putting a 100-foot billboard on his chin.
Answer: I honestly don't know how he sleeps at night. That has to be uncomfortable.
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Question: So, where did you land on this year's Sexiest Vegetarians competition? I voted for you many times.
Answer: Yeah, well, all your hard work was for naught. The results were released yesterday and I finished fourth behind Kevin Eubanks, Milo Ventimiglia and Joaquin Phoenix. At the risk of sounding like a sore loser, Eubanks only won because of Jay Leno's endless Tonight Show plugs. I could've easily gone that route with my vast media empire, but, honestly, that kind of shameless shilling is beneath my dignity.
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Carrie Underwood by John Sciulli/WireImage.com
Carrie Underwood and Tonight Show band leader Kevin Eubanks are the World's Sexiest Vegetarian female and male for 2007, as voted on in a month-long poll at PETA.org. This marks a second win for Underwood, who previously claimed the honor in '05.Despite not campaigning at all, TV Guide's own Michael Ausiello this year came in (what we are calling) "fourth," placing alongside the likes of runners-up Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Joaquin Phoenix. Among the femmes, Kristen Bell (2006's list-topper) and Spider-Man 3's Bryce Dallas Howard trailed the Idol.Remember, the thing about sexiest vegetarian contests is you really can't have a beef with the results.
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