On Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel produced a subtle yet telling gem. The show began with an interview of Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Harington told Kimmel how he shares his screen name, Jon Snow, with a legendary British journalist, and that as a child Harington had actually wanted to be the journalist Jon Snow, a news-getting war correspondent out there bringing people the news.
This set Kimmel searching his memory for an American equivalent to the legendary British journalist. This is what he came up with:
Really, Dan “False but Accurate” Rather is Kimmel’s go-to reference for a “legendary” American journalist. And he said the former CBS anchor was “retired,” the way one might refer to a once proud champion racehorse who has been put out to stud.
In fact, Rather was forced to resign in utter disgrace,...
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As
if college students needed any more encouragement to exercise bad judgment.
As
the legalization of pot slowly increases, so does its casual and positive
attention in the world of entertainment. Currently
For
some time now, The Big Bang Theory
(CBS) has been comfortable in its position as number one in popularity with viewership.
But now, it has been dethroned by the new kid on the block: Empire.
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means a lot of work for a "cringe-worthy" payoff, according to Entertainment
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Pregnancy,
family dysfunction, and juvenile drama: MTV is at it again.