All posts containing the tag: "jay leno"
Posted Oct 3rd 2009 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
Jay Leno just couldn't pass up an opportunity to crack on his old late night rival David Letterman -- and dare we say ... it was actually kinda funny.

Leno confessed that he too was once the victim of an extortion plot, saying, "How do think NBC got me to do a 10 o'clock show?"
Filed under: TV, David Letterman
Tags: 48 hours, 48Hours, blackmail, david letterman, DavidLetterman, extortion, jay leno, JayLeno, joe halderman, JoeHalderman, robert halderman, RobertHalderman
Posted Sep 15th 2009 11:37AM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West has apologized twice on his blog and again last night on Jay Leno -- but according to Taylor Swift, she still hasn't heard a word from him personally.

Swift was on "The View" just moments ago and says she was "rattled" by West's stage rush ... but added she would be willing to meet and call a truce.
Filed under: TV, The View, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
Tags: barbara walters, BarbaraWalters, Jay Leno, JayLeno, Kanye West, KanyeWest, mtv, Taylor Swift, TaylorSwift, The View, TheView, video music awards, VideoMusicAwards, vma, whoopi goldberg, WhoopiGoldberg
Posted Aug 20th 2009 1:40AM by TMZ Staff
How can Jay Leno drive his ridiculously sweet/ridiculously expensive 1925 Model T around one of the busiest, most tourist packed streets in Hollywood, the Sunset Strip?!

Answer: Very, very carefully.
Filed under: Ride Me
Tags: 1925, car, jay leno, JayLeno, model t, ModelT, sunset strip, SunsetStrip
Posted Jun 9th 2009 12:45PM by TMZ Staff
Wanna know why Howard Stern wasn't one of the big guests on Leno's "Tonight Show finale?" Just listen to what the King of All Media had to say about Jay on Letterman last night. Brutal!

Filed under: Celebrity Feuds
Tags: david letterman, howard stern, jay leno, the tonight show, TheTonightShow
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 8:15AM by TMZ Staff
Conan O'Brien finally started his "Tonight Show" run last night -- and we're guessing Will Ferrell's interview had to be cut a bit short, because the standing ovation Conan received when he first walked out lasted for...ev...er.

That being said, dude did a great job.
Filed under: TV
Tags: conan obrien, jay leno, the tonight show, the tonight show with conan obrien, video, will ferrell, WillFerrell
Posted May 31st 2009 10:41AM by TMZ Staff
Last week: Interviewing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal, etc.
Yesterday: Subway.

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Food Glorious Food
Tags: jay leno, JayLeno, retirement, subway, tonight show, tonight show with jay leno, TonightShow, TonightShowWithJayLeno
Posted May 30th 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
Jay Leno bid his adieu to the "Tonight Show" last night, but he had trouble speaking over the applause.


Jay gave Conan O'Brien a boost that Jay never never had when he started -- the stage on the predecessor's last show.
Jay's best joke -- when he started 17 years ago, his hair was black and the President was white.
Filed under: TV
Tags: conan obrien, ConanObrien, Jay leno, JayLeno, tonight show, TonightShow, video
Posted May 29th 2009 11:30AM by TMZ Staff
After playing a three night gig for Jay Leno and performing on his penultimate show, it's pretty obvious where Prince's late night loyalty lies -- but in case you're still not sure, this hand-written sign should drive the point home.

"Jay is the best. Even Paul Shafer [sic] knows."
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds
Tags: david letterman, jay leno, late night, late night talk shows, LateNight, LateNightTalkShows, prince, video
Posted May 27th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
After years on the East Coast, Conan O'Brien packed up his stuff and came out West to take over "The Tonight Show" -- and last night outside Katsu-ya, we gave him a few insider secrets to getting by in Cali.

And in the immortal words of Bette Davis: "Take Fountain."
Tags: bette davis, conan obrien, jay leno, katsu-ya, the tonight show
Posted May 2nd 2009 10:44AM by TMZ Staff
Knock us over with a feather -- Arsenio Hall told Jay Leno last night he thinks we're doing God's work ...

Filed under: TV
Tags: arsenio hall, ArsenioHall, jay leno, JayLeno, leno, TMZ, tmz staff, TmzStaff, tonight show, TonightShow, video
Posted Apr 27th 2009 4:45AM by TMZ Staff
Jay Leno had to cancel two of his shows last week after being hospitalized with a 103 degree fever -- but the only thing sick about the "Tonight Show" host last night was his car.
Jay is scheduled to return to the air tonight.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started, Nurse!
Tags: car, fever, hospital, ill, Jay Leno, JayLeno, sick, the tonight show, TheTonightShow, video
Posted Apr 24th 2009 5:14PM by TMZ Staff
Conan O'Brien won't be called in early -- Jay Leno is just fine.
A rep for the show tells TMZ, "Jay Leno is feeling much better and has been released from the hospital. He's anxious to return to work on Monday."
Leno went to the hospital yesterday after complaining of an unknown illness.
Filed under: TV, Nurse!
Tags: hospital, Jay Leno, JayLeno, released, The Tonight Show, TheTonightShow
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 5:14PM by TMZ Staff
Jay Leno went to the hospital today after complaining he wasn't feeling well.
Leno was not taken to the hospital by ambulance -- he either drove himself or was driven by a staffer. NBC officials have confirmed tonight's show taping has been canceled -- a repeat will air instead.
A rep for Leno says he's still in the hospital for observation.
UPDATE -- A rep for "The Tonight Show" says Leno will miss Friday's episode as well. But, the rep adds, "Jay Leno is doing just fine. He was kidding around with the hospital staff and running his monologue jokes by the doctors and the nurses. He's expected back to work on Monday."
Filed under: TV, Nurse!
Tags: hospital, jay leno, JayLeno, nbc, sick, the tonight show, TheTonightShow
Posted Mar 20th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff
President Barack Obama made fun of the handicapped last night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He was making a joke about his bad bowling skills, but here's the question: If George W. Bush had said the same thing, would people be lashing out more? If so, why?

By the way, Kolan McConiughey, a Special Olympics competitor from Michigan, has bowled three perfect games of 300. Yes he can!
UPDATE -- The Special Olympics has released this statement.

Filed under: Barack Obama, Politix
Tags: Barack Obama, BarackObama, bowling, Jay Leno, JayLeno, Kolan McConiughey, KolanMcconiughey, President, Special Olympics, SpecialOlympics
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 1:55PM by TMZ Staff
Oscars are all about fashion, and last night Jay Leno had the best style of all -- Animal Style.

After the Vanity Fair party, Jay and his wife hit up the In-and-Out hamburger truck ... and we're all insanely jealous.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: eat, eating, In n Out, In-n-out, InNOut, Jay Leno, Jay Leno food, JayLeno, JayLenoFood, Oscars after party, OscarsAfterParty