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It has never been a secret that Mel Gibson has an anger management problem, but he appeared on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on Friday to discuss his ongoing feud with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. Since the scandal first broke, Mel has kept mum on the subject of his temper, but he joked with the talk show host, “Maybe you don’t know this about me, but I’ve got a little bit of a temper.”

Gibson revealed that he was upset that his former pal recorded his tirade during a vacation at his Costa Rican home. Eszterhas released the rant, of which his son recorded using his iPhone. This followed Eszterhas reprimanding the actor for his behavior in front of his son. Previously, Eszterhas wrote a letter criticizing Gibson for being an anti-Semite. Gibson retorted by claiming that Eszterhas was just upset that Warner Brothers turned down his Maccabees script.

Gibson told the talk show host, “Has it really come to the place where you can’t blow off steam in your own home, even if you’re justified? If he put half as much time and effort and creativity and imagination into a screenplay, which he was supposed to write, as he did into that letter, we wouldn’t be having this conversation… It’s kind of like you build a house, you hire a guy to put a roof on it, he comes over and eats lunch and talks about the roof, and then you get rained on all night. Wouldn’t you be kind of peeved?”

Lindsay Lohan appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight, but in a preview for her appearance, she talked about her jail sentence.

She was given 120 days in jail, along with 360 hours of community service as a result of violating her probation. On her taped appearance, she told the talk show host that she is taking responsibility for her actions.

According to reports, Lindsay is set to begin her community service at a Women’s Center in L.A., this week. Lindsay said that she is not going to make excuses for her actions and is ready to accept the consequences of violating her probation.

Another part of her community service requires that she spend 120 hours at the County Morgue, but we can’t imagine that sounds too thrilling for her.

Justin Bieber performed his hit song, Baby, and did an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

How cute is this song? Don’t his dancers look all old in comparison? I just want to know how his career is going to fare after his voice drops. You’re thinking it, too, you know you are.

Check out the performance and interview after the jump! (continue reading…)

Conan O’Brien showed off an unemployement/I’m rich and don’t need to work beard while kissing dolphins in Hawaii with his family.

Reason # 1,238,914 Conan wins: Jay Leno couldn’t kiss a dolphin! his chin would get in the way.
Reason # 1,238,915 Conan wins: That dolphin is more attractive then anything Leno’s kissing

Hah.

According to People Magazine, former Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks will return to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but in a lesser role. Apparently it looks like Jay Leno will have to find a full time bandleader and hopefully be able to develop the same level of chemistry that he has enjoyed with Kevin Eubanks.

“His plans are in flux, but Kevin Eubanks says that for now he’ll still be with Jay Leno when they return to the Tonight Show, but in a reduced capacity.

Eubanks, who joined the Tonight Show in 1992 and became bandleader two years later, reportedly was going to leave at some point after the show resumes March 1 following a disappointing prime-time run. “

If you watched the Super Bowl (or just the commercials), then you may have run across the new ad for late night television featuring Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman.

Dave thought it was a good idea and wrote it out. He called CBS for the green light and they loved it. The only missing piece? Conan O’Brien.

From Pop Eater:

‘Late Show’ executive producer Rob Burnett approached Conan’s camp about appearing in the commercial, but his request wasn’t met with a response. “It wasn’t as if they even said no,” Burnett said. “I just think they weren’t in a position to consider it all.”

It would have been ten times better if Coco were there. Don’t you agree?

Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is reportedly back in bed with NBC, the network who left him in a lurch over the late night talk show for Jay Leno.

According to TMZ, the network has picked up an hour-long pilot produced by Conan’s company, Conaco. The show is called “Justice” and is centered around a Supreme Court justice who resigns from the Court to open his own private practice.

Interesting how these things play out. I still wonder if he’s going to jump ship to Fox as soon as September rolls around and he’s a completely free agent.

Jay Leno took it easy on Conan O’Brien last night on his first appearance post-”Tonight”-gate. After Conan took off, I figured Jay would take a few easy potshots at him, but that hasn’t been the case. Not yet, anyways.

Instead of taking a verbal hit at the raven haired talk show host, he aimed at politics, and of course, NBC. Why would Leno want to take a hit at someone who couldn’t fire back, though? After signing a deal with NBC, Conan isn’t allowed to disparage the network until at least September.

Check out the video, after the jump. (continue reading…)

Did “W” magazine photoshop out Rihanna’s hip? – Amy Grindhouse

Video: Jay Leno is taking over Kimmel! – Hollywood Dame

Stay classy, John Mayer – I Need My Fix

Where in the world is Jason Trawick? – Poor Britney

Heidi Montag compares herself to Michael Jackson – Popbytes

The Boss in swim trunks – Seriously OMG

Too many white people? – Dipped In Cream

Britney Spears’ boys pose for the paparazzi – Allie Is Wired

Katy Perry isn’t knocked up, here’s proof – Tragicomical

In an effort to promote her new album, “The Fame Monster”, Lady Gaga performed her newest hit song, “Bad Romance” on “The Jay Leno Show” tonight. She didn’t have quite the performance that she did at last night’s American Music Awards, but it was still good.

Gagamania after the jump! (continue reading…)

Blink 182 made time to perform on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” for Monday night’s episode.

Check out their performance below:

Did you watch?

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Kelly Clarkson performed her newest single, “I Do Not Hook Up” on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” last night.

I absolutely love this song. It’s so much better now that Katy Perry let it slip through her claws.

Image Credit: Bauer-Griffin

Lady Gaga has been doing her rounds in an effort to pimp out her debut album, The Fame. So it was only natural that she went on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and performed “Just Dance.”

Yes, she really sang. And it wasn’t half-bad!

What did you think? I was getting tired of artists not actually singing when they perform, so this is a refreshing change.