Bayer interned for “Sesame Street” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” while in college before moving to Chicago and joining the touring cast of “The Second City.” She auditioned for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian and host Conan O’Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday. O’Brien, 61, has carved out an ...

We polled America. I spent a lot of my own money polling Americans and saying, "Would you like to see Conan O'Brien sing and dance?" Shocking response,' he said. 'People don't want it, which means ...

Conan O'Brien will become the latest late-night comedy king to be crowned with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year. The Kennedy Center will present the honor − a distinction given ...

I’ll be frank, I’m not the biggest fan of the Oscars, which is a weird thing to say considering I write about movies and TV shows for a living. I just don’t get much out of watching the ceremony ...

The Kennedy Center announced Thursday that Conan O’Brien is the 26th recipient of its Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The 61-year-old writer, podcaster and former late-night host will ...

By Sarah Bahr Conan O’Brien may have left late night behind for podcasting, world travel and — soon — Oscar hosting, but his sketch work and man-on-the-street comedy aren’t so easily ...

O’Brien said he was in a meeting about his upcoming gig as the host of the Oscars when he got a call from his wife Liza about seeing "some smoke" Mat Hayward/FilmMagic Conan O’Brien’s house ...

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a "Sesame Street" show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach "values" to Iraqi children.

Back in 1993, Conan O’Brien’s career seemed like it might end before it really even began when NBC nearly canceled his fledging 12:30 am talk show, convinced they’d made a mistake by handing ...