Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel Says Stars Eating at In-N-Out After Award Shows Is Now a Tradition
Jimmy Kimmel is clarifying there’s one iconic burger joint in Los Angeles that’s become a staple for celebrities on Oscars night. Ahead of hosting the Academy Awards for the fourth time on March 10, he told People magazine, “The award show tradition is In-N-Out after the show.” Kimmel explained the reason he believes it has […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to “Preposterous” George Santos Lawsuit
Jimmy Kimmel appeared mighty offended about being sued by serial fabulist George Santos for alleged fraud, judging by his comedy routine on Tuesday night. “Did anyone else get sued by George Santos this weekend? I am currently embroiled in what may be the most preposterous lawsuit of all time,” Kimmel declared. He was reacting to […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘Barbie’ Convinced Him to Host the Oscars Again
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t think he’d ever return to the Oscars stage, the late night comedian said this week. What changed his mind? Barbie. “I did not think I would ever do it again,” Kimmel told the Los Angeles Times. He first hosted the Academy Awards in 2017, when La La Land was accidentally announced as […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Reunites ‘Barbie’ Cast for Patriarchy-Skewering Oscars Promo
Jimmy Kimmel is ripping the Barbie parody band-aid a full month before the Oscars. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host dropped a five-minute short on Monday night, directed by JKL‘s Will Burke, hyping his March 10 gig emceeing the Academy Awards — re-creating many Barbie sets and reuniting four of its castmembers in a spoof that finds […]
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Katy Perry to Exit ‘American Idol’: “I Need to Feel That Pulse of My Own Beat”
Katy Perry has revealed that the upcoming 22nd season of American Idol will be her last. Appearing on Monday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Perry was asked by host Jimmy Kimmel directly how long she was likely to continue with Idol, where the singer has been a judge alongside Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan […]
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Quinta Brunson Explains ‘Abbott Elementary’ Time Jump in Season 3
[The following story contains spoilers from Abbott Elementary‘s season three premiere.] Abbott Elementary is back and, for season three, the hit ABC series did something different. The Quinta Brunson comedy picked up five months into the school year, only flashing back to the beginning of the year at the show’s central school, in order to […]
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Elisabeth Moss Reveals First Pregnancy During Appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Elisabeth Moss is going to be a mom. The Emmy winning star of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale confirmed paparazzi-fueled speculation during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday by revealing that she is, in fact, expecting a child. The 41-year-old actress appeared visibly pregnant as she walked out from the side of the stage […]
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THR’s Guide to the Emmys: Everything You Need to Know Before Tonight’s Show
Welcome to the time warp. Technically, the awards being doled out live from the Peacock Theater at 5 p.m. PST are the 2023 Emmy awards. The telecast had been scheduled to air back in September, but, like so much else in Hollywood, the Emmys were sidelined by the strikes. Now, four months later, the show […]
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Aaron Rodgers Responds to Jimmy Kimmel’s On-Air Comments, Criticizes ESPN Executive’s Statement
As promised, Aaron Rodgers was a guest on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, where he addressed Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air comments from the day prior about their recent tension and called out an ESPN executive’s remarks regarding the situation. After Kimmel spent the first seven minutes of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday criticizing Rodgers’ […]
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Host Anthony Anderson Braces for the Emmys: “I Didn’t Get This Far by Playing It Safe”
As Anthony Anderson envisions it, the Emmys will be akin to an exclusive dinner party he is inviting viewers at home to attend. He’ll have some of his famous friends join him on the Peacock Theater stage, he teases, along with his mother, Doris, who’s tagged along on any number of her son’s projects. “It’s […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Slams “Ignorant” Aaron Rodgers During Seven-Minute On-Air Rant After Epstein Flap
Jimmy Kimmel addressed the ongoing controversy over Aaron Rodgers’ recent comments linking the late night host with Jeffrey Epstein on Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, launching into a seven-minute rant that described the New York Jets star as a “hamster-brained man” who was “too arrogant to be ignorant.” Kimmel went after Rodgers during his […]
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Host Jo Koy’s Been Charged With a “Celebratory” Golden Globes — That Doesn’t Mean He Can’t Roast
Host Jimmy Kimmel has five months to prepare for the Oscars. When it comes to this year’s Golden Globes emcee, Jo Koy has less than two weeks. “I haven’t slept,” he acknowledges. “And I’ve never watched this many movies and TV shows in my life.” Indeed, while Koy’s family and friends were off enjoying the […]
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