Lauren Miller

Lauren Miller, Seth Rogen is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Lauren Miller! Seth Rogen, Canadian funny man proposed to his girlfriend after 6 years of dating, and after Miller had given up hope that it would actually happen! Rogen will star in the upcoming Green Lantern, and of course we all know its hilarious films like the 40-Year Old Virgin, Anchorman and Superbad. But here are some other things you might not know about Seth Rogen.

Born in Vancouver, BC, Rogen first started doing stand up comedy, is coming in 2nd place at the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest at the age of 16.

His first big break was landing a role in the critically acclaimed, Freaks Judd Apatow show yet publicly panoramic and Geeks. The show was canceled after one season, so Rogen worked as editor for various shows. It has even been suggested (with the rest of the writing team) for an Emmy for the final season of Da Ali G Show.

Rogen has been writing for years! He and his friend Evan Goldberg, Superbad are co-written at the age of 14! At first he and Goldberg were going to star in movie together before deciding he was too old when the movie went to production.
Rogen took the plunge and moved to Los Angeles when he was 16. Fortunately for him, his parents followed the United States when he was in his late teens, and once he landed his second television series his parents split their time between Canada and the United States.

Rogen has now met his fiancee Lauren Miller in 2004. She has been in some films Rogen, but she also produced, written and directed other films as well.

Sounds like these two are a match made in heaven! I can only imagine the talent of their children will be! Congratulations to the happy couple!

Conan Ratings

Conan Ratings, Now that Conan O’Brien has completed the first episode of his new show speaks basic cable, the real question is: is it good? The ratings indicate Conan won 4.2 million U.S. viewers (3.5 to come on the Tonight Show and Late Show U.S. $ 3.4 million), the opinions of the critics have been mixed, though cautious optimism about the future. Take a look at what the critics had various televisions to say about the beginnings of Conan last night:

“The accumulation of nine months from the last show of Conan on NBC meant the return of last night was bound to feel some disappointment. But it is also surprising that, given all that time off, he felt a bit tired. But he and NBC $ 45 million in the bank and whatever his new employer ponied up. And a lot of time to prove he was worth. “Scott Stinson, National Post

“The accumulation of nine months from the last show of Conan on NBC meant the return of last night was bound to feel some disappointment. But it is also surprising that, given all that time off, he felt a bit tired. But he and NBC $ 45 million in the bank and whatever his new employer ponied up. And a lot of time to prove he was worth. “Scott Stinson, National Post

“Really, the funniest moment was the use of one of O’Brien’s old stand-bys, the masturbating bear, who was trapped in a small tape in which lottery balls were removed from his, um, bag. The time has come to an end with Conan and Jack White made a number of rockabilly fun, and engaging in what was easily the most spontaneous of the evening, entertaining interview. Overall, pleasant, if a little disappointing. “Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly

Tbs Conan

Tbs Conan, (AP) — Conan O’Brien relaunched his TV career on Monday night with a stylishly back-to-basics hour that radiated hard-won lessons from his brief stay hosting “The Tonight Show.”

With his new TBS show titled simply “Conan,” O’Brien seemed appealingly stoked yet comfortable in his new home at 11 p.m. ET and on basic cable, originating from a sleek, cozy set with a full moon poised on a seaside backdrop.

If there were very few surprises on the premiere, well, how could there have been after the incessant online hype and all the press attention showered on his much-anticipated return? Besides, O’Brien was back with his longtime sidekick Andy Richter and most of his trusty house band members, now led by Jimmy Vivino (and renamed The Basic Cable Band).

Even O’Brien’s post-“Tonight Show” beard seems familiar by now.

But what’s important is, the show lived up to its promises. As promised, it was looser, quirkier, more like “Late Night,” where O’Brien thrived for nearly 16 years, than the mainstream “Tonight Show,” where he didn’t.

“Conan” opened with a funny look back at O’Brien’s tumultuous year after he refused NBC’s bid to move “Tonight” to 12:05 a.m.

He was mowed down by machine-gun-toting NBC hit men at a security booth, a la Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather.” He applied for a job in advertising and was turned down by Don Draper (“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm), who brusquely reminded him, “It’s 1965 — and you’re 2 years old.” From behind the counter at a Burger King, he reminisced to an impatient customer about his talk-show past.

Likewise, his monologue mined laughs from recent history, which found him leaving “Tonight” in January after just eight months, with Jay Leno reclaiming the host chair.

O’Brien welcomed viewers to his “second annual first show” and explained why he named the new show “Conan”: “So I’d be harder to replace.”

He acknowledged that “it’s not easy doing a late-night show on a channel without a lot of money and those viewers have trouble finding. So that’s why I left NBC.”

He boasted that his new show is already scoring “in TBS’ key demographic: people who can’t afford HBO.”

And he insisted, “I’ve dreamed of being a talk-show host on basic cable ever since I was 46.” He’s now 47.

O’Brien rocked out, singing and playing guitar alongside his musical guest, Jack White.

Before that, his first couch guest was Seth Rogen, who had a lot to say about marijuana and could have used some to calm down.

Then O’Brien greeted “Glee” star Lea Michele, who made a slightly more engaging appearance.

He asked her about GQ magazine’s racy layout of “Glee” cast members. Then, for “Glee” fans that were offended by the high-school-themed photos, the ever-self-deprecating O’Brien offered a way to make the steamy photo of Michele seem less hot: Insert a vintage image of him from high school beside her in the shot.

But as they chatted, a thud interrupted them from backstage.

“Basic cable,” O’Brien explained with a shrug. “There’s a Meineke muffler shop right behind us.”

The audience applauded.

“He’s making the best of it,” O’Brien said of himself.

Conan was back, with the rest of Team Coco. How he will fare in the long term — and how long he relies on basic-cable jokes — remains to be seen.

TBS is owned by Time Warner.

On the Net:
http://www.teamcoco.com

Conan O Brien New Show

Conan O Brien New Show, Conan, started last night, bringing the host back on television for the first time since he left NBC in January. The episode had all the trappings of a typical show of late night: a pre-recorded intro segment, an opening monologue joke-filled, followed by appearances customers with movies and TV shows to plug. Although first offered no big surprises, he offered a preview of what to expect in the coming season:

It targets a very specific audience. In his opening monologue, Conan joked that Conan was destined to be “a number of key demographic SCT:. People who can not afford HBO” But based on the series itself, it tries to maintain interest young people’s Internet addict who rallied for him following his very public break with NBC. Conan court millennials was evident in the choice of guests: Judd Apatow darling Seth Rogen, star Lea Michele Glee, White Stripes and guitarist Jack White. O’Brien comments during the show been more clear: he identified himself as “the guys at Twitter.” And later, after a brief pleasure of Internet geeks, O’Brien turned to the advertiser Andy Richter and said: “Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.”

Rogen once opened his mouth, the censors TBS began beeping. “I broke the rule of” shit “,” Knocked Up stars boasted. But Richter had warned him not to get carried away: “We receive three times a night,” he said.

While talking to Michele, O’Brien made the necessary reference to the controversial GQ photo spread she did with her colleagues Glee Cast-members. After declaring that he was not shocked by the racy photos, he suggested a way to make them less sexy: by Photoshopping a picture of him in high school. Michele was so horrified by the skinny, pasty teenage O’Brien she screamed, “Why are you so pale? O’Brien explained why he looks more rosy cheeks on television, “I have 40 pounds of makeup today. I’m really afraid the future.”

His explanation of why he gave his show the name of Conan laughingly obvious: “I did it and I would be more difficult to replace.”

Halfway through the show, O’Brien presented his audience with a good luck message pre-recorded from Office creator Ricky Gervais. After his friend wishing the best with a new cable show, Gervais went on to imagine that O’Brien could be in a month or two: the Food Network. And then he guessed what would happen after that: a concert in a local weather station in Dayton, Ohio. What is the latest media totem for Conan? Satellite radio.

Seth Rogen Engaged

Seth Rogen Engaged, All attention was on Gwyneth Paltrow and her singing in strong country (and Glee and Wednesday’s Country Music award), but Gossip Girl Leighton Meester also stars in the film. She worked the red carpet last night in Nashville for the premiere.
Keith Olbermann returns to air on MSNBC at 20 hours … Bristol Palin could get the boot on Dancing with the Stars?
Elsewhere: Seth Rogen has told his story Conan unusual commitment. … Shannen Doherty’s father, John Thomas Doherty, died Friday after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. He was 66 years. … Los Angeles schools said Jamie Oliver; they did not need his help. … Miley Cyrus has been flirting with Kings of Leon star Jared Followill at the after-party for the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night in Madrid? … Jamie Lee Curtis is “wrong” to do DWTS, but its fun to think about it. … And finally, a wheel of Fortune candidate to solve a puzzle of seven words with one letter as a clue. With just one “L” and an apostrophe found on the plateau, Caitlin Burke, 26, New York, guessed the sentence: “I have a good feeling about this.”