While The Roots played backup, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon schooled the audience on the history of hip-hop by performing a medley of seminal hits from the genre on ‘Late Night.’ Timberlake and Fallon started with ‘Rapper’s Delight’ by The Sugarhill Gang, which is widely credited as the first song to popularize hip-hop, then segue […]

During his stand-up act ‘Craig Ferguson: Does This Need to Be Said?,’ ‘The Late Late Show’ host talked about the awkward situation David Letterman put him in by having a sex scandal. “Now the job is make fun of the people who are caught in the sex scandal, but in this case it was my […]

Cher made clear her political leanings while appearing on The Tonight Show, dismissing Sarah Palin and calling out the Tea Party movement. Sitting with Jay Leno on November 24th, the ‘Burlesque’ star covered her love life, new film, paparazzi and, most provocatively, the Republican Party. On Sarah Palin, she said, “She has a reality show? […]

Brian Williams appeared on David Letterman’s show, and the late night host had just one request of his guest: stop going on Jay Leno’s show. Williams is a regular on both shows, which means he sometimes has to deal with the awkward fact that Leno, his fellow NBC host, is a bitter rival of Letterman’s. […]

Animal trainer Julie Scardina brought some animals on the ‘Tonight Show,’ including a cougar who demonstrated to Jay how quickly he can eat flesh off bones. (Source: NBC)

Jennifer Lawrence’s “I beat Meryl Streep!” exclamation at Sunday’s Golden Globes raised eyebrows among viewers who didn’t understand it was a direct movie reference. On Tuesday’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” the Best Actress winner explained, “It was a quote from First Wives’ Club.” Lawrence went on to discuss how surprised she was that many […]

Mr. Kim Kardashian, a.k.a. Kris Humphries, almost got himself into a little bit with his new bride on ‘The Tonight Show’ (Weeknights, 11:35PM ET on NBC). Jay Leno had asked how the two of them initially got together, and Humphries was relating the story. He admitted that when he first found out Kim Kardashian was […]