Conan O’Brien goes

For as famous as he is, and as easily spotted, Conan O’Brien doesn’t get papped much. But he was photographed at LAX today, the photos are labelled in part, “Conan O’Brien channels Indiana Jones” because of the leather jacket/hat combo. I am confused about the weather in LA, though, because it’s August which means “hot” but Conan is dressed for a chill. Maybe it’s chillier in the upper atmosphere, I am short and live close to the earth like a worm, I wouldn’t know.

One side effect of Conan ending his talk show is that he has time for more projects. He has his travel show, Conan Must Go, and he’s hosting the Oscars again, of course, but he is also in Rose Byrne’s new film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and he’s not appearing as himself, he is actually doing some proper acting. He is also voicing a new character in Toy Story 5, which is out next year.

Sarah, you might say, is this all a ploy to talk about Timothy Olyphant appearing on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend this week? Why yes, yes it is. Timothy Olyphant is one of the best recurring characters in the Conan Cinematic Universe (other standouts are Jordan Schlansky and Joel McHale). Whenever Timothy O and Conan do anything together, it’s pure gold, and yes, Olyphant gets a strong bit about franchises while riffing on Conan appearing in Toy Story. I would like to go back to that hot second in the Nineties when Olyphant was doing standup, I bet he was better at it than he lets on.

 

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What else happened today…

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against wellness app ClassPass over the “unreasonably short” expiration periods for its fitness and beauty discounts. Kind of sounds like what happened to Groupon back in the day—the more popular the service got, the less “worth it” the groupons became because businesses started losing money when too many people started cashing in on the discounts. It’s the inevitable fate of discount culture. (Popsugar)

Ana de Armas went to Japan to promote Ballerina—two months after it bombed—dressed like a 1970s witch. Tom Cruise did not accompany her. Still waiting on “red carpet official”. (Go Fug Yourself)

Today in Someone’s Getting Fired news, Jennifer Lopez was turned away from a Chanel store in Istanbul. Apparently, the security guard denied her entry, then the store employees tried to get her to come back, but she declined, only to go on to spend “tens of thousands of dollars” everywhere else (big mistake, huge). I wonder if that security guard is already toast. Also, do you think he honestly didn’t recognize JLo, who was in town as part of her European tour, or did he not think she, a Latina woman in a “baby pink set” looked “right” for the store? Either way—fired. (Celebitchy)

Animal controversy! Somerville, Massachusetts is electing a “bike path cat mayor” and non-felines such as a guinea pig, snake, and cat’s mortal enemy, a parrot, started campaigning for the prestigious(?) title. It’s a scandal! It’s an outrage! It’s extremely cute and you HAVE to look at the signs advertising all the cats who definitely do NOT want to be mayor of anything except their living rooms. I have to say, though, that Clawdius is running a strong campaign for the Indoor Cat Party, running on a pro-nap, pro-treat, pro-inside platform. Clawdius is the leader of now. (The Independent)