Oscars producers have one main goal: Keep you entertained
March 9, 2023 GMTThe opening of the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday is going to be a “moment,” the show’s producers promise.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 13-19
November 7, 2022 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 13-19:
Nov. 13: Actor Jimmy Hawkins (“It’s A Wonderful Life”) is 81. Blues singer John Hammond is 80. Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 76.
Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars again: ‘Great honor or a trap’
November 7, 2022 GMTJimmy Kimmel is ready to host the Oscars again, completing a trilogy that started with him presiding over the chaotic “envelope-gate" ceremony.
The late-night talk show host will preside over the ceremony in March, the show’s producers said Monday.
Jimmy Kimmel signs 3-year extension for ABC late-night show
September 20, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel celebrated his 20th anniversary as ABC's late-night host early, signing a three-year contract extension for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
‘Abbott Elementary’ creator visits Kimmel, collects apology
September 15, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Abbott Elementary” creator-star Quinta Brunson took revenge on Jimmy Kimmel's Emmy prank with one of her own, then collected an apology from the late-night host whose bit was criticized as rude and worse.
Detroit giant slide reopens to brave and curious; ‘It hurt’
August 26, 2022 GMTDETROIT (AP) — A giant slide in Detroit reopened Friday to people willing to see if its modified surface was a bit tamer, days after video went viral of riders getting bounced around on the bumpy ramp.
Few laughs, tough questions as Biden chats with Kimmel
June 9, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — There weren't a lot of laughs, but President Joe Biden got some unsolicited advice from Jimmy Kimmel when the president sat down for his first in-person interview with a late-night host since taking office.
Biden to appear on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ during Western trip
June 6, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Another sign America's entertainment landscape is returning to normal: President Joe Biden will make his first in-person appearance on a late-night talk show since taking office.
Biden will be a guest Wednesday night on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the White House said.
Emmy Awards air Sept. 12, nominees to be announced in July
April 6, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The 74th Emmy Awards will be held Sept. 12, airing live on NBC.
Nominations for the best in TV will be announced July 12, the television academy and network said Wednesday. The ceremony's host, producers and other details will be announced later.
Comedian Bobby Moynihan has a picture book coming out
March 31, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Moynihan, the former “Saturday Night Live” star, is now a member of another inner circle of comedy: those writing children's books.
Moynihan's picture story “Not All Sheep Are Boring!” will be published Sept.
LA Bowl features Kimmel, Oregon State and Utah State
December 18, 2021 GMTINGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The inaugural LA Bowl will be headlined by Jimmy Kimmel, features a vomiting camel — “Jimmy Camel” — as a mascot and an official sandwich to keep the fans entertained.
It also includes two evenly matched teams on the field as Oregon State takes on Utah State on Saturday.
Utah State’s Anderson apologizes for sexual assault comment
December 17, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah State football coach Blake Anderson has apologized for telling his players it “has never been more glamorized to be the victim” of sexual assault.
Anderson issued the apology Friday after making the comments during a conversation with the team during fall camp.
Inaugural Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl features Oregon St, Utah St
December 17, 2021 GMTJimmy Kimmel LA Bowl: Utah State (10-3) at Oregon State (7-5), Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. EST (ABC)
Line: Oregon State by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook.
‘Facts of Life,’ ‘Different Strokes’ remakes are ABC’s best
December 14, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Everything old is new again — at least for ABC's audience.
The network's special, star-filled live presentations of old episodes of “The Facts of Life” and “Diff'rent Strokes” reached some 4.8 million viewers last week, the Nielsen company said.
No. 19 SDSU, Utah State meet in Carson for MWC championship
December 2, 2021 GMTUtah State (9-3, 6-2 Mountain West) at No. 19 San Diego State (11-1, 7-1, No. 19 CFP), Saturday at noon EST (Fox) in Carson, Calif.
Line: San Diego by 6 ½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Carson, ho! No. 19 SDSU hosts Utah State in MWC title game
December 2, 2021 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — The No. 19 San Diego State Aztecs have to make one more trip to the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, this time to host the Mountain West Conference championship game Saturday against Utah State in their temporary home at a soccer pitch.
Kimmel: Schools eschewing Halloween can try All Snickers Eve
October 30, 2021 GMTMELROSE, Mass. (AP) — Comedian Jimmy Kimmel thinks residents of a Massachusetts school district that has chosen not to host Halloween can perform an end-run on the policy by celebrating an alternative holiday such as “National Gourd Appreciation Day” or “All Snickers Eve.”
Bear and Hare: Seth Meyers picture book is an animal tale
October 4, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers has dreams beyond hosting his own talk show.
“I’ve long wanted to write a story about a bear and am grateful that Penguin gave me the opportunity," Meyers said in a statement Monday issued by the Penguin Random House imprint Flamingo Books, which announced that Meyers' picture story “I'm Not Scared, You're Scared!” will be published March 15.
For one night, TV comics focus their shows on climate change
September 23, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Sewage treatment, sea turtles and a depressing condom ad all came up when late-night television hosts united for one night to turn their comic lenses to climate change.
Eight late-night hosts devoted a portion of their programs Wednesday and early Thursday to the issue, part of a Climate Week initiative timed to the United Nations' General Assembly meeting in New York.
Jimmy Kimmel to be title sponsor of inaugural LA Bowl
June 17, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The LA Bowl has found a big name to be its very first title sponsor: ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
The inaugural edition of the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl will be played Dec. 18 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the host announced on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday night.
What to expect from the star-studded Vax Live fundraiser
May 8, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden, Prince Harry and Jennifer Lopez are among the big names advocating the importance of vaccine equity during the Global Citizen fundraising concert airing Saturday...
Prince Harry, Jennifer Lopez make voices heard at Vax Live
May 3, 2021 GMTINGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke about the COVID-19 vaccination being safe, Prince Harry advocated for vaccine distribution everywhere and Jennifer Lopez embraced her fully-vaccinated mother on stage during one of the largest concert gatherings in Southern California since the pandemic rocked the world more than a year ago...
Jimmy Kimmel, YouTube’s Mark Rober to host autism benefit
April 16, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel and YouTube personality and engineer Mark Rober will host an online fundraiser to benefit those with autism...
CBS to air Emmy Awards on Sept. 19; no host yet
March 2, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 19 and air live on CBS.
The network and the Television Academy announced Tuesday that the 73rd annual ceremony will stream live and on demand on Paramount+, the streaming service that launches March 4...
Fox News gives satirist Greg Gutfeld a weeknight talk show
February 10, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it is giving a weeknight talk show this spring to its hard-edged satirical personality, Greg Gutfeld, in a further expansion of its opinion programming...
Late-night hosts react with shock, anger to Capitol attack
January 7, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U...
Kawhi on Kimmel: He likes Mexican food and owns apple tree
December 17, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard made a rare late-night television appearance, with host Jimmy Kimmel kidding the Los Angeles Clippers superstar who avoids attention off the court about being a mysterious man...
People magazine names Michael B. Jordan as Sexiest Man Alive
November 18, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Michael B. Jordan has been crowned as 2020's Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine...
Jimmy Kimmel, Sammy Hagar react to death of Eddie Van Halen
October 6, 2020 GMTReaction to the death of guitar rock god Eddie Van Halen, who passed away Tuesday at age 65 after battling cancer...
Another record low in viewership for ‘Pandemmys’
September 22, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The novelty of television stars getting Emmy Awards delivered to their homes wasn't enough to keep the annual show from slipping further in popularity...
The ‘Pandemmys’ were weird and sometimes wonderful
September 21, 2020 GMTIt was Regina King, winning her fourth career Emmy on Sunday, who perhaps summed up the proceedings the most succinctly — and accurately: “This is freaking weird...
Emmys, live and virtual: ‘What could possibly go wrong?’
September 17, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel and an alpaca sharing the spotlight. Winners accepting at home in designer pajamas or maybe yoga pants...
Emmy predictions when predicting the future is folly
September 15, 2020 GMTStipulated: “Watchmen” will win the Emmy Award for best limited series and Regina King, its indomitable center, will be honored at Sunday's Full Coverage: Entertainment
Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech makes her the comics’ favorite
August 26, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Look at it this way, Kimberly Guilfoyle. It could have been a lot worse.
The former Fox News personality was fortunate that her high-decibel speech at the Republican National Convention came on a week when two of television's top three late-night comics — Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel — were off...
Virtual Emmys: Less walking, talking, but beware the Wi-Fi
August 20, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — In a typical Hollywood awards show, it’s the orchestra’s task to nudge off winners whose acceptance speeches wander into overtime...
Virus-shadowed Emmy nods could bring surprises, diversity
July 24, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Television has been America’s constant companion amid an unyielding virus and whirlwind of racial reappraisal...
Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for use of blackface in sketches
June 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel apologized Tuesday for his 1990s blackface impressions of NBA player Karl Malone and other Black celebrities but said his delay in addressing the subject came in part to avoid handing a victory to his foes...
Kimmel to host Emmys, first major awards show of pandemic
June 16, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmys will be held remains cloudy...
Conan O’Brien to return to air, with an iPhone from home
March 19, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — 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...
Stars will compete on ABC’s ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’
January 8, 2020 GMTPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is going to help celebrities help their favorite charities. He’s hosting a prime-time edition of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” with stars as the contestants and winnings earmarked for their causes of choice...
Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show
October 3, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel... and Elmo?
Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo," where he will interview celebrity guests...
Leslie Jones exiting ‘SNL,’ Kate McKinnon back next season
August 27, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — "Saturday Night Live" cast member Leslie Jones is leaving the NBC show after five seasons, while Kate McKinnon is sticking around...
Kimmel, ‘Apprentice’ producer join to make ABC quiz show
August 5, 2019 GMTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is among Donald Trump's late-night gadflies, while producer Mark Burnett showcased the future president on "The Apprentice...
Chiefs’ Pat Mahomes living up to his ‘Showtime’ nickname
July 29, 2019 GMTST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes spent this past offseason riding horses through the surf and throwing passes on the beach, swapping jokes with Jimmy Kimmel and hob-knobbing with celebrities on the red carpet...
Rams shaking off Super Bowl loss to start new training camp
July 29, 2019 GMTIRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Most of the Los Angeles Rams had never been to the Super Bowl before last February, so they relished every day of the experience in Atlanta...
Nielsen’s top programs for June 10-16
June 18, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership...
Who’s ready for a new Archie Bunker, live on your TV?
May 16, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Archie Bunker is coming back to prime-time network TV and he might look a little different to viewers — even if what he says is exactly the same...
‘All in the Family,’ ‘Jeffersons’ rebooted for live special
April 19, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" are coming back to TV, live and for one night only...
Lady Gaga: Bradley Cooper duet was acting, not love
February 28, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — It was acting, not love, when Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang a duet Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards...
Haunted by jeers, town rethinks teen trick-or-treat penalty
February 12, 2019 GMTCHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia city's penalty of jail time for teenage trick-or-treaters has scared up some ridicule and a possible policy change...
‘Black Panther’ poised to become an Oscars heavyweight
December 5, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — "Black Panther" has, in a way, already been to the Oscars.
Much of the film's cast was eagerly highlighted at March's ceremony: a welcome splash of blockbuster luster at an Academy Awards that largely lacked it...
Hear the one about Trump? You’ve probably heard a lot
November 9, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Did you hear the one about President Trump? Or, more precisely, did you hear all 3,128 jokes...
Nevada voters to play decisive role in Tuesday’s election
November 4, 2018 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Battleground races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor will make Nevada voters Tuesday a key decider of power in Congress and the state's political landscape for a decade...
Big-name guests stump in swing Nevada as Rosen, Heller
November 3, 2018 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrat Jacky Rosen and Republican Dean Heller made a final push on opposite ends of Nevada Friday to mobilize voters on the last day of early voting in their razor-thin contest for U...
The Latest: Kimmel roasts Heller, Trump at Las Vegas rally
November 3, 2018 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Senate race in Nevada (all times local):
7:35 p.m.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel is praising Democratic Rep...
Watch Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy’ prank
November 2, 2018 GMTThis never gets old.
For the eighth year in a row, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel asked parents to pull this terrible (and hilarious) prank on their kids. The morning after Halloween, these parents did the unthinkable: they told their children that they ate all their candy.
Kimmel, Flowers to headline Las Vegas rally Friday for Rosen
October 31, 2018 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel and singer Brandon Flowers of the Las Vegas-based band The Killers will headline a Friday night rally for U...
2020 Democrats building ties to power brokers in key states
October 16, 2018 GMTCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before he cut the $100,000 checks, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti brought the Democratic Party chairmen from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada backstage to meet late night television host Jimmy Kimmel and superstar hip-hop producer DJ Khaled...
2020 Democrats building ties to power brokers in key states
October 16, 2018 GMTCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before he cut the $100,000 checks, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti brought the Democratic Party chairmen from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada backstage to meet late night television host Jimmy Kimmel and superstar hip-hop producer DJ Khaled...