LITTLE ROCK — Conan O'Brien is expected to be back on the job Monday after hitting his head during a Tonight Show stunt.NBC said in a statement Saturday that O'Brien was resting comfortably at home. The network says the accident Friday halted production of Tonight. The network did not say what the stunt entailed. O'Brien was examined at a hospital and released. A rerun with guest Jeremy Piven aired Friday. According to NBC's Web site, the scheduled show was supposed to include Teri Hatcher and Seth McFarlane. O'Brien issued a statement through NBC that indicated he was treating the incident lightly. "Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln, and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice," O'Brien said in the statement. The 46-year-old comedian took over the Tonight host's job from Jay Leno in June.
Seth Rogen has fulfilled a dream, and he's not talking about starring in the box-office hit Knocked Up or playing a superhero in the forthcoming The Green Hornet. Rogen co-wrote an episode of The Simpsons and lends his voice to a character in the episode that airs tonight, kicking off the Fox show's 21st season. He's only the second visiting celebrity to both write and act, following in the 2006 footsteps of Ricky Gervais. "As a writer, it always just seemed like the Holy Grail," Rogen said of the animated series. "I can die a happy man now." The episode, by Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg in collaboration with the show's writers, plays off the actor's pre-filming fitness regimen for Green Hornet.The movie is in production and set for release in 2010. In "Homer the Whopper," Rogen plays a trainer assigned to get Homer Simpson in superhero shape to play Everyman, a hero created by Comic Book Guy and played by the rotund couch potato.
Front Section, Pages 2 on 09/27/2009