• Robert De Niro opens up about raising 6 biracial children

    Robert De Niro opens up about raising 6 biracial children

    Robert De Niro opened up in an interview Wednesday about raising his six biracial children amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. “My children are all half black and I don’t have … even me, I take certain things for granted,” the 76-year-old Oscar winner said on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “When people …
  • Jimmy Fallon apologizes on-air for blackface: ‘I’m not a racist’

    Jimmy Fallon apologizes on-air for blackface: ‘I’m not a racist’

    Jimmy Fallon apologized on-air for donning blackface in a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” clip, insisting that he’s “not a racist.” “The Tonight Show” host opened up Monday night’s episode by promising “a different kind of show” before saying he was going to “start this personally, then expand out.” “I had to really examine myself …
  • Jimmy Fallon shows support for Black Lives Matter following blackface scandal

    Jimmy Fallon shows support for Black Lives Matter following blackface scandal

    Jimmy Fallon stands with Black Lives Matter. The “Tonight Show” host voiced his support for the campaign, which advocates against violence and racism toward black people, less than a week after an old sketch of him in blackface went viral. “This is not just black people protesting,” Fallon, 45, tweeted to his 51.9 million followers …
  • Jimmy Fallon apologizes for old blackface skit after viral backlash

    Jimmy Fallon apologizes for old blackface skit after viral backlash

    Jimmy Fallon has apologized for donning blackface in a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” skit that had many calling to “cancel” him. The 45-year-old host of “The Tonight Show” issued a statement Tuesday in a tweet and thanked fans for holding him “accountable.” “In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do …
  • Why #jimmyfallonisoverparty is trending: Jimmy Fallon did blackface in 2000

    Why #jimmyfallonisoverparty is trending: Jimmy Fallon did blackface in 2000

    Jimmy Fallon is catching heat on social media over a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” sketch featuring the former cast member in blackface. The 45-year-old host of “The Tonight Show” went viral on Twitter overnight following a tweet with the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty, and a 20-year-old “SNL” clip featuring Darrell Hammond and Fallon, face painted brown, …
  • Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson ‘very proud’ of his daughter joining WWE

    Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson ‘very proud’ of his daughter joining WWE

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s daughter is joining the family business. During a virtual conversation with Jimmy Fallon, Johnson revealed that his daughter — Simone, 18 — has signed a contract with WWE, the professional wrestling organization where he worked before transitioning into acting. “She signed her contract with the WWE, it just blows my mind,” …
  • New York Mag huffs after People makes same Jimmy Fallon joke

    New York Mag huffs after People makes same Jimmy Fallon joke

    In April, New York Mag published an interview with the title “At Home (Where Else?) With Jimmy Fallon.” Some weeks later, People published its own chat with the “Tonight Show” host, with the headline, “At Home (Of Course) With Jimmy Fallon” — sparking indignation at New York. “[L]ove when People magazine uses our headline a …
  • Carole Baskin tricked into interview by pranksters pretending to be Jimmy Fallon

    Carole Baskin tricked into interview by pranksters pretending to be Jimmy Fallon

    “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin made an unexpected return to the small screen when she was tricked by two YouTube pranksters pretending to be late-night host Jimmy Fallon. Josh Pieters and Archie Manners got Baskin, 58, to give a rare interview by pretending she was making a Zoom appearance on “The Tonight Show” — using …
  • Gigi Hadid confirms pregnancy on ‘The Tonight Show’

    Gigi Hadid confirms pregnancy on ‘The Tonight Show’

    Gigi Hadid officially confirmed she’s going to be a mom. Days after the news broke that she was expecting a child with boyfriend Zayn Malik, Hadid opened up in an interview with Jimmy Fallon. “Obviously we wish we could’ve announced on our own terms,” the 25-year-old told Fallon, “but we’re very excited and happy and …
  • Watch Radiohead’s Thom Yorke sing new song, live from his basement

    Watch Radiohead’s Thom Yorke sing new song, live from his basement

    Thom Yorke blessed fans with a surprise solo release on Wednesday night. Radiohead’s enigmatic frontman debuted his new track, titled “Plasticine Figures,” for viewers of the “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” which is being produced through virtual video chats under coronavirus lockdown, then edited and aired later in the evening. A number of musical …