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    Rosie O'Donnell revives talk show for one time only

    Rosie O'Donnell (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

    Rosie O’Donnell is reviving her old daytime talk show for one time only — and her guest list is impressive.

    A who’s-who of Broadway and Hollywood — including Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Neil Patrick Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Estefan and Barry Manilow — plan to join O’Donnell on Sunday for a live streaming “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” as a fundraiser for The Actors Fund.

    The show will be available at Broadway.com and livestreamed on Broadway.com’s YouTube channel. It starts at 7 p.m. Eastern.

    Others expected to show up include: Sebastian Arcelus, Stephanie J. Block, Tituss Burgess, Norbert Leo Butz, Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Darren Criss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Harvey Fierstein, David Foster, Megan Hilty, Judith Light, Rob McClure, Audra McDonald, Katharine McPhee, Alan Menken, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O’Hara, Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Andrew Rannells, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Lea Salonga, Jordin Sparks, Ben Vereen and Adrienne Warren.

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    CONAN O'BRIEN WILL TRY TO RETURN TO LATE NIGHT WITH AN iPHONE

    With iPhones and Skype, Conan O'Brien is going back on the air.

    The late-night host said he will resume putting out new episodes of TBS' “Conan” on March 30. His staff will remain at home, and the show will be cobbled together with O'Brien on an iPhone and guests via Skype.

    “This will not be pretty, but feel free to laugh at our attempt,” said O'Brien on Twitter. The late-night shows have all shut down production due to the coronavirus pandemic to avoid congregating live audiences and large TV crews. Some hosts have pumped out web videos.

    O'Brien, though, is the first to try to remotely mount a full broadcast from home.

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    Associated Press writers Mark Kennedy and Jake Coyle contributed to this story.

    Conan O'Brien (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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