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Jethro Tull in concert in 2008
Glenn Cornick, the original bass player in the rock band Jethro Tull, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Hilo, Hawaii, on Thursday.
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BET has suspended a producer after a joke about Beyonce and Jay Z’s daughter that aired Monday on the network’s music video countdown show, 106 & Park.
A source at BET, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the matter publicly, said the producer was suspended after a remark about 2-year-old Blue Ivy’s hair.
On Monday’s show during a segment about Blue Ivy’s hypothetical thoughts during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, guest host Karrueche Tran said: “I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair,” before laughing.,”Sorry, Blue! I love you!”
Blue Ivy joined her mother onstage at the VMAs, when presenting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award to Beyonce with Jay Z just after her 16-minute medley performance.
Stephen Hill, BET’s president of music programming and specials, publicly apologized on Twitter, also noting that the network privately apologized to Beyonce and Jay Z. Hill also tweeted that it was not Tran’s fault.
BET didn’t return an email seeking comment Wednesday.
Tran, who has dated singer Chris Brown, tweeted Tuesday that she did not write the joke.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don’t feel bad for Conan O’Brien. Again.
The 50-year-old talk show host said he was never a contender to take over CBS’ the Late Show when David Letterman announced his retirement last week. The funnyman, who has hosted his talk show Conan on TBS since 2010, said he believes Stephen Colbert is the “right person” to take over the show from Letterman.
“I wasn’t up for it,” O’Brien said backstage Friday during a break from rehearsing for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards, which he’s hosting for the first time. “I’m very happy where I am, but I love Stephen. I think Stephen is great. I’m a huge fan of his as a comic and as a human being. I think it’s fantastic. I’m really glad that he got the job. I look forward to seeing his show.”
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O’Brien originally succeeded Letterman on NBC’s Late Night in 1993 when Letterman moved to CBS to headline the Late Show. O’Brien infamously replaced Jay Leno as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show for a mere seven months beginning in 2009 before Leno was reinstated as host in 2010.
“I was very happy because I have such respect for Dave,” O’Brien said. “I’m glad that it’s the right person getting it.”
O’Brien, who has appeared as a guest on Letterman’s show, said he’s excited to see the Colbert Report host tackle the Late Show, but he definitely didn’t apply for the gig.
“Whenever I would hear there was speculation (that I’d take over the Late Show), I was like, ‘No. What?’ I’m happy,” said O’Brien, whose TBS talk show has been renewed through November 2015. “I get to do what I want.”
