A Farewell of Sorts: My 15 Best Lists of the Day

By Steve LaBate at 7:00 AM on January 22, 2010

Like Conan O’Brien, today is my final day at my dream job. After six-and-a-half years as associate editor at _Paste_, I’ve finally decided that it’s time to move on...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Eight Songs to Soundtrack this Morning's Michael Phelps Interview on NBC's Today

By Steve LaBate at 3:25 AM on March 13, 2009

At 7 a.m. this morning, NBC's Today will run Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with twentysomething Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medalist Michael Phelps, during which Phelps will hilariously pretend to apologize for smoking a bong at a party (or at least for being stoned enough to get photographed smoking a bong at a party). But while he's being all penitent and fielding the hard questions from Lauer about his "bad mistake" so he can re-score that Wheaties contract, this is the music that'll likely be playing in Phelps' head—and on my home stereo system, as I provide my own personal soundtrack to...  read more

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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL this Saturday?

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 2:36 PM on September 12, 2008

How do you top a Saturday Night Live season premiere already slated to pair Michael Phelps as host and Lil Wayne as musical guest (UPDATE: And Barack Obama)? ...  read more

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Michael Phelps picked up for SNL and VMAs

By Mary Kate Varnau at 10:35 AM on August 29, 2008

Michael Phelps’ Olympic screen time is up for now, but viewer interest has persisted beyond the 14-time gold medalist’s sports coverage. In the last week, he’s been picked up as a presenter on MTV's Video Music Awards, and on Sept. 13 he will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, accompanied by musical guest Lil Wayne. ...  read more

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Michael Phelps to release new autobiography in December

By Mary Kate Varnau at 5:20 PM on August 22, 2008

On Friday, 23-year-old Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps announced that he plans to write yet another autobiography, to come out four months after the paperback release of his first book. Built to Succeed will be published by Free Press, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, just in time for the holiday season....  read more

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