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20 Jun, 2012

Uber vs HailoCab

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Arrington moderates a debate at LeWeb London between Kalanick and Pishevar of Uber and Valkin and Bregman from the London-based HailoCab app, including on market strategies and legal restrictions. Arrington:

Hailo’s clearly just a cheap knockoff.

Pishevar explains that HailoCab deals only with licensed cabs, and started on Nov. 1, 2011. He says passengers have already booked more than a million miles on London black cabs.

Team Uber vs. Team Hailo - LeWeb London 2012

Rock of Ages

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Zeta-Jones plays Patricia Whitmore in the film adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages. Set in the eighties, Sherrie and Drew are two young aspiring stars. They meet for the first time in the City of Angels, and decide to pursue their dreams together. Their relationship however, will come across a number of obstacles.

It’s so rewarding doing a musical. It’s hard work. It’s not like doing a Broadway play, which is really hard work … It’s endless shooting a number in a movie because of all of the camera angles and stuff like that.

CBS local news skit

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Conan visits the set of local Chicago CBS station WBBM where he trains under two news anchors, Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson. They share a few broadcast secrets with O’Brien, and together they come up with a new sign off gesture.

Conan Joins The CBS Local News | CONAN on TBS

Rock of Ages

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Brand stars in this romantic comedy musical film adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical. He plays Lonny Barnett, the alcohol-loving manager of the The Bourbon Room and right-hand man of club owner Dennies Dupree (Alec Baldwin). The cast includes Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. On accepting a role in a musical:

I thought it would be fun to sing all those songs, and like one of the films I’ve done before where I had to pretend to be a rock star, I sang songs in that. It’s quite good, like it’s not that difficult if you’ve got a good teacher.

Chicago Blues Songs skit

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On the second night of his week-long Chicago show, O’Brien visits Frances Xavier Warde elementary school and sings impromptu blues songs based on the children’s real-life problems. Performing with him is Basic Cable band’s leader Jimmy Vivino.

Conan Writes Chicago Blues Songs With School Kids | CONAN on TBS

That’s My Boy

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Sandler stars in That’s My Boy a film about a middle-aged father who is stuck in the 80’s. The film co-stars Andy Samberg. 

It was fun to speak the way I speak in my bathroom. I grew up cursing a lot and it felt natural. And then my parents yelled at me and told me to stop and they weren’t enjoying my albums. They weren’t enjoying a lot of things I did with my life. Then my father passed away and he’s not here to yell at me anymore. So my mother I bully her I say, Here comes some more dirtiness. Sit and enjoy it.  And that’s what we did.