Posted Friday, October 31st, 2008 at 1:37 pm | 4 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah-Silverman
Sarah Silverman was back on Jimmy Kimmel last night for the first time since the long-time couple broke up.
The reconciled pair made small talk to promote Sarah’s Comedy Central Show.
The highlight came when Jimmy played hilarious old footage of a teenage Sarah singing, prompting Sarah to call Jimmy a “f*cking *sshole.”
Posted Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pm | 9 Comments »
Filed under: Jesse-McCartney, Jimmy Kimmel, Julianne-Hough
Dancing With the Stars diva Julianne Hough and teen pin-up Jesse McCartney joined host Jimmy Kimmel this morning to announce the 2008 American Music Awards nominations at a press conference in Beverly Hills.
Alicia Keys and Coldplay lead the nominees. She has five. They have four. Both are contenders for Artist of the Year.
Other contenders up for the night’s most coverted trophy include Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and The Eagles.
The show will air live on November 23 from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Who gets your vote for Artist of the Year?
Posted Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 10:03 am | 6 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel, magazines
Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t talk much about Sarah Silverman in the November GQ, but he does get a makeover into Richard Nixon and a slew of other presidential types.
Jimmy on his breakup with Sarah Silverman, and the public intrigue about it: “They (the public) want to know for the wrong reasons. They don’t care about us. We don’t represent anything to them. People like to gossip. It’s human nature. You can’t really blame them for it. If people are interested, it is by definition interesting. But it’s not always as interesting as people might imagine it is. It’s just, I wouldn’t do that to her. I wouldn’t discuss it in the media out of respect for her, and she feels the same way with me, you know?”Jimmy on Comedy: “In an hour from now, I’m going to walk out onto a piece of wood we’ve surrounded by lights and cameras, and I’m going to do a show for 250 strangers. It’s so silly. You go out there and you do jokes and show funny little videos, and the audience laughs. But then you go sit behind a desk, and you’re speaking to another person while they watch. It’s like pornography. It really is.”
Jimmy on his guests: “The guests are people I’ve never met. They walk out, and now they’re supposed to have a spontaneous-seeming conversation with me. For between seven and ten minutes. Think about that. In front of a group of other strangers. Hey, you’re gonna watch us have a conversation now! It seems normal because we’re used to it. But it’s not normal. It’s totally abnormal. It’s the least normal way you could possibly meet somebody. Meeting someone in a sex room on Craigs-list is more normal than this.”
Jimmy on letting guests talk … or not talk: “I’m not scared of silence. I just don’t feel like I have to fill every second of a conversation with sound. I’ll pose a question, and then I’ll stop and listen for the answer, and then when they seem to be finished I’ll ask the next question. I have great confidence in my ability to be funny. I really do. Maybe that makes me sound like a jerk, but I’ve always been able to be funny since I was a little kid, and so I don’t have a lot to prove. I figure I have plenty of time to talk. I try to remember that the guests only have seven or eight minutes to talk, and this is a big deal for them, and their parents are probably watching, and I invited them on my show, and that I want them to leave and feel good about it.”
Jimmy on getting an offer to host his own late-night show: “I just couldn’t believe they’d put so little thought into this decision. I mean, it was like buying a house on the Internet.”
On the first months: “After the first six months, I was hoping that the show would get canceled because I figured I really cannot live like this. We used to have to wave people into the show. We couldn’t get guests. That was unpleasant. The audience is sitting there staring at you, and you have on people they’ve never heard of, and they’ve barely heard of you in the first place. That’s just a terrible, terrible — oh, it’s terrible. And then a lot of people who do know you are expecting ‘The Man Show’ and waiting for you to whip them into a frenzy, which I am not a frenzy-whipper. It was terrible.”Jimmy on Jimmy Fallon’s potential: “I don’t, I don’ t … I don’t like to judge people before they go on. Some people you think are going to be great. I think most people thought Chevy Chase was going to be great. Disaster. He doesn’t seem to have ever recovered from it, really. He went from movie star to disgraced talk-show host. You never really come back after a talk show. That’s the thing. Even now, I hear people speak derisively of Arsenio. And I’m like, Arsenio was on for six years! I mean, really, that’s how your memory serves you, that Arsenio was a failure? His show was a big hit for a long time! But people glue that failure to your forehead. That’s something I live in fear of.”
Posted Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm | 5 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah-Silverman
Just as we predicted…..Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are back together!!!!
“They’re taking it slow,” says a source. “They’re on the road back to being together again.”
The happy couple first sparked rumours of a reunion when they attended pal Howard Stern’s wedding together.
Meanwhile, Sarah was on The View today promoting the new season of her hit show. When probed about the status of her relationship with Jimmy, Sarah played coy and offered no real insight. “In total respect to you and your legendness,” said Sarah, “I do not feel beholden or compelled to define my personal relationship …”
Oh, come off it,” interrupted Joy Behar.
Sarah then said, “It’s not like a big drama thing, we’re just not defining it. We’re just being right now. Is that okaaaay?”
Posted Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am | 3 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah-Silverman
This is the second time in about a week the paps have spotted his exes. Together. As in, back together?
Stay tuned!
Posted Sunday, September 21st, 2008 at 11:57 pm | 4 Comments »
Filed under: Jeff Probst, Jimmy Kimmel
The late night funnyman made all the hosts wait until coming back from a break — à la Ryan Seacrest during American Idol results shows - to announce that the tribe had spoken.
Survivor host Jeff Probst won. “Thank you for letting reality in,” he told the Academy.
Posted Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 4:22 pm | 9 Comments »
Filed under: Heidi-Klum, Jimmy Kimmel
If Jimmy Kimmel’s new interview with the five hosts of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards is any indication, Sunday night’s ceremony is gonna get ugly!
When Jimmy asked about how much they are all being paid for their emcee duties, conflict broke out and cooler heads did not prevail.
Project Runway’s Heidi Klum wisely chose to opt out of the melee.
Jimmy’s pre-Emmys show airs Sunday at 7:00 PM. Right around the time FYB will begin it’s nonstop red carpet coverage.
Posted Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 4:44 pm | 13 Comments »
Filed under: Ed McMahon, Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel is offering a much-needed paycheck to Ed McMahon.
The former Tonight Show sidekick will act as pitchman for Pontiac in several comical commercial segments during Jimmy Kimmel Live. The first of the four spots, filmed last night featuring McMahon and Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show.
Ed tells the AP: The “I spent my whole life doing commercials, so here I was back doing a commercial again. It was very comforting. Believe me.”
Posted Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 3:27 pm | 13 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah-Silverman
After dating for five years, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have ended their relationship.
“Jimmy and Sarah have [split] and will have no further comment,” Kimmel’s rep Lewis Kay and Silverman’s rep Amy Zvi confirmed to PEOPLE in a joint statement.
While they’re always cracking us up, this is probably tHE first time they’ve made us sad. No fair!
Posted Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm | 4 Comments »
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel
Looks like we can look forward to many more sequels to I’m F*cking Ben Affleck – ABC has extended Jimmy Kimmel’s contract through 2010!!
The late night prince might even get an opportunity to fist-bump a U.S. president if recent guest Barack Obama wins in November — or come up with a special (more formal) handshake for Tuesday guest John McCain.
Jimmy’s 5-year-old ABC talk show is also celebrating its first ratings win over late-night rival Craig Ferguson.
