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Jimmy Kimmel has apologized for donning blackface on his sketch comedy show, “The Man Show” in the 1990s. “I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke,” Kimmel, 52, told Page Six in a statement on Tuesday. While co-starring on “The Man Show” with …
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Jimmy Kimmel, who urged actor Tom Arnold to release an alleged “N-word” tape of President Trump in 2018, admitted years ago that he imitated rapper Snoop Dogg’s voice for a track in a 1996 Christmas album — an original song in which Kimmel used the “N-word” several times. The admission came in a January 2013 podcast obtained this weekend by Fox News. In …
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Jimmy Kimmel needs to address the blackface controversy that’s engulfed him — and not by taking the summer off from “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” That’s the coward’s way out. Kimmel needs to apologize for the resurfaced blackface sketches that aired during his days on Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” (1999-2004), which included him playing NBA star …
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Jimmy Kimmel may be committed to his family, but he’s bailing on his long-running gag with Matt Damon. In a clip from Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” in which the late-night host details his upcoming summer hiatus, a robed and face-masked Damon slips out of a bedroom inside Kimmel’s home to chide him for …
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Jimmy Kimmel is taking a lengthy summer break from the late-night hosting gig he has had for nearly 18 years. Kimmel announced Thursday that he will be stepping away from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” starting July 6 and his departure will last all the way through September when he hosts The Emmys, according to a report …
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Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmy Awards will be held remains cloudy. Kimmel, who is also producing the Sept. 20 ceremony on ABC honoring TV’s best, acknowledged that in Tuesday’s announcement. “I don’t know where we will do this or how …
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Actor-comedian Fred Willard passed away on Friday at the age of 86. Over the past several years, he had made frequent appearances on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” playing a-gallery of colorful characters. Monday night, Kimmel remembered Willard on his ABC show. “Tonight’s show – will be a special show – it will be a sad …
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Global Citizen has announced a second round of artists for its “One World: Together At Home” global broadcast Saturday night, with Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, Usher and Pharrell Williams among the musicians newly set to join the telecast. Other personalities coming on board include Oprah …
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Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Kimmel are doing their small part to assist those in need during the current coronavirus pandemic, gifting a nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 with a $10K gift card towards the delivery service Postmates. Kimmel welcomed Kimball Fairbanks — a cardiovascular nurse from St. George, Utah — to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” …
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Samuel L. Jackson has a message for you during the coronavirus quarantine: “Stay the f–k at home.” During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday night, the “Snakes on a Plane” actor served up a profanity-laced sequel to the 2011 bestselling book “Go the F–k to Sleep,” which was written by Adam Mansbach, with …
Jimmy Kimmel has apologized for donning blackface on his sketch comedy show, “The Man Show” in the 1990s. “I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke,” Kimmel, 52, told Page Six in a statement on Tuesday. While co-starring on “The Man Show” with …
