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Lindsay Lohan was on David Letterman last night, ostensibly promoting the two Charlie Sheen–related projects she has coming out: a guest appearance on his cable sitcom Anger Management and a cameo scene with him in Scary Movie 5. She is also sc...

Shia LaBeouf appeared on Letterman and spoke about his Broadway beouf with Alec Baldwin. "Now what did you do to him?" asked Letterman, a friend of Baldwin's. Short answer: two impulsive people clashing and creating "fireworks," tension between the t...

In visiting the Late Show last night to promote indie sensation/coked-out-ski-mask-party docudrama Spring Breakers, star James "Alien" Franco brought up director Harmony Korine, who, the story goes, had been banned from Letterman's couch — wher...

How a viral rap oddball inspired — or did he? — the year's most controversial and mind-blowing movie.

Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recognizing the three moments or personalities from around the league that produced the most comedic fodder fo...

James Franco returns to his roots this week, playing a character in a movie in which he presumably just reads his lines and acts, without any extra layers of metacommentary, irony, or self-parody. We emphasize presumably, of course — it's possi...

Google's New Year's Resolutions map, and its sometimes wonkified translations of those resolutions ("to be overcome in everything, do everything to all!"), attempts to capture the flava of 2013 at its most nascent stage. So far, we want puppies and m...

As the New York Times reports, Hurricane Sandy — the so-called Frankenstorm — wreaked havoc on the mid-Atlantic region last night: "Power remained out for roughly six million people, including a large swath of Manhattan ... Bridges remain...

Late night — as David Letterman, Conan O'Brien's agent, and not Chevy Chase could tell you — is a long game. More than any other time slot, the witching hour is a place where relationships are forged gradually. After all, you're not going...

1. LeBron James: FEEL THE HEAT LeBron James! Champion of the NBA! Champion of the late-night talk show circuit! And now — champion of Rankonia! Congratulations, LeBron. I know this means a lot to you. Rankonia Pal Chris Ryan has this week's to...

There is an early David Foster Wallace story called "My Appearance" about an actress whose "face and attitudes are known to something over half of the measurable population of the United States, whose name is on lips and covers and screens." The stor...

Chris Elliott helped define the dominant comic mode of the '80s as a writer and featured performer on Late Night With David Letterman, headlined the ahead-of-its-time Cabin Boy in the '90s, and played Lily's deadbeat dad on How I Met Your Mother in t...

Oh, dear. Yeah, there was pretty much no way to know that a conversation that started with comparing Mitt Romney's bland handsomeness to that of your typical Hanes bulk-pack underwear model would veer so unexpectedly into an awkward gag about hiring ...

I don't know what my exact Bucket List is for BS Report guests, just that Larry Bird, David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Murphy are leading the way. While we were in Indianapolis last week, we were offered the chance to sit down with Larry ...

The Late Night Wars are long over -- Letterman's survived into his 30th year, Conan's found his place on basic cable, and Jay Leno, diminished but unkillable, still gets to drive home from Burbank each night and polish a 1925 Doble Steam Car with a $...

In yesterday's New York Times, Bill Carter — the Homer of the late night talk show Odyssey — penned a depressing, reality-checking piece about the state of the desks. The takeaway: the era of glib, monologue delivering, band-having, big-c...