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Time to Give Up the Ghost, Romney: Honey Boo Boo Endorses Barack Obama

Drew Grant — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:41:25 -0400

The future of America (ABC)

Last night, America's favorite bundle of scary childhood statistics, Honey Boo Boo, came on Jimmy Kimmel Live with her mom, June. While the TLC starlet with a penchant for GoGo juice was surprisingly lackluster during her mother's pitch for how their show is positively impacting her community, she perked up once Jimmy started asking her the tough questions. Like, who would she want to be president, because Mr. Kimmel is very savvy and knows that the undecided voters in this country will eventually just arbitrary pick whichever candidate their favorite celebrity endorsed.

http://youtu.be/qorkigPPbvU

Considering that Honey Boo Boo definitely has more cultural cache than Lindsay Lohan, this should definitely lock up the election for Obama in the red states. Why even bother holding it now?

On a different note, has June Boo Boo (or whatever her last name is) been getting media training? She was surprisingly well-spoken and completely intelligible in this segment. They didn't need to have subtitles or anything!

Gary Oldman’s Dramatic Reading of R. Kelly’s Biography (Video)

Drew Grant — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:12:31 -0400

Gary Oldman reads 'Soula Coaster' (ABC)

Hey, it's no Christopher Walken's "Poker Face," or John Malkovich's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. It's not even John Lithgow's "Newt Gingrich press release."

But since we weren't even aware that R. Kelly had a biography, let alone one called Soula Coaster (what?), and the fact that we'd watch Gary Oldman read the phone book as long as it served as a reminder that in nine days he will be Commissioner Gordon for the final time, this Jimmy Kimmel Live clip is must-see TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8Fe3liIIc&feature=player_embedded

Gary Oldman must yearn for the days when his "dramatic readings" were comprised of scenes from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and not punchlines for late night viewers who were unaware that most of the actors from Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy are actually British.

Jimmy Kimmel Now Leading Leno and Letterman in Late Night

Daniel D'Addario — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:42 -0400

Strange news from the late-night wars as a third army is now mounting legitimate competition to Jay Leno and David Letterman. Jimmy Kimmel's Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC is beating Mr. Leno's NBC Tonight Show, the traditional late-night leader, by four percent of viewers in the valuable 18-49 demographic; Mr. Kimmel's second half (his show airs at midnight, unlike Mr. Leno's and Mr. Letterman's at 11:35) beats The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson by 48% in that demographic. Mr. Kimmel has recently hosted the ABC upfront presentation and the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and is to host the Emmys this fall. He gained particular notoriety for his scathing takedown of Jay Leno during the older host's struggle to return to The Tonight Show in early 2010.

NBC has lost ground in the morning recently to ABC; their slipping in late-night may leave them without a single one of their areas of traditional dominance intact.

Jeff Goldblum Going to Broadway, Glee (Video)

Drew Grant — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:00:01 -0400

Jeff Goldblum as Rachel's gay dad on 'Glee'

If the theater isn't your thing, you might want to reconsider renouncing the Great White Way (thanks, Smash, for making that term ubiquitous again) until after buying tickets for Seminar. Jeff Goldblum, who is second maybe only to Neil Patrick Harris and John Malkovich in self-satirizing, told Jimmy Kimmel last night that he will be taking over for Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck's Seminar as the grumpy teacher, Leonard. Oh man, but will he be doing it as drunk Jeff Goldblum??

Mr. Goldblum has recently appeared in exaggerated parodies of his signature acting style (from the Woody Allen method school of stuttering prolifically) in Portlandia and Tim & Eric.

In addition, the Jurassic Park actor will also be appearing tonight in Glee as one of Rachel's two gay dad, which does come as somewhat of a surprise. Can he sing?

Guess we'll find out!

Update: Oh wait, he can sing-talk. Good enough.

Goldblum Sings the Rules from Jeff Goldblum

Update II: And regular-sings!