“I want to make one thing clear off the bat: Not a fan. Not a fan of the podcast,” offered Jon Stewart. “Tried to get through the first one. Not a fan.” Yes, the seventh episode of Strike Force Five, a Spotify podcast featuring late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, …
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The Strike Force Three live event scheduled for this weekend has been canceled after Jimmy Kimmel tested positive for Covid-19. Kimmel was set to host the event alongside Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert at the Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas on Sept. 23. “Well, Las Vegas, I …
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I t was a particularly tense day on the set of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The host, known for his warm and congenial presence onscreen, was acting especially dismissive and irritable during production meetings, a former longtime employee tells Rolling Stone. Then he stumbled through rehearsal in front …
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Following an investigation by Rolling Stone into the workplace environment at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the talk show host and showrunner Chris Miller addressed employees in a Zoom call on Thursday evening. For a report published Thursday morning, Rolling Stone spoke with two current and 14 former staffers …
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Jimmy Kimmel revealed he was just about to retire before the Writers Guild of America strike started, and Stephen Colbert explained how he came to be in possession of a former dictator’s pants on the first episode of Strike Force Five, their new podcast with fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, …
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With late-night still locked down as the Hollywood strikes drag on, five hosts are passing the time with a new limited series podcast. Strike Force Five, scheduled to launch on Spotify on Aug. 30, forms its own television Avengers with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John …
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No one could have predicted what it was like sitting in the middle of the Jonas Brothers’ second sold out night at Yankee Stadium. The trio of Nick, Joe and Kevin rose to stardom in the Aughts as Disney’s handsome, Christian answer to Hanson, but not even Disney could prepare …
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Rufus Wainwright won’t hit age 50 until July 22, technically, but he started the festivities a few days early with “Fifty Isn’t the End,” a three-hour show at Long Island’s East End that was a tribute to Wainwright’s career, his family lineage and, inadvertently, some of the other children of …
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Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are stepping in to pay the salaries of their crews for at least one week now that the Writers Guild of America strike has brought late-night TV (and a whole lot of other productions in Hollywood) to a halt. A source close to The Tonight …
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BTS’ Suga had a full slate of activities planned for his appearance on The Tonight Show Monday, May 1, discussing his new solo album as August D, D-Day, testing his gastrointestinal system with a new game, and performing his song, “Haegeum.” To start at the very end, Suga’s riveting performance …
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