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Justin Bieber Celebrates The Release Of Under The Mistletoe With A New ‘Do

Now that Halloween is over, we have (un)officially entered the Holiday Season. No one knows this better than Justin Bieber, who apparently kipped trick-or-treating last night so he could stop by The Tonight Show and pimp his new Christmas album ‘Under The Mistletoe’, which drops today. But when the singer stepped in front of the cameras, we found him looking decidedly less Bieber-like than normal. Although slowly vanishing for some time now, it appears that Justin has finally decided to jettison his trademark helmet-hair look once and for all. How will wig manufactures and Tumblr survive!? His spiky new ‘do seems to fall somewhere between Vanilla Ice and Frankenstein. Who knows, maybe it was just part of his Halloween costume.

Click under the jump for more on Bieber’s hair, his new album, and his duet with Mariah Carey!

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Charlie Sheen Admits That He Was “Losing” During Mega-Meltdown

Charlie Sheen became something of a folk hero in the early part of this year for going Hollywood rogue and basically bringing out the bats–t crazy in all of us. He famously kamakazi’d his multi-million dollar part on Two And A Half Men, went on a bizarro PR campaign that makes Whitney Houston look like a librarian, and then hit the road on a stadium tour of people who just wanted to watch Chaz high on the finest Columbian Sheen. You know, just basically winning left right and center.

But that was the old (manic) Charlie. The new post-Comedy Central Roast Charlie is going around atoning for his showbiz sins, saying that he wasn’t #winning, but actually “losing”. Say what!? Who are you and what have you done with our beloved national treasure of a trainwreck!? The actor appeared on The Tonight Showlast night, and actually appeared sorry for all of the craziness of the winter. “I realized I was pretty much ‘losing!’ I thought I could come back…kind of like you did,” he told host Jay Leno. He also says that he has no grudge against the Two And A Half Men producers. ”No, I’d have fired my ass, too,” he admitted. He also bears no ill-will towards the series new star, Ashton Kutcher. “I would just give him a hug and just say, ‘Make me proud, dude.’” Awww…*single tear of tigerblood*. We thought he’d release the warlocks on Ashton for sure!

Who knows, maybe Charlie’s starting to mellow. But not to worry, folks! You can party with 80s-90s era Chaz in the gallery below anytime you want!

Lilo Surprises Leno, Gets A Standing O

Lindsay Lohan gave Jay Leno’s studio audience quite a shock last night when she stopped by The Tonight Show studios for an unscheduled interview. The taped segment, which is set to air tonight, is the first time Lindsay has broken her silence since being sentenced to jail on Friday. Despite her troubles, Lilo received a hot welcome from his audience, who reportedly rose to their feet in applause when she walked into the set.

The bulk of their chat obviously revolved around her legal issues. According to RadarOnline, she admitted to feeling “kind of dumb” about the whole thing, and the sentence of 120 days in jail “left her numb.” In addition to her jail time, Lindsay also faces 480 hours of community service stemming from felonly theft charges. But she did seem hopeful for the future, apparently confirming her role as John Gotti Jr’s wife in the upcoming Gotti: Three Generations.

Lindsay has been fielding many offers to appear on big name talk shows, but those close to the actress say that she chose Leno because she feels “grateful” to him. “He has been nothing by good to her and her family over the years,” a source told TMZ, “and has always been protective of her.”

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Paul Reiser Rips NBC On Leno Over Canceling His Show

While it’s no surprise NBC would eventually cancel The Paul Reiser Show—a contemptible premise (mega-rich celebs get no respect) and low ratings do not a long-running show make—you think they’d wait until after its star made his promotional appearance on the network’s late night program. And yet Paul Reiser was on Jay Leno‘s couch last night, predictably unhappy that his Curb Your Enthusiasm-lite sitcom had just been dropped after only two shows. “NBC, to my knowledge, they don’t traditionally make bad decisions,” Reiser drolly commented. “Have you heard that? I don’t know what your experience is.”

Ironically, Reiser defended Leno when Conan O’Brien was promptly re-replaced by Jay on The Tonight Show for not bringing in the numbers himself. But that didn’t keep the comedian from feeling slighted by the network’s own refusal to stand by his failing show despite years of service. “It turns out they said we enjoy missing you more than actually having you,” he joked. “But listen, I don’t take it personally, it’s a business decision…when you’re the last place network, you don’t want to jeopardize that. You’ve found your niche. Stay there. So I get it.” Actually, Paul, if they wanted to stay in last place, they’d stand by your stinker—but any network that lets the celeb they just shamed onto their late night couch deserves whatever slams it gets.

Kim And Kourtney Kardashian Get Low-Cut For Leno, Dinner With Scott

Scott Disick and Jay Leno must have a had a fun time trying to keep eye contact with Kim & Khloe Kardashian yesterday. The ladies were apparently too busy Thursday to change outfits between their appearance on The Tonight Show, a Tom Ford party and dinner at Mr. Chow’s with Scott Disick, showing off impressive decolletage at all three.

Kim kept things bubbly with Leno, discussing her relationship with Kris Humphries (“I was really afraid of [tall guys]. I’m, like, the biggest hypocrite now, ’cause now I feel so tiny and small and so protected. It’s like the best feeling in the world to be with a really tall guy”), but Kourtney’s still obsessed with the horror of having to kiss a man during her One Life To Live appearance. “I feel like a prostitute, being paid to kiss someone” said Kourtney. Well, there goes the rom-com career she never had a chance of sustaining anyway.

See more photos of the sisters—and Scott!—in the gallery below.

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Lady Gaga Addresses Madonna Comparisons On The Tonight Show

We have to admit we were surprised by Lady Gaga on the Tonight show last night. While chatting with Jay Leno, she seemed so lovely. We’re not saying Lady Gaga isn’t just lovely, okay, before you start throwing things at us. We’re just admitting that we haven’t heard that many of Lady Gaga’s interviews and truly assumed she spoke in monosyllables and said things like, “walk, walk, fashion, baby” in real life.

Leno inevitably brought up the Gaga-Madonna controversy surrounding Born this Way. Specifically that Gaga ripped off Madonna on the single because it sounds so much like Madge’s Express Yourself and, as some are even suggesting, Vogue. Considering the world’s riled up, Madonna isn’t. In fact, as Gaga revealed on the show, the Queen of Pop has bestowed her blessings on Gaga. “You know, there is really no one that is a more adoring and loving Madonna fan than me. I am the hugest fan personally and professionally, ” she said. Gaga also added, “Well, the good news is that I got an email from her people and her, sending me their love and complete support on behalf of the single. And if the Queen says ‘it shall be” then it shall be.” Amen!

Watch the video above to watch the rest of the interview which includes Gaga talking about Born this Way . It’s kinda hard not to be a fan when you see where she’s coming from, which is way upbeat and happy. It’s at odds with her funereal garb, but…walk, walk, fashion, baby.

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Alyson Hannigan Trashes Jay Leno At Comedy Forum

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We knew we loved Alyson Hannigan for more than just her stint as Buffy’s trusty sidekick Willow Rosenberg. Hannigan also seems to be on Team CoCo or, more accurately, not on Team Leno. Though she tried to be discreet about it, while she spoke at a Women in Comedy forum, Hannigan made no bones about her dislike for Jay Leno‘s late night hosting style.

The forum was moderated by Jimmy Kimmel, and when Hannigan was asked what the trick is to being a good guest on a late night show she explained “Certain hosts have you do your pre-interview and then you have to go on the show and retell every story verbatim or you’re not coming back. Every show is different that way.” When asked to name names, she said “I’m not saying, but it’s not Jimmy’s. And that’s really intimidating to have it be a big deal if you, like, switch around your punchline or whatever. There are a lot of other hosts where it’s OK to tell this story or that story, and if it veers off it’s fine because the host is secure enough to go with you, and vice-versa.” Even though she didn’t name this insecure host outright, later when Kimmel was asked his thoughts on the Tonight Show host, he replied “Slam Leno? Oh, uh, I think Alyson just did.”

Sounds like even though Conan O’Brien might have moved on from his late-night feud, there’s some anti-Leno ginger solidarity in Hollywood.

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Jay Leno Stole Our Idea

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UPDATE (5:18 pm): The New York Times is reporting that NBC “will acknowledge the work of Mr. Juzwiak and his co-worker” on the Tonight Show this evening. Does this mean Jay will say the words “TheFABLife” on air? How bad will he slaughter the pronunciation of Rich’s last name? Enquiring minds want to know!

Now we know how Conan O’Brien feels! Do you remember the “Taylor Swift Is Always Surprised!” supercut from last week, the one that our friend and cohort Rich Juzwiak put together for us? Well, not to brag or anything, but it was viewed over 200,000 times last week and caught the attention of quite a few major media outlets, including NBC’s Tonight Show. In fact, Rich traded emails with one of Jay Leno’s cronies about our video last week, as the Tonight Show had intentions of using parts of it during their interview with Taylor Swift that ran last night. Which, to be honest, we were quite excited about!

That is, until we actually saw the interview. Rather than hearing “VH1″ or “TheFABLife” or even Rich’s name on air, Jay Leno instead told Taylor that “We put together a little montage of you being surprised,” failing to acknowledge our contribution in even the tiniest way. Needless to say, we are a bit peeved that Jay Leno stole our idea and didn’t properly credit us, but what can you do? We are hearing rumblings that Jay is going to make up for it during tonight’s show, but we aren’t going to hold our breath.

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Conan O’Brien Joins Twitter, Beats Leno In Followers

Last night our Twitter feed was abuzz with the glorious news: Conan O’Brien, heroic leader of comedy dorks everywhere, had joined Twitter. Everyone RT!!! NBC’s rejected late night host was only packing around 7000 followers last night at 8PM EST, but this morning that group has grown to 243,981 fans. The guy’s only got one tweet up so far, but it’s hilarious and perfect and made of diamonds and butterflies: “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.”

Conan originally bashed Twitter on “The Tonight Show” (oh, remember the good ol’ days?!) but he seems to have jumped on board, if only for one reason: to beat Jay Leno. In less than 24 hours, Conan skyrocketed past Jay’s measly 30,000 Twitter fans with his growing army of Twittering Team Conan members. If Jay’s corporate-looking page with boring show updates doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about the dude, then what good is Twitter for, really? @Coco 4-ever! #weloveConan. [Photo: GettyImages]

Letterman, Leno Put Aside Beef For Best Super Bowl Commercial Ever

Okay, maybe it wasn’t the best ad ever, but certainly the best of this year’s Super Bowl (sorry, talking babies). Dave Letterman got his frenemy, Oprah Winfrey, and his enemy, Jay Leno, to join him for a hilarious “Late Show” commercial, proving that adults can put their differences aside for the sake of commercial success.

According to “Late Show” producer Rob Burnett, the ad was Letterman’s idea, and Oprah and Jay eagerly hopped on board. Last week, Jay was shuffled into the Ed Sullivan Theater wearing a disguise (so no Conan O’Brien fans would stone him, probably). Says Burnett, “We snuck him through the front door on Broadway. Jay wore a disguise …a hooded sweatshirt, dark sunglasses and a mustache. Fifteen minutes later, Oprah arrived … but not in a disguise.”

Amazingly, both Jay and Dave were good sports about the whole thing. When Jay first heard the idea he apparently said, “This is the way show business should be,” and Burnett swears that “there was no frostiness” in the room. Well played, gentlemen. You’re adults after all! For a few minutes, anyway.