Irish American comedian Conan O’Brien is the latest celebrity to endorse the Gathering, a year long celebration of all things Irish, which aims to attract tens of thousands of tourists to the Emerald Isle.

Lucasfilm has sold the beloved “Star Wars” franchise to Disney. The “House of the Mouse” has already begun work on the script for “Star Wars Episode VII” which is set to come out in  2015.
 
The “Star Wars” creator George Lucas has made the decision to retire and now the future of the franchise could go in any direction. Currently there is no director or actor linked with the movie but IMDB does state that Lucas is on board as one of the writers.
 
FirstShowing reports that the next movie may be an original story instead of basing the movie on the original novels and comics. The also say they have ten directors in mind for the upcoming movie.
 
Similarly Irish American funnyman Conan O’Brien threw his two cents into the ring with some mock auditions for directors of the new movie including Michael Moore (see clip below), Kevin Smith ( a die hard and passionate “Star Wars” fan) and quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen.
 
Another mock video from ING.com (see below) throws names like Christopher Nolan ( the most recent Batman movies and “Inception”), JJ Abrahams (“Star Trek” and “Mission Impossible”) and Michael Bay (“Transformers”) get a mention. And Kevin Smith get a mention again.
 
It’s all up to play for and “Star Wars” fanatics will be hanging on every piece of news to see if the new version can match up to the old favorites.
 
 Here’s Conan’s skit of Michael Moore directing “Star Wars”:

Conan O’Brien, host of TBS’ “Conan,” nurtured his early love of comedy within a large Irish Catholic family that loved to “take the piss,” he told Piers Morgan.

Flame haired and freckled faced Conan O'Brien can't hide his ethnic origin nor does he ever try. In fact he clearly enjoys playing up his Irish heritage, and preferably if there's onscreen fun to be had.

Ron Burgundy - or is it Will Ferrell? - stopped by Conan O’Brien’s TBS late-night talk show ‘Conan’ last night for a surprise announcement. Entering as only Ron Burgundy could - unannounced and playing the jazz flute - the audience was instantly enamored.

When Louis CK began writing on staff at “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” he was 30 years old and not the household name in US comedy he is today, but in a recent interview he speaks about how although he was young and inexperienced, writers and producers on the show heeded his advice.

Batman's just too old for crime fighting. That's the message coming from none other than comedian and talk show supremo Conan O'Brien.

Conan O’Brien and his late night talk show will be returning to their New York roots this week for a special commemoration of the show’s one year anniversary at TBS. Part of the special celebrations for the week will include O’Brien officiating over a gay marriage between one of his long-time staffers and his partner.

Chris Colfer had Conan O’Brien and his audience laughing this past Tuesday night with his appearance on TBS’s “Conan.” The ‘Glee’ star spoke of his role as Kurt Hummel as well as having taken his grandmother as his date to the Emmys.

Patton Oswalt, a comedian famous for his role in “King of Queens”, stopped by “Conan” on Thursday to discuss the rampant weight loss among male comedians and Disneyland. The comedian has had a busy summer with the release of his new stand-up album “Finest Hour” and the release of all of his “5 Second Films”.

Hilarious cable television talk show Conan O’Brien delivered Dartmouth College’s commencement address yesterday for the graduating class of 2011. “It’s tough out there but be patient,” he said to the graduates during his comical, positively empowering speech.

Full text of his speech and video below:

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