Hollywood is no stranger to drama, but this time, it’s not happening on the big screen it’s unfolding between Conan O’Brien ...

Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.

Speaking on his Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney’s podcast Conan Needs a Friend, O’Brien set the scene: he pitched a series of ads in which he and a 9-foot tall Oscar statue were in a domestic ...