With the Comcast-NBC-U merger finally approved, this possibly gamechanging fusion of the largest cable/internet provider and a major network will also elevate the careers of quite a few television executive honchos.

While Comcast CEO Brian Robertsis the real winner here, the newly announced corporate team heading NBC contains quite a few of Comcast's leaders, while NBC execs like Mike Pilot, Jeff Gaspin, and Allison Gollust will be out of a job.

So who are these folks that will ostensibly be running the biggest media company in the world? 

Steve Burke is Head Honcho

Stephen B. Burke is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Comcast, and was announced as CEO of the new NBC-U back in September. Formerly a Disney employee (he was President of ABC Broadcasting), Burke is responsible for creating the following team of execs who will lead the network.

Bob Greenblatt is king of Primetime

Officially the incoming chairman of NBC Entertainment, Greenblatt will head the most creative side of NBC's programming. He was most recently president of programming at Showtime, and thus responsible for big hits like "Dexter" and "Weeds" coming to fruition. In the past, he also produced favorites like the X-Files and Ally McBeal.

Ted Harbert gets serious (and nationwide)

A former Fox producer, this Comcast chief exec (he runs the entertainment group, which includes channels like "E!") has been named chairman of NBC Broadcasting. A step up from being Chelsea Handler's boss (and more...), Harbert will be heading all of the NBC affiliates and syndication in the country.

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Love her or hate her, Chelsea Handler is already one of the most bankable female entertainers in Hollywood right now.

She's the host of E! late-night success "Chelsea Lately."

She's a New York Times bestselling author (twice-over, now).

She's got a new movie role in the works.

And she's the guiding hand behind a second E! show ("After Lately") and a network pilot that's looking awfully likely to get picked up (a sitcom based on her book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea").

Handler -- whose signature saucy, unrelenting comedy has hit a lucrative nerve with audiences -- may very well be the first woman to take over a late night network show, now that she's proved herself a consistently sound investment.

And down the line, it may be "The Tonight Show" that wants to buy in. Here's how the TV institution could end up in Handler's grasp:

Jay Leno may have recouped "The Tonight Show" from Conan O'Brien, but his return has felt deflated, and his ratings (though they've recovered from early limping) aren't what they used to be. No matter when he actually leaves, the stage already feels set for his stepping down.

Do we think NBC, still smarting with embarrassment over history's most famous late-night debacle, would take a massive risk and give Handler a "Tonight Show" whirl? No.

But -- especially now that she's getting cozy with Peacock execs via her pilot -- Handler's name will likely be thrown into the programming musical chairs-mix whenever Leno does depart.

If Jimmy Fallon takes over, Handler could move into his "Late Night" spot -- a slot that Fallon has pumped up via his innovative, positive, web-friendly show. (Speaking of "positive," he and the sour-funny Handler could make good foils for each other.)

Or -- if they want to lock down Handler without waiting for Leno to go -- NBC could cancel Carson Daly's low-profile "Last Call" to make room for her.

That move might cost them a little more, since Daly's show costs next to nothing to make -- and Handler would likely require some serious financial motivation to move into the wee hours of the morning.

But she'd have a good long-term reason to take the job, even if it sets her back to 1:30 a.m.

It still puts her in line for the "Tonight Show" throne. (Daly is not in this line, but that's because his music-centric show is a totally different format.)

At that point, all Handler has to do is wait -- for people to change jobs, for female-centric primetime comedy to bolster the push for a late-night lady -- and keep up her winning streak.

In the meantime, if you want to know how well Handler stacks up against Leno, watch her recent appearance on his show -- and judge for yourself who's the sharper comedian.

Leno seems a tad nervous, no? Maybe he'd feel more comfortable if they switched chairs.

Video below.

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Everyone can't stop talking about Chelsea Handler:

In just the last few weeks, Handler has been profiled by Cathy Horyn in The New York Times, featured on the Memorial Day cover of Hamptons Magazine, and landed the latest cover of The Hollywood Reporter.

Even we threw our hat in the ring.

Not to mention, she continues to host her E! late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately" and is currently on a book tour for her latest work, "Lies That Chelsea Handler Taught Me."

Considering her first New York Times bestseller was about past one-night-stands, it's no surprise the candid comedienne doesn't tend to hold back in interviews.

After reading these profiles, we gathered some facts about Handler that may surprise you.

Handler is 'over' talking about celebrity gossip, wants to get serious

On a network whose programming is full of celebrity-fueled news and reality TV, "Chelsea Lately" regularly features a roundtable of comedians that pick apart the latest news, which most of the time is celeb-based as well.

Well, Handler is sick of it.

As she told THR:

"I can't keep doing the same thing; my brain is bleeding. I want to do something that's more mindful and isn't celebrity-centered. I'm not looking to totally bail on E! They've done a lot for me, and I like it here." Beat. "If you take away the Kardashians.

I want to educate people and deliver news that isn't just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I'd like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy. I'd like to make an impact and have more responsibility than I do now."

She's dating hotelier André Balazs, not interested in talking about it

While past romantic relationships have provided material for her stand-up and books, she is tight-lipped about her current boyfriend.

Handler told Horyn, “I won’t be doing that with André...I won’t be discussing our personal life — before, during or after our relationship.”

This winter, Chelsea Handler will be starring in "This Means War"

Handler will star alongside Reese Witherspoon, playing Witherspoon's best friend.

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Chelsea Handler is a busy gal. She's got her late-night talk show. She's got her books. She's got a show coming up on NBC, and she's got three more shows she'll be spinning off for people on her talk show.

Exhausting, but such is the life of a budding media brand. We caught up with her at the Fortune Powerful Women conference on Tuesday and asked why she's the only woman who gets to spout off in late night.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity," she began. Well that didn't sound like her.

She coughed it up: "I think a point of view is a very powerful thing to have, and not be worried about who's gonna be mad at you for saying what," she said. 

And does she plan outrageous things to say on her show? No, she laughed. "That comes pretty easily."

The show based on her book "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea." will debut mid-season on NBC.  It's a good time to be Chelsea.

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The odds that you'll soon see Sarah Silverman on network television are growing and growing.

Back when NBC won a bidding war for the comic's sitcom pitch, we wondered how the Peacock would find room for Chelsea Handler, Whitney Cummings and Silverman.

Now Silverman's project is going to pilot, and it's more likely than ever that Handler or Cummings will face the ax.

Handler's yet-to-air project -- based on her book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" -- underwent a cast and creative rehaul some months back.

And though Cummings' show, "Whitney," hasn't flat-out tanked, it's received mediocre ratings and worse reviews (plus, it just got shuffled to Wednesday nights).

But it's the new details on the themes of Silverman's show that have us convinced Cummings is the one who will face cancellation.

Deadline Hollywood, which broke the news of Silverman's order, describes the show as a comedy about a  "woman readjusting to the single life after a decade-long live-in relationship."

It's an uncharacteristically mainstream tack for Silverman -- and it's dangerously close to the consistent me-and-my-boyfriend plotlines that comprise "Whitney."

Also working against Cummings: both Handler and Silverman have powerful backers.

Handler just re-upped with E!, which, like NBC, is under the Comcast umbrella; Silverman's show is being shepherded by none other than Imagine co-founder Ron Howard.

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So long, 2011!

It's been a year filled with small screen shake-ups, celebrity cheating scandals and divorces, and movie re-makes that just won't go away.

And the Kardashians.

MTV scared us. Donald Trump kept yelling. Brett Ratner offended everyone. And Ryan Gosling won you over.

Here's a look at who had a great year...and who didn't.

WINNER: Drake

His sophomore debut, "Take Care" was one of the year's most anticipated and successful albums -- debuting at the top of the Billboard 200, garnering critical praise, and making our own 20 Best Albums of 2011.

He's also been linked to Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, which doesn't hurt.

Plus, you know it's been a good year when a stranger is willing to tattoo your name on her face.

LOSER: "Glee"

The show you used to love is having an identity crisis.

The series steadily lost viewers this year and reached a season ratings low in November.

Why? It's not fun anymore!

We've lost those sillier simple storylines for preachy ones and exciting pop musical numbers for boring classics.

And there's just never enough Jane Lynch.

Luckily, we've not some ideas on how to fix this mess.

WINNER: Zooey Deschanel

The premiere of her show "The New Girl" destroyed its ratings time-slot and won Fox's green-light for a another season after just the second episode.

Despite splitting with her husband two months ago, Deschanel managed the impossible by keeping the news under the tabloid radar.

Oh, and she got to sing the National Anthem at the World Series.

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• Wait, could O.J. Simpson seriously be Khloe Kardashian’s father? We can't make this stuff up.
   
• Jessica Biel apparently needs an acting coach. What? She was great as that stripper with a heart of gold in "Powder Blue"!
   
• The king regained his throne last night as Jay-Z hit the club for the first time since baby Blue’s birth.
   
• Denise Richards on Charlie Sheen: “We’re like brother and sister.” Make that one family reunion we'd like to stay away from.
   
• Chelsea Handler will be scouring New York City comedy clubs this weekend in search of new talent. Go get 'em, tiger!
   
• Johnny Depp and his babymama are "leading sad, separate lives." But wait, he always looks so happy!
   
• Rihanna is loving her new, slimmed down bod so much that she just tweeted seven nearly nude bikini shots from her beach vacation. Didn't she learn from this?

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• Check out Snooki's slim down thanks to controversial diet drug, Zantrex. Because one Snooki is not enough.

• Rumer Willislooks distressed as she visits her mother, Demi Moore, in an LA hospital.

• Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcherparties in Brazil and stays quiet on his estranged wife's condition.

• Justin BieberHelps Boost Organ Donor Registrations.

• Kris Humphries' Minnesota bachelor pad gets a makeover—and now it needs another.

• "Social Network" star Armie Hammerbusted for pot in Texas.

• Chelsea Handler really does love vodka… and house music?

• Party of one? Jennifer Love Hewittresumes her role as a Texas housewife-turned-stripper for the TV movie, "The Client List."

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• Kris Jenner is the new spokeswoman for "female Viagra." Is there anything she won't promote?

• Adam Levine just started a record label of his own and signed "Glee" star Matthew Morrison.

• Was Macauly Culkin left "Home Alone" too long? The actor is now scary skinny.

• Minka Kelly rushed off the catwalk to help Wilmer Valderramacelebrate his birthday in NYC.

• Katharine McPhee says five hour dance rehearsals got her in "Smash"-ing shape, reveals bikini body.

• "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes was a hit on "Glee" and will now appear as a regular guest star on the FOX show.

• LeAnn Rimes addresses Chelsea Handler's s--t-talking: "I was laughing at you laughing at me." Watch below:

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Funny lady Chelsea Handler turned serious when she opened up about her abortion at age 16 to Rosie O'Donnell this week. 

The "Are You There, Chelsea?" star discussed how it was the right decision for her during her teenage years in an interview on "The Rosie Show."

"I was so delusional," Handler told O'Donnell. "I was like, I'm ready for a baby," 

Despite originally being ecstatic about becoming a mom, Handler revealed her parents convinced her the pregnancy might not be the best idea, and ultimately led to her decision to terminate the pregnancy. 

"I was trying to argue with them and they were like, 'You're throwing your entire life away,'" Handler said."'You're supposed to create a life for yourself…and we're certainly not going to raise it for you.'"

O'Donnell brought up the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion mentioning how it ruined others' lives; however, Handler, who's now 36, stands by her decision without regrets, admitting she "wouldn't be a good mother." 

"You should do whatever you want with your body, and you shouldn't let anyone tell you what to do," Handler said. "It's your decision. I have no regrets at all." 

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Celebs tweet the Super Bowl: Britney loves Madonna, Katy Perry goes H.A.M. and Ochocinco deals with the Patriots' loss.

Plus, Chelsea Handler's an "angel" and Rihanna still looks good as a blonde.

Yep. It's that time of the week again—from Jimmy Fallon to Jordin Sparks, check out this week's roundup of best celebrity tweets.

Aziz Ansari unknowingly revealed Christopher Nolan's perfect plan to get everyone to watch his film after a football game.

Plenty were freaking out about the last minutes of the game...

...while Britney was raving about Madonna's halftime performance.

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Chelsea Handler's bid for world media domination has hit a few speed bumps lately.

Her NBC sitcom based on her best-selling book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" is lingering near cancelation ratings. And "This Means War," a romantic comedy featuring Handler as sidekick to Reese Witherspoon, crashed at the box office

These are rare missteps for the host of the popular E! late-night talk show, "Chelsea Lately," who has written three bestsellers in addition to "Are You There, Vodka?" and is the only female host of the MTV Video Music Awards since 1994.

Before her latest stumbles, mass cross-media success seemed imminent for the comic, known for her raunchy, irreverent humor. Now her ability to establish a personality-driven media empire is becoming less certain.

One thing her NBC sitcom "Are You There, Chelsea?" is missing? Chelsea being Chelsea. Instead of being front and center in a project based on her own bestselling book about her own life, Handler plays second banana to Laura Prepon.

Prepon plays a younger version of Handler, while Handler plays her own sister.

Another thing missing? Viewers. Though the sitcom debuted in January with 6.4 million viewers, it lost 2 million sets of eyes by week two, and has settled in on an average of 4.7 million viewers.

NBC Universal has sometimes used E! as almost a farm team for NBC talent: E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest may join "Today."Joel McHale hosted "The Soup" for five years before "Community" debuted. But Handler still has yet to prove herself ready for the broadcast network -- just as McHale's "Community" has fallen to low, "Are You There, Chelsea?"-ish numbers.

And while Handler admittedly was only a supporting player in "This Means War," ads keyed on her interaction with Witherspoon in addition to the romantic triangle between Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy. The movie has made $42.3 million domestically.

Of course, the NBC show, on which Handler is also an executive producer, is not a total loss yet. "Are You There" has improved NBC's timeslot ratings 14 percent versus last season, and, like many NBC shows, even the lower-rated ones, "Are You There" boasts an upscale viewership.

"Given the competition in the time period and its lead-in, we believe the show is performing solidly," an NBC executive told TheWrap.

The good news: "Chelsea Lately" -- and its spin-off/spoof series "After Lately" -- remains so influential in late-night that VH1 recently hired Jenny McCarthy to host a late-night talk show in an effort to spark its own Handler-esque franchise.

As for Q scores -- those indicators of a celebrity's or TV series' popularity -- "Lately" earned a positive Q score of 25 and a negative Q score is 18.

The average Q scores for all late-night talk shows: 18 positive and 25 negative, meaning "Chelsea Lately" did hit higher in positive and lower in negative than most of her competition.

But "Are You There, Chelsea?" doesn't fare nearly as well on overall Q score stats, earning a dismal 10 percent familiarity.

"Enough said," Q Scores company president Steven Levitt told TheWrap.

Meanwhile, Handler has roles lined up in a pair of upcoming offbeat movie comedies.

She co-stars with Johnny Knoxville in the Josh Schwartz-directed Halloween release "Fun Size," about a teen (Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice) who loses her little brother when she's forced by her mom to take him trick-or-treating. "Colbert Report" writer Max Werner wrote the script.

Handler, who was named one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year in 2011, will also co-star with Vincent D'Onofrio and Eric Bogosian in the horror-comedy film "Mall," based on Bogosian's 2001 novel of the same name.

However, even they hit, neither movie is unlikely to enhance Handler's brash image or establish her on the big screen.

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• After years of trying (as documented on their reality TV show) Giuliana and Bill Rancic are expecting their first baby via gestational surrogate--meaning the child will be the Rancics' genetic child.

• Katy Perry showing off PDA with a new man at Coachella—Florence and the Machine guitarist, Robert Ackroyd.

• Other celebs spotted at Coachella weekend two: Melanie Griffith, Alicia Silverstone with son Bear, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Emma Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Kelly Osbourne and Dita Von Teese.

• Here's the gift Eddie Cibrian gave LeAnn Rimes for their first wedding anniversary.

• Russell Crowe has just signed on to star inDarren Aronofsky's new "Noah's Ark" film.

• 26-year-old Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan and 25-year-old Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumfordtied the knot on a small farm in the English countryside this weekend.

• Chelsea Handlerslams Angelina Jolie in new interview with More magazine.

• Peter Jackson is screening 10 minutes of "The Hobbit" at CinemaCon in Las Vegas—a bootleg copy will presumably be floating around YouTube soon. 

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• Chelsea Handler will get a seven-figure deal to write a parody of popular "50 Shades of Grey" titled “50 Shades of Chartreuse: This Time It’s Personal” scheduled to hit bookshelves in October 2013. At the same time, Handler will move her E! talk show to a new, much larger Universal studio space as part of a $25 million deal to extend “Chelsea Lately” on E! until 2014.

• A copyright suit against James Cameron and Fox has been dismissed after the U.S. District court ruled“Bats And Butterflies" is a children’s story with a simple protagonist, while "Avatar" is "a more complex story about a conflicted protagonist."

• After he finishes shooting "The Hunger Games," actor Philip Seymour Hoffmanwill go behind the scenes to direct "Ezekiel Moss" about an imaginative youngster and "a mysterious drifter who may have the ability to communicate with the dead" during the Great Depression.

• National Geographic Society President Tim Kellywill depart at year's end after three decades with the company.

• Annie Lennoxgets married for the third time—to Dr. Mitch Besser, a gynecologist who founded mothers2mothers, a private organization based in Africa that is dedicated to reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission.

• Celebrity roundup: Blake Lively shows off her massive light pink diamond wedding ring, Amber Rosebares her baby bump, 46-year-old Halle Berryflaunts her bikini body, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kuniscan't stop making out, and Amanda Bynes'downward spiral continues as she locks herself in a dressing room.

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• People magazine has just crowned "Magic Mike" star Channing Tatum, who is married to actress Jenna Dewan, 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive!" The 32-year-old actor says his initial reaction to the news was, "Y'all are messing with me."

• It’s official: "Today" show EP Jim Bell is leaving the show after seven years to return to a full-time job at NBC Sports, where he will be in charge of Olympics coverage.

• "Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagninowill star in a hybrid talk/reality series titled, “The Show with Vinny,” in which he will interview a range of celebrities at his family’s New York home.

• Meryl Streep's daughter, Grace Gummer, is joining HBO's "The Newsroom" in season two, playing "Hallie Shea, an embedded reporter covering the Mitt Romney campaign."

• Jack Nicholsonis being courted to play Robert Downey Jr.'s father in the David Dobkin-directed dramedy "The Judge." RDJ is already on board to star as a successful attorney who returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged and Alzheimer's-stricken father, the town's judge, is the murder suspect.

• Chelsea Handlercancelled an appearance on the "Today" show citing food poisoning, but then felt well enough to do “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and be "all over" her hotelier boyfriend Andres Balasz at Monkey Bar following her appearance at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. Snubbed Kathie Lee Gifford later said on "Today": "She had been sick all night, we were told . . . But we had a feeling something was up.”

• Peter Chernin’s media company, The Chernin Group, has acquired a stake in online video business Base 79, the largest YouTube network in the European, Middle Eastern and Asia regions. The Financial Times values TCG’s investment at about $10M in return for a 28 percent stake of Base 79. Chernin also has investments in Scopely, Tumblr and Flipboard.
• Popular Disney roller coaster Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is being adapted for a television pilot by Disney-owned ABC.

• Donald Trump's latest Twitter feud is with Cher, who, after seeing Trump in a Macy's ad, tweeted: “I’ll NEVER GO TO MACY’S AGAIN ! I didnt know they sold Donald Trump’s Line! If they don’t care that they sell products from a LOUDMOUTH RACIST CRETIN,WHO’D LIE LIKE “HIS RUG”TO GET SOME CHEAP PRESS ! I CANT BELIEVE MACY’S THINKS HE’S THE RIGHT “MAN” 2 REPRESENT THEIR NAME!” Trump responded to Cher and half a million other Twitter haters who signed a letter urging Macy’s to drop him, by tweeting “I don’t wear a “rug”—it’s mine. And I promise not to talk about your massive plastic surgeries that didn’t work.” Meow.

Watch the now-controversial ad, also featuring Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber andMartha Stewart, below:

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Chelsea Handler appeared on Andy Cohen's late night Bravo talk show "Watch What Happens Live" Wednesday night where she revealed her theory on Taylor Swift's multitide of relationships.

The conversation was prompted when Cohen asked Handler which team she was on in the current Swift vs. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler feud after the singer recently said "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women" in response to a joke the comedic duo made during the Golden Globes.

“I think [Swift's] was a bold statement, but I’m not on anyone’s side because I just don’t care enough,” Handler told Cohen.

“I like that she’s being that vociferous about something that she thinks they were out to get her and they were clearly making a joke just about her demeanor, which is embarrassing. I mean, she’s just dated so many men,” Handler added.

The “Chelsea Lately” host went on to explain, “My theory about Taylor Swift is that she’s a virgin, that everyone breaks up with her because they date her for two weeks and she’s like, ‘I’m not gonna do it.’ And they’re like, ‘Oh, well, forget it. Then I don’t want to date you.’”

Handler continues, “And they think they’re gonna have sex with her… every guy thinks they’re going to devirginize her, and they’re not. She’s never going to get devirginized, ever, ever, ever, ever.” 

Watch the quick interview below:

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Reese Witherspoon may be "embarrassed" of her disorderly conduct arrest, but her good friend Chelsea Handler thinks it's "not that big of a deal."

"She's doing fine, she was just trying to protect her husband," Handler told "Entertainment Tonight" at the E! Upfronts on Monday. "Everybody makes mistakes it's not a big deal."

And Handler would know how Witherspoon is doing, as the E! late night host met up with the actress just two days after her arrest.

The pals dined with Witherspoon's husband, Jim Toth, and Cameron Diaz at New York City's Greenwich Hotel following a screening of her new movie, "Mud."

"Nobody was drunk -- it was pretty tame," an Us Weekly source says of the group, who sipped on San Pellegrino instead. "They all seemed really happy. There was no indication that there was anything wrong."

Watch Handler defend her friend below:

David Spade is also weighing in on the Witherspoon drama, telling TMZ last night: "If you have to explain to someone you're famous, then you're technically not that famous."

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Today, 38-year-old Chelsea Handler is the host of late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately," a New York Timesbest-selling author, stand-up comedian, movie actress and TV producer.

Here she is looking better than ever at last week's E! upfronts in New York City:

But just three years ago in 2010, Handler's preferred accessory was a cocktail at the "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" book launch party in Beverly Hills:

In 2008, she appeared more modestly dressed at the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" wrap party:

Handler rocked a newscaster-cut in 2007, the year "Chelsea lately" launched on E!:

In 2006, 31-year-old Handler attended the the Las Vegas premiere of "National Lampoon's Cattle Call" flanked between actors Thomas Ian Nicholas and Jenny Mollen:

In 2005, Handler dressed sweetly for the "Rock the Cure" event in Los Angeles:

In 2004 at age 29, Handler starred on Oxygen's "Girls Behaving Badly":

And just yesterday Handler tweeted this photo of herself as a kid to her nearly 5.4 million followers with the caption "Jersey Sisters," in homage to her hometown:

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Chuy Bravo is famous for being the 4-foot-tall sidekick to Chelsea Handler on her E! late night talk show, "Chelsea Lately."

Handler often refers to Chuy as her "little nugget," but the dwarf says he doesn't let his small stature change the way he lives -- even at home.

"Despite being the little nugget that I am, I live in a regular-size home," he tells the Wall Street Journal.

But, he does have to make a few changes:

Kitchen:

• "I have a huge kitchen with a ton of cabinets—which usually is a good selling point—but I can only reach 12 out of 25."
• "I have a case of water under my sink, and my plates and cups are kept in the lower cabinet next to my stove."

Living Room:

• "I don't have lowered light switches or anything; in fact, I have to use extenders so I can open and close my blinds."
• "I have a giant couch—and not just giant to me. It fits about eight regular-size people."

Gym:

• "I turned my spare bedroom into a little gym. Most of the time it ends up as a parking lot for my scooters while they are charging."

Bedroom:

• "Some might expect my bed to be on the floor but, you know, my lady friends would not like that. I have a regular-size bed that is way too big for me and a cute little step so I can get up on it."

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Lindsay Lohan is not even a week out of her three month stint in court-ordered rehab but she's already back in the public eye, taking over for Chelsea Handler as host of Monday night's "Chelsea Lately" late night talk show on E!.

The 27-year-old actress seems on her game, and even disses One Direction star Harry Styles.

Watch Lohan try her chops at leading the round table discussion to open the pre-taped show:

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