Apr 102013
 

David Letterman and Lindsay Lohan

Dave Letterman grilled his ‘Late Night’ guest Lindsay Lohan about her upcoming court-ordered rehab stay during their Wednesday evening interview.

Lohan was on the show to promote her appearance in ‘Scary Movie 5′ but the show host had other plans.

The actress managed to get in a few digs at Dave.  When asked, “Aren’t you supposed to be in rehab now?” Lohan responded, “Don’t you watch anything that goes on? What are you a tabloid now?”

Lindsay acknowledged that she will enter rehab on May 2nd for a 90 day stint.   She put a positive spin on things, referring to her recent court sentence as “a blessing and not a curse.”

Dave asks LiLo if she is addicted … check out her response and see her shedding a few tears in the video clip below:

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Mar 272013
 

Letterman goads NBC newsman Brian Williams

NBC newsman Brian Williams sat down with David Letterman last night on the ‘Late Show’ and was immediately grilled about a number of festering network issues.

The veteran CBS host tested the waters, “I’m the soul of discretion.  A few months ago there was a problem on the TODAY show.”

Williams laughed and asked, “Am I going to wake up in the shower?  Please tell me I’m going to wake up and it’s going to be morning and I’m going to say ‘Hey!  I’m doing Dave tonight and that was just a dream.’”

Letterman pressed on, “No, now listen.”  He wove a convoluted tale of the feud between Ann Curry and Matt Lauer that resulted in a shake-up and then went on to suggest that the ‘Tonight Show’ rumors were leaked to get everyone to focus there and not on the TODAY show.

He ended by asking Williams, “If I’m on to something, blink twice.”  To the newsman’s credit … he did not.

The media noise surrounding Lauer has increased in recent weeks.  After rumors surfaced that NBC had approached Anderson Cooper, a spokesman said, “The network has exploratory talks with talent inside and outside of the network.  But to read anything specific into that is presumptuous.”

Check out the humorous exchange between Brian and Dave on video below:

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Dec 212012
 

Late night talk show host David Letterman is famous for his witty, dry sense of humor.  The entertainer is now admitting that he has faced some very dark periods in his life.

In a candid CBS interview with Charlie Rose, Letterman opened up about his longtime battle with debilitating bouts of depression.

The 65-year-old struggled with the prospect of relying on prescription drugs to feel better.  He told Rose he was “always skeptical” about taking medication because he thought “it would make me loopy or make me hallucinate or make me drowsy.”

The ‘Late Night’ host told of a shingles outbreak that became a nightmare experience: “Part of the concoction of drugs they give you to fight that pain is pretty serious, and I just got tired of taking them.” He stopped abruptly and experienced extreme nervous anxiety on top of his depression and was a mess.

Unable to take it anymore, he contacted his friend, Dr. Louis Aronne, to get help.  He told the physician, ‘OK, OK, I’ll try anything just to get rid of this depression.”

Letterman revealed, “It’s different than, ‘Oh, I don’t feel good today.’ It’s different than feeling sad. It’s different than feeling blue. It’s really, like a friend of mine says, it’s the world with 20/20 vision.”

Letterman wed his longtime partner Regina Lasko in a courthouse civil ceremony in 2009.  They have a 9-year-old son Harry.

He’ll next appear in a candid sit down session with Oprah that will air Jan. 6 on OWN.

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Jun 222012
 

Justin Bieber discovered while appearing Thursday on Late Show with David Letterman that the talk show host isn’t a fan of tattoos.

The pop icon was sporting a new ink sentiment that he picked up as a nod to his new album ‘Believe.’

David Letterman inquired, “Explain this to me, is that a new tattoo?”  Justin confirmed, “This is a new tattoo.”

The show host seemed shocked, “Oh God, how many do you have?”  Justin acknowledged that he has a couple after which Dave whined, “Well, tell me that’s the last one.”

“Might be,” Bieb’s replied.

Letterman proceeded to grab the kid’s arm right where he got his new ink and Justin hurled the nickname “grandpa” at the veteran host.

Check out the video below:

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Jun 212012
 

Alec Baldwin was a guest last night on ‘Late Night with David Letterman.’  He appeared to hype his new movie, the Woody Allen directed ‘To Rome With Love’ but the conversation quickly morphed to his altercation with a photographer.

Letterman held up a tabloid photo of Baldwin lunging at the guy with the camera and gushed, “Look how good you look.”

Baldwin pointed out, “I think you can see, I’m forming the letter ‘F’ with my mouth, and what I’m saying is ‘What F-stop are you on with the camera?’”

In addition the actor demonstrated his significant weight loss by dropping his pants.  His shirt covered up what may or may not have been a pair of briefs underneath.

Dave said, “Wow.  Not what I was expecting.”  As the audience shrieked with delight, the show host added, “Now I’m thinking I should take my pants off.”

Check out both videos below:

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