Word: conan
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...will now follow a long line of comedians who have been Class Day speakers, including Rodney Dangerfield in 1978, Conan O’Brien ’85 in 2001, and Al Franken ’73 last year, among others...
...took more than four years to get a studio to make and distribute the film, in part because Wilson refused to give the Vardalos role to another actress. Meanwhile, the day before 9/11, Vardalos, Wilson and executive producer Marsh McCall (Just Shoot Me and a head writer for Conan O'Brien) pitched the idea to CBS, which made a pilot and then shelved it. Wilson says she faxed CBS chief Les Moonves the film's box-office figures every week. Seeing those numbers go through the roof, Moonves proposed reshooting the pilot, this time with the film's cast...
...plot, which travels from Peking to Nevada, New York and London in search of a sacred scroll?but never makes it to Shanghai?is serviceable. The script contrives to convene every Victorian celebrity, from Jack the Ripper and Arthur Conan Doyle to Queen Victoria herself. The stars have an easy rapport, and share it graciously with Singapore TV-diva Fann Wong, who's quite appealing as Chon's sister. It's all disposable, second-rate fun. But at least director David Dobkin had the bright idea to let Chan, for the first time in a U.S. film, supervise the action...
...delicacies are carried at boutiques in the U.S., truffles--the chocolate kind, not the fungus that pigs love to sniff out--are the must-have cocoa indulgence. "This season our truffle sales have doubled," says Covell. Event producer Francesca Abbracciamento, of Francesca Events, whose clients include Bill Clinton and Conan O'Brien, says, "Truffles have replaced the chocolate-dipped strawberry as the quintessential, elegant petit four." The treat is even being adapted for the health conscious. Veganstore.com a website for vegan products, carries a line of organic chocolate truffles. Pure De-lite Truffles, a maker of low-carb truffles, claims...
...Aspiring writer Felix P. Johnson ’03 is comping the Lampoon for a sixth time. “It’s going to be so awesome when I’m partying with comedy legends Conan O’ Brien, John Updike and Steven Hely,” Felix shouted hopefully. Good thing his essay, “The Food at Annenberg Tasted Bad When I Ate It” should be the funniest thing the Lampoon has published in years...