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Performer M.I.A. — Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam — deftly disguised herself as a singer and infiltrated the heavy Super Bowl security of NBC, and the TSA, and the DHS. Her mission? To flip a middle finger to the camera all while singing a four-letter word that is part of “Luvin”‘s original lyrics.

Might as well get the wWAAAAH-mbulance on standby for the outraged parents groups that will surely come out of the woodwork over something their kids probably didn’t even notice. I know I certainly didn’t catch it during the live broadcast. It got past, after which an attempted digital blurring came oh so late. NBC censors either fell asleep at the wheel, or someone thought it was good entertainment (it is, now).

The real question is if stage-mate Madonna will ultimately come forward to stick up for them or let them twist in the wind should an FCC fine be levied. In 2004, Janet Jackson’s wardrobe fiasco ultimately led to a whopping $550,000 headache payable to the finger-wagging nanny state.

UPDATE: The New Yorker is erroneously reporting that M.I.A. has apologized, based on an LA Times story that cites a “source, who requested anonymity but was with the artist at Lucas Oil Stadium.” Her publicists at Interscope have issued a “no comment.” We are following this story intently, mostly because we know at the end of the day an entourage lackey speaking out of turn doesn’t mean squat.

As I predicted before, Parents Television Council has become the first outraged parent group to rush to the scene with stern words. I humbly suggest they spend their time and energy providing a useful product for parental television control, not blowing hot air over a bunch of known provocative artists.

Remember when Casey Anthony was first turned loose after being acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee? The networks were really scrambling to get Casey’s side of the story in an exclusive interview. The only problem that the public had with her giving an interview was the fact that she could’ve been made a very rich woman from the process and that didn’t sit well with us.

Now, we’ve learned that NBC might’ve been sly in their method of attaining Casey’s first post-jail interview — and it involves a book deal. TMZ reports:

We’ve learned an NBC news producer has reached out to people in the literary world, trying to score a book deal for Anthony. The producer has contacted literary agents and others, telling them if he scored a book deal for Casey, she’d give the network a 1-hour, primetime special … portions of which would also run on “Today.”

The producer makes it clear — NBC couldn’t pay a cent for the interview. But he is gung-ho about the book deal, even representing that Casey wants up front money.

What could she possibly say that would redeem herself in the eyes of the public and/or media? Nothing, as far as we’re concerned. It pains us to think that she’s making money, even though not directly from the network.

Accused murderer Casey Anthony has been laying low, after being rumored to be hiding in Carlsbad, California. Reportedly, her lawyer, Jose Baez, has been negotiating with several networks in an attempt to garner the highest bid for her first post-jail interview.

She was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, earlier this month — and since, she’s gone into hiding. Some of the major networks were throwing around offers for her interview — and the latest we’ve heard was an offer for $1.5 million. The networks were even clamoring to get her parents, George and Cindy Anthony, on television for the sum of $250,000 — an offer that they reportedly laughed at.

TMZ’s head honcho, Harvey Levin, took to his official Twitter account to dispense with the rumors that his company had entered into the bidding war. To avoid any confusion, he tweeted, “we reported the bidding for Casey Anthony is >$1.5 mil. they think TMZ bid on her. We did NOT, would NOT and will NOT. I think NBC got her.”

Since ABC has decided that they will no longer offer money in exchange for photo and video licensing for interviews, we figured they would be out of the equation.

Will you watch Casey Anthony profit from her little girl’s murder? Are you boycotting the network? Sound off in the comments! Let the big guys hear your voice!

Update: NBC is denying that they’ve reached out to Casey with such an offer. Surprised? No one wants that kind of backlash, do they?

If Donald Trump decides to utter the phrase “You’re fired!” one last time and actually throw his hat into the 2012 Presidential race, we’ve learned that NBC will continue with The Apprentice, without The Donald!

So what is The Apprentice without the guy who makes the show what it is? He is all about the conflict and the drama, so we have to wonder who they would get to fill his shoes? Who will utter the famous phrase? Charlie Sheen? He’s an “unemployed winner” who has no network affiliations and is already seen as a hot commodity.

According to NBC President Bob Greenblatt, the show would absolutely go on without its famous leader at the helm. Bob said that although the network does hope to have Trump continue his rein with firing people like mad, if he’s busy with politics, the show must go on! He said, “If he decides to run and is unavailable to do the show, we will bring the show back and someone else will be sitting at the head of the board table.”

Don’t get your hopes up if you were thinking that he would speculate on who would replace Trump. He revealed, “Who that is, we’re not going to really entertain, because I’m still hoping we’ll have Donald back in the seat.”

Who would you like to see in Donald’s place if he chooses to run for the Presidency? Do you think he’s replaceable? TAKE OUR POLL!

Have a better suggestion? Leave a comment! Let NBC know your thoughts!

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Yesterday, we told you that Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber would be performing at NBC’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. Now, we’ve got some of the video from the event!

Check out the footage, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Justin Bieber is gearing up to appear on NBC’s 4th of July fireworks spectacular tonight.

The young singer just tweeted, “make sure to tune in to NBC tonight…performing on the 4th of July Firework Spectacular….I love lamp”.

He’s set to kick off the Macy’s celebration tonight at 9 p.m. He said, “I’m very excited. It’s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of people coming out. You guys are going to see some stuff that you haven’t seen before.”

Are you going to watch tonight? Or will you be busy with the family, cooking out and watching some fireworks?

UPDATE: To Justin’s many North Korean fans, remember rules one and two of supreme leader.

Apparently, NBC has yanked seven months worth of episodes of “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” from the internet.

Even though the Conan worked with NBC for 20 years, they have erased his “Tonight Show” existence from every possible place that they could. (continue reading…)

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Conan O’Brien is a stand-up guy, especially when it comes to his ousted “Tonight Show” crew. Apparently, NBC did not cut them in on the receiving end of cash when it came to the negotiations.

Conan has taken the helm at shelling out the dough to the parties who got screwed in the deal. A source close to production said that “The Tonight Show” stagehands were not covered in the severance plan.

The talk show host has agreed to pay his nearly 50 person crew at least six weeks of severance.

Way to go CoCo! Staying classy even after the fact.

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…)

To further screw with NBC, “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien spent an extravagant amount of money on the show’s newest character, the Bugatti mouse.

Along with that, he got the rights to air the classic recording of the Rolling Stones’ song, “Satisfaction”. Remember kiddies, NBC has to pay royalties whenever this song plays on this bit. Total cost of this expensive bit? $1.5 million!!!

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

Conan O’Brien isn’t taking any of this NBC hoopla laying down. Sure, they may have him contractually obligated not to diss them, but Conan bad-mouthed the network last night anyways, only in Spanish.

First, he talked about the things he would like to catch up on, now that he’ll have more time on his hands. Then he proceeded to refer to NBC, saying in Spanish, “NBC Is Run by Brainless Sons of Goats Who Crap Trouble”.

Check out the funny video after the jump! (continue reading…)

Conan O’Brien is taking aim at NBC again, after it was widely reported that he can’t “say” anything negative about the network. So he sang!

Check out the video of Conan calling the network “incompetent morons”, after the jump! (continue reading…)