Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as ''I Love Lucy'' and ''Gunsmoke''. Video tape did not exist until 1957. Television networks provide most live television mostly for morning show with television programs such as; ''Today'', ''CBS This Morning'' in the ''US'', and ''Daybreak'', ''BBC Breakfast'', ''This Morning'', etc. in the ''UK''.

Most local television station newscasts are broadcast live in the U.S.

In general a live television program was more common for broadcasting content produced specifically for commercial television in the early years of the medium, before technologies such as video tape appeared. As video tape recorders (VTR) became more prevalent, many entertainment programs were recorded and edited before broadcasting rather than being shown live. Entertainment events such as sports television and The Academy Awards continue to be generally broadcast live.

Uses of live television

Live television is often used as a device, even when it is not necessary, in various types of programming to take advantage of these qualities, often to great success in terms of attracting viewers. The NBC live comedy/variety program ''Saturday Night Live'', for example, has been on that network continuously since 1975.

On September 25, 1997, NBC broadcast a special live episode of its hospital drama ''ER'', which at the time ranked as the third most-watched episode of any medical drama program ever. Many television news programs, particularly local news ones in North America, have also used live television as a device to gain audience viewers by making their programs appear more exciting. With technologies such as production trucks, satellite truck uplinks, a news reporter can report live "on location" from anywhere where a story is happening in the city. This technique has attracted criticism for its overuse (like minor car accidents which often have no injuries) and resulting tendency to make stories appear more urgent than they actually are.

The unedited nature of live television can pose problems for television networks because of the potential for mishaps. To enforce the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, television networks often broadcast live programs on a slight broadcast delay to give them the ability to censor words and images while keeping the broadcast as "live" as possible.

Memorable events on live television

Many events have happened on live television broadcasts that are well-remembered, sometimes because they were part of a major breaking news story already, and always because they happened unexpectedly and before audiences of thousands or millions of viewers.

News

September 4, 1951 - The first national live television broadcast in the U.S. took place on when President Harry Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California was transmitted over AT&T;'s transcontinental cable and microwave radio relay system to broadcast stations in local markets.

June 2, 1953 - the coronation of Her Majesty Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was the first to be televised live on British television.

November 24, 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald (the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy) was shot in Dallas by nightclub owner Jack Ruby while being transferred to a county jail. Oswald was taken to Parkland Hospital, the same hospital in which President Kennedy and Governor Connally had been treated two days before, but died within approximately two hours after being shot.

November 25, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's funeral was broadcast on live TV . It was seen by perhaps what was the largest viewing audience up to then. It was the first live TV coverage of a Presidential funeral. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas, Texas three days before, on November 22, 1963. The assassination initiated four days of non-stop live television news coverage seen by millions.

December 7, 1963 - Instant replay is used for the first time during the live transmission of the Army–Navy Game by its inventor, director Tony Verna.

November 13, 1965 - Critic and author Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say the word "fuck" on British television on the live satirical programme ''BBC-3'' while commenting on censorship during a TV debate.

December 24, 1968 - Apollo 8 Genesis reading during the 9th orbit of the moon.

July 20, 1969 - Apollo 11 the first moon landing by humans.

November 7, 1970 - Felix Dennis, in a group interview on The Frost Programme, becomes the first person to say "cunt" on live TV.

July 15, 1974 - Christine Chubbuck, a television news reporter for station WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, committed suicide on live television by firing a revolver shot into her head.

January 28, 1986 - The Challenger explosion was seen on live TV by millions in the U.S.

January 22, 1987 - Budd Dwyer committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver during a televised press conference.

November 9, 1989 - Live coverage of the abolishment of travel restrictions and the opening of the border to West Berlin after mass panic and jubilation from East Germans.

June 17, 1994 - The slow-speed chase of a vehicle containing American football star and murder suspect O. J. Simpson was broadcast live throughout the U.S., with NBC interrupting its coverage of the 1994 NBA Finals to do so.

April 30, 1998 - Daniel V. Jones, a cancer and HIV-positive patient apparently frustrated with his HMO coverage, ended a live televised stand-off with police on a Los Angeles freeway by committing suicide, shooting himself in the chin with a shotgun. The event, which took place on a Thursday afternoon, was witnessed by many children whose after-school cartoons had been interrupted in order to broadcast the incident, which originally began as a high-speed pursuit, and led many to criticize Los Angeles television stations' practice of airing police pursuits live.

September 11, 2001 - At 09:03am Eastern Daylight Time, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center, in front of millions of viewers who were already watching live coverage of the unfolding terrorist attacks of that day. Major networks had broken into regular programming just minutes earlier with live shots of the twin towers after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower at 08:46am. Millions of viewers around the world watching live coverage of the attacks saw both buildings collapse.

March 23, 2003 - Sky News broadcast live coverage of US forces attacking an Iraqi position. Sky reporter David Bowden, embedded with the US Marines, gave a live running commentary on the battle, something viewers had not seen before.

July 7, 2005 - A live television report on the unfolding situation on the 7 July 2005 London bombings captured the sound of the Tavistock Square bus explosion at 09:46 British Summer Time.

September 21, 2005 - JetBlue Airways Flight 292 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles. The passengers were able to watch the incident unfold on live television.

August 16, 2008 - Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili chewed a tie during the news headlines on the BBC.

April 30, 2009 - During live coverage of a parade on the Dutch holiday Koninginnedag in the city of Apeldoorn, Netherlands an attack took place on the Dutch Royal Family after Karst R. Tates drove a car into a crowd of people before crashing into a monument. Although the royal family themselves were unharmed, the incident resulted in a total of 8 fatalities leaving many others injured.

August 23 2010- The tourist bus have been hostage in Qurino Granstand in Metro Manila Philippines killing 9 people including the hostage taker Rolando Mendoza

April 29, 2011- The Royal Wedding of Prince William (Duke of Cambridge) and Catherine Middleton was watched live by over 2 billion people worldwide.

Entertainment

November 30, 1958 - Midway through transmission of the ''Armchair Theatre'' play ''Underground'' on the British ITV network, actor Gareth Jones died off-camera, forcing the video production to improvise for the remainder of the broadcast.

September 17, 1967 - While The Doors performed "Light My Fire" on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', frontman Jim Morrison used the word "higher" instead of the previously agreed-upon change "better".

March 5, 1975 - Graham Kennedy mimicked a crow call ("faaaaaaark") remniscient of the word fuck during a hairspray ad on ''The Graham Kennedy Show'' on the Nine Network in Australia. He was banned from live TV indefinitely for the stunt. He quits the network on April 17 after the network took advantage of the pre-taping to delete a speech critical of Senator Doug McClelland (the then Minister for the Media).

October 11, 1975- First episode of Saturday Night Live broadcast.

December 1, 1976 - Appearing in a live interview on the Thames Television pre-watershed programme ''Today'' as last-minute replacements for fellow EMI artists Queen, the Sex Pistols were interviewed by Bill Grundy to promote their recently released Anarchy in the UK single. During the interview, Steve Jones said the band had "fucking spent" its label advance and Johnny Rotten used the word "shit." Pistols guitarist Steve Jones called Grundy a "dirty sod" and a "dirty old man", leading Grundy to goad the band into swearing on live TV, and Jones ended the interview with "you dirty bastard," "you dirty fucker," and "what a fucking rotter". Grundy was fired by ITV and Today was cancelled.

February 20, 1981 - Appearing on the live ABC comedy show ''Fridays'' as guest host, comedian Andy Kaufman refused to read his lines during the last sketch, to the annoyance of the cast and crew. The situation escalated into a minor brawl, and the network cut off the broadcast. Kaufman later admitted that the fight was planned by him and some of the cast and crew.

April 15, 1984 - Comedian Tommy Cooper collapsed and subsequently died of a heart attack in front of millions of viewers on Live From Her Majesty's. The audience carried on laughing thinking it was part of his act, before the programme took a commercial break.

January 4, 1987 - A massive bench-clearing brawl occurred in the World Junior Hockey Championships between Canada and the Soviet Union. After Pavel Kostichkin took a two handed slash at Theoren Fleury, the Soviet Union's Evgeny Davydov came off the bench, eventually leading to both benches clearing. The officials walked off the ice and tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes until the IIHF declared the game null and void. Both teams were ejected from the tournament, and the Soviet team were barred from attending the end-of-tournament dinner.

October 17, 1989 - Right before Game 3 of The 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred.

February 1, 2004 - During a performance by singers Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show, Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's leather corset, revealing her right breast covered by a piece of jewelry attached to her nipple. He later described the incident as a "wardrobe malfunction". The incident caused outrage among religious groups and demands for the FCC to crack down on indecency on television and radio.

April 21, 2004 - After commenting on a UEFA Champions League match on ITV1, Ron Atkinson thought that the broadcast had finished. However, although transmission in the UK had finished, he was still on air to various countries in the Middle East and proceeded to say that "...he is what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger" towards Marcel Desailly. He resigned with immediate effect.

August 20, 2006 - During a live dance performance of "Crazy Love Song" by the female pop trio Seeya on the Korean television program SBS Inkigayo, a backup dancer who suffered from epilepsy had a seizure in the middle of the song. The performers ignored the interruption and completed the performance normally after the dancer was carried off the stage.

April 14, 2007 - At the conclusion of an AFL match between Fremantle and West Coast on Network Ten, Eagles player Michael Braun concluded his Ross Glenndenning Medal acceptance speech with "Let's have a fucking good year" in front of a TV audience of 550,000 and a crowd of 42,051. Braun was fined $5,500 by the AFL for the incident.

Live television episodes

Although all programs were once live, the use of video tape means that very few television programs in the modern era have ever attempted such a feat. In the U.S., soap operas including ''As the World Turns'' and ''The Edge of Night'' were broadcast live until 1975. The most recent scripted series to do so on a regular basis was the Charles S. Dutton series ''Roc'' in the 1992-93 season.

However, on occasion, scripted series will do an episode live to attract ratings. In the U.S. and Canada, the episode is occasionally performed twice: once for the east coast which is composed of the Eastern time zone and Central time zone and again three hours later for the west coast which is composed of the Mountain time zone and the Pacific time zone. Notable examples of shows that have had a live episode include:

''Gimme a Break!'' (1985)

''Roc'' (The entire second season, 1993)

''ER'' (1997)

''Coronation Street'' (for its 40th anniversary in 2000 & its 50th anniversary in 2010)

''The Drew Carey Show'' (1999, 2000, & 2001)

''The Bill'' (2003 & 2005)

''The Daily Show'' (2004, 2008, 2009)

''Blue Heelers'' (2004)

''Will & Grace'' (2005 & 2006)

''Air Farce Live'' (All episodes from October 2007 - December 2008)

''The West Wing'' (2005) - An episode ("The Debate") was presented as a live debate between presidential candidates

''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' (2008)

''EastEnders'' (for its 25th anniversary in 2010)

''30 Rock'', season five, "Live Show" (2010)

In recent years there have been a number of special films broadcast live as well. These include the remakes of ''Fail Safe'' (2000) and ''The Quatermass Experiment'' (2005).

A live television advertisement was shown for the first time in 40 years to celebrate the arrival of the new Honda Accord in the United Kingdom. It was broadcast on Channel Four on 29 May 2008 at 20:10 during a special episode of 'Come Dine With Me'.

Live television specials

Many live television specials were telecast during the pre-videotape era. Among the most successful were the 1955 and 1956 telecasts of ''Peter Pan'', a 1954 musical adaptation of J.M. Barrie's 1904 play, starring Mary Martin, and Cyril Ritchard. This was such a hit that the show was restaged and rebroadcast (this time on videotape) with the same two stars and most of the rest of the cast in 1960, and rerun several times after that. The ''Peter Pan'' telecasts marked the first-ever telecasts of a complete Broadway musical with most of its original cast.

Further reading

''No Retakes'', by Sandra Grabman and Wright King. BearManor Media, 2008.

''Caesar's Hours: My Life in Comedy, with Love and Laughter'', by Sid Caesar with Eddy Friedfeld. Public Affairs, 2003.

''The Box: An Oral History of Television 1920-1961'', by Jeff Kisseloff. Penguin Books, 1995.

''The Live Television Generation of Hollywood Film Directors'', by Gorham Kindem. McFarland, 1994.

''Live Television: The Golden Age of 1946-1958 in New York'', by Frank Sturcken. McFarland, 1990.

''Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors'', by Max Wilk. Moyer Bell Limited, 1989.

''Where Have I Been? An Autobiography'', by Sid Caesar with Bill Davidson, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1982.

References

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name	Greyson Chance
background	solo_singer
birth name	Greyson Michael Chance
birth date	August 16, 1997
Birth place	Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
origin	Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
instrument	Piano, vocals
genre	Pop rock
years active	2010–present
label	eleveneleven, Maverick, Streamline, Geffen
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Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American pop rock singer and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 45 million views as of December 3, 2011. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over 5 and 7 million views respectively on his YouTube channel. His début single, "Waiting Outside the Lines", was released in October 2010. Chance's début album, ''Hold On 'Til the Night,'' was released on August 2, 2011.

Personal life

Chance was born on August 16, 1997 in Wichita Falls, Texas, and currently resides in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance. Chance has an eighteen-year-old sister, Alexa, and a twenty-year-old brother, Tanner, both of whom also do music. Chance began playing the piano at the age of 8 and has had three years of piano lessons. He, however, had no formal vocal training.

Of his inspiration, Chance said, "I love artists who are able to communicate their emotions through music and sing from the heart. That’s what I’m hoping to do with my songs." He was emboldened by Lady Gaga after seeing her performance of Paparazzi at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. He stated, "I was awestruck by her performance. I love her sense of drama and theatricality. Plus, she’s an amazing singer and piano player." Chance was also inspired by the artists Christina Aguilera, Augustana, John Legend, Elton John, and John Lennon.

Appearances

Chance's "Paparazzi" cover video was posted to YouTube, on April 28, 2010, and for almost two weeks the video generated low views. At least two social websites, GossipBoy.ca and reddit.com, posted video embeds on May 10, 2010. Ellen DeGeneres first saw the video after Chance's brother, Tanner Chance, wrote to her show suggesting she watch it. The video had about 10,000 views when DeGeneres first saw it. While explaining her reasons for naming her new record label ''eleveneleven'', she listed as one reason the fact that she first saw Chance's ''Paparazzi'' cover on May 11, 2010. Also, she states that 11 is Greyson's soccer jersey number. On the afternoon of May 11, ''Yahoo! Music'' reported: "As of this writing, the video has got more than 36,000 views so far, and he's even been invited to perform on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''.

On May 12, 2010 Greyson Chance taped an interview and performance of "Paparazzi" for ''Ellen'' in Los Angeles. It was broadcast on May 13. During the interview, Chance received a phone call from Lady Gaga, who the boy says is his "true inspiration." This first appearance on ''Ellen'' was followed by a second appearance on the show, airing May 26, 2010, on which Chance performed his original song "Broken Hearts," received a $10,000 award for winning ''Ellen's Wonderful Web of Wonderment'' contest, a brand new Yamaha piano, and was announced as DeGeneres's first signed artist to her new recording label eleveneleven. Chance now has many fans on online social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. He is the 28th most subscribed musician of all time on YouTube, with a 286,000 subscriber base, as of January 3, 2011. Greyson Chance also appeared at We Day (also known as Me to We Day 2010) in downtown Toronto at the Air Canada Centre, where he performed "Fire" by Augustana.

In the media

On the morning of May 11, 2010, Chance's cover video of "Paparazzi" was embedded at RyanSeacrest.com, which reported finding the video via BuzzFeed, a website that attempts to track and predict emerging viral internet memes. Later in the day, ''TVGuide'', ''The Huffington Post'', and Yahoo! Music's video blog, Video Ga Ga, also posted articles embedding the video; ''TVGuide'' mentioned in its article that a Facebook fan page had already been started for Chance. That afternoon, Ryan Seacrest and DeGeneres linked the video on their Twitter accounts, as did celebrity Ashton Kutcher later that evening.

On May 12, 2010, DeGeneres' announcement of Chance's booking, on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', was broadcast at different times across the U.S. and posted to her website. ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''Los Angeles Times'', among other mainstream media, posted articles embedding the video and announcing the forthcoming appearance. That evening, ABC World News broadcast a report on Chance which was introduced by Diane Sawyer, who said the story struck ABC News as "part ''Billy Elliot'' and part ''Glee''." That evening, Guy Oseary, an L.A.-based entertainment manager whose clients include Madonna, Demi Moore, and Ashton Kutcher, recommended Greyson's "Paparazzi" video on Twitter.

On May 13, 2010, Chance's appearance on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' was broadcast, and mainstream media, including CBS and People, reported on the appearance. That morning, Ryan Seacrest posted another link on Twitter, this time to the video of Chance appearing on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. Not only has he received attention from DeGeneres and Seacrest but also, on May 14, singer, songwriter, and author David Archuleta linked the video on Twitter claiming that Greyson "is talented."

On May 15, 2010, Greyson Chance created an official MySpace page and an official Twitter account. The same day, Crazed Hits, a music industry "tip-sheet" run by Alex Wilhelm, while citing no sources, reported that Interscope Records had signed 12-year-old Chance to a record deal. That same day, NewsOK posted a video, "Three Things to Know about Greyson Michael Chance", and an article in which Chance's father, was quoted as saying the family would spend the weekend deciding how they wanted to proceed before signing any contracts.

On May 18, 2010, ''The New York Post'' reported on the deal with Interscope Records, citing Chance's sister and father as confirming the deal; ''The Post'' also reported that calls made to Chance's school were being referred to Guy Oseary. On May 25, Ellen DeGeneres announced that she had formed a record label called eleveneleven and Chance was her first artist. Guy Oseary who manages Madonna's career and Troy Carter, who manages Lady Gaga's career, would be co-managers of Greyson Chance's career, but no partnership with a major recording label had been finalized.

The chronology of events has resulted in media analysis of the marketing phenomenon as separate from musical or biographical elements. On May 15, 2010, The Christian Science Monitor published an article written by Gloria Goodale, a staff writer for the publication; citing Chance's quick rise to media attention and the establishment of various official and fan websites for Chance, as well as concerns raised by music industry analyst Jeff Snyder about the quality of the video itself, Goodale asked “whether there's a Big Media hand behind sixth grader Greyson Michael Chance.” On May 18, 2010, Goodale followed up on this article with a second article for The Christian Science Monitor focusing on the modern "age of media manipulation", which she introduced by saying, "Reports so far suggest that the Greyson Chance YouTube video is legit." On May 18, 2010, ITN News posted a video report to its YouTube channel, in which many of the same questions were raised; highlighting aspects of Chance's "Paparazzi" video, media industry analyst Alan Stevens pointed out the growing inability within our modern media culture to distinguish between videos which are produced by amateurs and videos which are produced by professionals but made to appear amateur in origin.

His debut single title "Waiting Outside the Lines" was released to iTunes on October 26, 2010. It was released digitally in the UK on December 9. The single also contained a studio version of his cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi". In early December 2010 he visited both Paris and London, appearing on local radio stations and giving private concerts in both cities.

On February 5, Greyson Chance entered the National spotlight again with an appearance/performance of "Waiting Outside The Lines" on the CBS Early Show, while stopping through New York on his tour with Miranda Cosgrove.

On May 17, 2011 his new single "Unfriend You" was released to iTunes.

On April 9, he started the Waiting 4U tour with Australian pop/R&B; singer Cody Simpson in Ivins, Utah. The tour ended on May 18, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

On May 23, Greyson visited The Ellen DeGeneres Show to premiere his new single, "Unfriend You". After the performance, Greyson revealed a solid release date for his upcoming debut album, Hold On 'Til the Night, which was released on August 2, 2011. The music video features cameo from ''Victorious'' star, Ariana Grande.

On September 15, he again appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about his album, and also revealed that he had taken his first steps into acting, portraying a younger version of Jimmy Chance, the protagonist of ''Raising Hope'', in the series' second season premiere.

In November 2011 Greyson undertook a tour of Southeast Asia to promote his album, which had just been released in the region. Starting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where in addition to a showcase performance he was invited to perform at the Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malaysian Music Industry Awards) show (the first foreign artist so invited since 1999), Greyson also gave performances in Singapore; Kota Kinabalu (Borneo, Malaysia); Manila, Philippines; and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak position	Sales
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2011	''Hold On 'til the Night''	* Released: August 2, 2011	* Label: eleveneleven,
Year	Single	Peak	Album
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		12
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	—
2012		—

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
2010	"Waiting Outside the Lines"	[[Sanaa Hamri">Maverick Records	* Format: [[Compact disc			* US: 16,000

Singles

Year	Single	Peak	Album
!width="40"
		12
		—
	—
2012		—

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
2010	"Waiting Outside the Lines"	[[Sanaa Hamri
2011	"Unfriend You"	Marc Klasfeld
2011	"Hold On 'til the Night"	Dano Cerny, Marielle Tepper

Tours

Waiting 4U Tour

Dancing Crazy Tour

Asia Tour 2011

Awards and recognition

! Year	! Category	! Work	! Award	! Result
	Choice Web Star		Teen Choice Awards
Icon of Tomorrow
Teen Pick: YouTube Artist	Hollywood Teen TV Awards
	Favorite Viral Video Star	People's Choice Awards
Rockin’ New Artist of the Year	Youth Rock Awards

References

External links

Official website

Category:1997 births Category:American pianists Category:American male singers Category:American pop pianists Category:American pop singers Category:Living people Category:American child singers Category:Child pop musicians Category:Musicians from Oklahoma Category:Internet memes Category:People from Oklahoma Category:People from Edmond, Oklahoma

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Name	Ricky Hatton
Realname	Richard John Hatton
Nickname	The HitmanThe Manchester MexicanThe Pride of HydeRicky Fatton
Height
Reach	65 in
Weight	Light WelterweightWelterweight
Nationality	|nationality English
Birth date	October 06, 1978
Birth place	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Style	Orthodox
Total	47
Wins	45
Ko	32
Losses	2}}

Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, (born October 6, 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England), is a retired British professional boxer. He is a two-time IBF and IBO light welterweight champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to move down a weight class and beat Juan Urango.

He was the WBA Welterweight Champion, but relinquished this title on August 31, 2006. Hatton is also the former WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion and WBC, WBA, WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion, and former ''Ring'' magazine Junior Welterweight Champion.

After losing his last fight to Manny Pacquiao, Ricky had put his career on a long hiatus, with rumours of a comeback circulating the media since. However on July 7, 2011, Hatton announced his retirement from boxing.

Biography

Born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Hatton was raised on the Hattersley council estate in Hyde, Greater Manchester and trained at the Sale West ABC on the Racecourse Estate. He was educated at Hattersley High School.

Both his grandfather and father played for Rochdale, and Ricky had a trial for the youth team. But Hatton found a local boxing club in Hyde, which he still trains at, and found he enjoyed the sport.

Hatton's entrance music is the Manchester City club song "Blue Moon" as performed by the band "Supra." Aged 14, Hatton was taken by his uncles Ged and Paul to Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium to watch the second fight between Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank.

Hatton joined the family carpet business on leaving school, but after he cut four of his fingers with a Stanley knife, his father made him a salesman to prevent him from losing his fingers.

Boxing career

Hatton's debut fight was on 10 September 1997 against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre (he won by a TKO in first round), while in his second fight Hatton boxed at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Fight against Kostya Tszyu

On 5 June 2005 Hatton defeated Kostya Tszyu, then widely regarded as one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world by a technical knockout after the Australian failed to answer the bell for the 12th round. Hatton was a heavy underdog for this fight, and the victory announced his entry to the upper echelons of the world boxing scene. Prior to the fight the majority of boxing critics had given Hatton little or no chance and this victory was regarded as one of the best victories by an English boxer in the last 20 years. On 26 November 2005 Hatton won the WBA title when he defeated Carlos Maussa in the ninth round of a unification bout. In December, Hatton was named the 2005 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year.

Hatton relinquished his IBF belt on 29 March 2006 after refusing to fulfil a mandatory defence against number one contender Naoufel Ben Rabah, because he intended to move up to the welterweight class. Hatton signed a three fight contract with Dennis Hobson's fight academy after splitting from long time promoter Frank Warren. The three fights would take place in the United States.

Moving to Welterweight

Hatton moved up a division to meet American Luis Collazo for the WBA Welterweight crown which took place on 13 May 2006. Hatton won the WBA crown from Collazo but struggled with Collazo's slick south-paw style and the extra weight. Hatton started well, knocking Collazo down in the very first few seconds of the first round, but it turned out to be one of the toughest fights of his career, with some boxing analysts believing Collazo won the fight, although many also thought Hatton had done enough early on in the fight to secure victory, with the knock down a pivotal point in the fight.

Back to Light Welterweight

Hatton's first fight back at Light Welterweight was against the current IBF Light Welterweight Champion Juan Urango on 20 January 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hatton's promoter Dennis Hobson stated that the impetus for moving back down was to set up a fight with José Luis Castillo, a fighter who nearly beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. at Lightweight in 2002. Hatton ended up winning a 12 round unanimous decision against Urango, to re-capture the unified IBF and IBO Light Welterweight titles. He won all but one round on all three judges' scorecards. Castillo, who was on the undercard, also won (via split decision), setting up their long-awaited fight.

Hatton was forced to relinquish his IBF title again on 10 February, to be able to fight Castillo. The fight was held on 23 June 2007, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In round four, Hatton landed a "perfect" left hook to the liver, which put Castillo to the canvas. Ricky later claimed that 4 of Castillo's ribs were broken with this one punch. Unable to stand up, Castillo was counted out for the first time in his career.

Hatton vs. Mayweather Jr.

Hatton agreed to terms on 27 July for a 8 December 2007 welterweight fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr which was considered to be the biggest welterweight fight since the 1999 clash between Oscar De La Hoya and Puerto Rican legend Felix 'Tito' Trinidad. The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas was announced as the venue on 17 August 2007. The fight was agreed to less than three months after Mayweather had said he planned to retire following a victory over Oscar De La Hoya.

Hatton was able to bring the fight to Mayweather in the early rounds. In the 1st round Hatton caught Mayweather with a left jab which knocked Mayweather off balance. His constant pressure appeared to make Mayweather uncomfortable at first. In the third round, Mayweather landed a right that cut Hatton above the right eye. In round six, referee Joe Cortez took a point away from Hatton after he appeared to hit Mayweather on the back of the head while Mayweather was rested between the ropes. However, the punch was revealed to have hit the rope rather than Mayweather's head but Hatton was warned for punching behind the head on numerous occasions before the deduction. Hatton became angry at the referee's decision to deduct a point from him and turned his back on him in frustration. Hatton would later claim that he had become angry by the referee and that had caused him to lose his calm and contributed to his downfall. Hatton was able to hold his own, until round eight, when Mayweather began to adapt to Hatton and started counterattacking. Mayweather knocked Hatton to the mat in Round 10. Hatton got up, but Mayweather quickly resumed his attack, resulting in Joe Cortez putting a stop to the fight, and Hatton's corner threw in the towel. Mayweather commented post-match that "Ricky Hatton is one tough fighter. He is still a champion in my eyes and I'd love to see him fight again. "Ricky Hatton is probably one of toughest competitors I've faced. I hit him with some big ones but he kept coming and I can see why they call him the 'Hitman'." The fight received large amounts of publicity, with both fighters promoting the fight heavily.

Hatton vs. Lazcano

On 24 May 2008, Hatton beat Mexican Juan Lazcano by unanimous decision with scores of 120-110, 120-108 and 118-110, in front of his home crowd of 55,000 (a post-World War II record for a boxing match in Britain), at City of Manchester Stadium to retain ''The Ring Magazine'' and IBO light welterweight titles. Hatton did well when he boxed and controlled the range, utilizing his jab and dominating a lot of the early exchanges. In round eight, Hatton absorbed a left hook to the chin that wobbled him, and in round ten, Hatton was hurt again by a left hook. Despite that, Hatton outworked Lazcano to win at least ten of the rounds.

Hatton vs. Malignaggi

Ricky Hatton fought Paulie Malignaggi of the United States at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on 22 November for Hatton's IBO Light Welterweight title and ''The Ring'' Light welterweight title. He was trained for the fight by Floyd Mayweather Sr. Hatton dominated for all of the fight and defeated Malignaggi by 11th-round TKO when Malignaggi's trainer, Buddy McGirt, threw in the towel 48 seconds into the round.

Hatton vs. Pacquiao

Hatton fought Manny Pacquiao on 2 May 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight was at light welterweight which was the sixth weight category Pacquiao has fought at, and is the weight at which Hatton was previously undefeated. Pacquiao defeated Hatton in the second round by a KO victory, after knocking Hatton down twice in the first round.

Following the loss to Pacquiao, Hatton has put his career on a long hiatus. After more than a year out of action, in a June 2010 interview with ''Gulfnews.com'', the British boxer seemed uninterested in coming to the ring again. He stated: "Boxing started off as a habit and it ended up giving me some money and making me a little bit of a better person. But I don't think I will have a fight again. But you can never say never as I have not announced officially that I won't be boxing. At the moment I don't have any fire in the belly for a fight or to get myself to a gym." However, Hatton also added: "But it has been only 13 months and I am only 31, so never count me out."

Hatton has also voiced suspicion that Manny Pacquiao may be using performance enhancing drugs (PED's). The British boxer said he should have made the same blood testing demand as Floyd Mayweather, whose fight against the Filipino fighter fell through in early 2010.

Hatton vs. Morales talks

It was confirmed on 20 April 2011 that there has been some early stage talks between Hatton and Erik Morales. Although the fight would be subject to Hatton regaining his boxing licence after it was revoked in September 2010.

Outside the ring

Hatton is a passionate supporter of Manchester City, with strong links to the club via his father and grandfather, who are both former players. Ricky also once had a trial at City for the youth team. His entrance music is the club's song "Blue Moon" as performed by the band "Supra". Good friend Wayne Rooney, who plays for arch rivals Manchester United, has been with Hatton in his dressing room before a bout and carried one of his belts to the ring. Ricky's best friend is Lee Rawsthorne, who regularly carries Ricky's belt into the ring. Hatton is also good friends with another footballer, Joey Barton, a former Manchester City player. Ricky also follows the non-league football club Hyde United and often attends home matches. In an appearance on ''Al Murray's Happy Hour'' he admitted that if he could hit one celebrity, it would be Cristiano Ronaldo who at the time played for Manchester United.

Regarding his nickname, Ricky said, "I've always been a fan of Tommy Hearns, and everybody associates that that's where I got it from, but everybody's a Tommy Hearns fan. I got the nickname the first day I walked in the gym. I was 10 years old and put a pair of gloves on and started walloping the bag, and my amateur coach said, "Look at him, look how evil he is. He's a little Hitman."

Hatton is sometimes referred to by boxing fans as "Ricky Fatton" because he's been known to allow himself to weigh as much as 175 to 180 pounds (35 to 40 pounds over his fight weight) when he's not in training for a fight. Ever since Hatton turned professional, he has always opted to eat a full English breakfast before fights - his favourite place in Hyde is The Butty Box in Mottram Road, where he was interviewed by Gaby Logan for ''Inside Sport;'' and he is known to drink Guinness on Thursday night when he plays darts for the New Inn. Hatton defends his diet, citing that he plans to retire within the next four major bouts - experts have used his ill-balanced diet, akin to Jake LaMotta's ballooning up between fights, to explain his poor performances in recent fights, and nature to tire towards the end of fights. Hatton also appeared on ITV1's daytime show ''Loose Women'' in August 2007, stating that the reason why he puts on weight between fights is because "I have a lot on my plate at the moment".

Hatton appeared on the ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' show in March 2007. When the host, Ross, placed some pads on his hands and gave Hatton gloves to hit them with, he knocked a pad clean off Ross's hand with a powerful left hook. Interviewed on ITV1's ''Parkinson'' on 13 October 2007, at the beginning of the interview, Hatton handed Michael Parkinson a custom made pair of boxing shorts with 'Mike' and 'Parky' written on them, the shorts had the Barnsley emblem on them and were coloured red and blue, Barnsley Football Club's colours, because Parkinson supports Barnsley. While talking about Floyd Mayweather's arrogance, Hatton said "if there was such a thing as re-incarnation, Floyd would come back as himself".

Hatton received the award of MBE for services to sport in the 2007 New Year's Honours List.

In 2008 Hatton started hosting his own live chat show called ''Ricky Speaks'', on Nuts TV.

His father, Ray Hatton said, "We had a conversation with a third party asking whether, if we were approached by the Mayweather team, would a possible rematch be on the cards." Ray also said, "Really at the moment we're looking at Manny Pacquiao. It's very nice for Ricky to still be in such a big league."

Although negotiations stalled at some points, Hatton fought the number one pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao on 2 May 2009. Hatton hosted the 9 November edition of ''WWE Raw'' defeating Chavo Guerrero in a match.

On 13 September 2010, Hatton was admitted to a rehabilitation facility, The Priory in Roehampton, London, UK, for substance abuse to tackle a drink and depression problem. He was caught on camera apparently snorting class A drugs, lines of cocaine in a Manchester hotel room. Doctors said they were more worried about his depression and alcohol abuse than drug use. Hatton sought medical help two weeks prior, after news emerged about a night out where he drank 11 pints of Guinness, Vodka and Sambucca during the night out with Emma Bowe, 29, the Irish national senior women’s boxing champion. It is now uncertain if he will return to the ring in the future, or will retire as he has already hinted.

Family

Hatton's mother, Carol, still works on the carpet stall on Glossop Market in the Peak District. His father Ray is his manager, and also manages his brother and fellow boxer Matthew Hatton. Ricky and his girlfriend Jennifer Dooley live in his house, the "Heartbreak Hotel" named after his favourite artist Elvis, in Hyde.

Hatton has a son, Campbell, conceived after a short reconciliation with ex-girlfriend, Claire. Long before he was a big-money earner, Hatton set up a trust fund to make sure his son was always provided for, and sees him every day.

On 12 September 2010, the Sunday tabloid ''News of the World'' published a front-page story alleging Hatton has been a regular cocaine user with accompanying pictures showing the boxer apparently using the drug. Hatton is said to be "devastated" following the story.

Charity

Hatton is a supporter of ''The Village News'', Haughton Green's local children's newspaper made by children in aid of charity. Hatton supported them at a charity auction by appearing and signing boxing gloves, with the evening raising £1,600. Ricky was also recently a special guest-speaker for The Toby Henderson Trust at a sportsmans' dinner at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel. Thanks to Ricky's help via donations and a highly successful auction, a lot of money was raised for the Centre for First Inistuitives in Crosby Liverpool.

Fans

Hatton has attracted many fans who are very vocal in their support during fights. The main chant is a modified version of the popular Christmas song "Winter Wonderland", with the lyrics changed to promote Hatton.

''There's only one Ricky Hatton,'' ''One Ricky Hatton,'' ''Walking along,'' ''Singing this song,'' ''Walking in a Hatton wonderland.''

Hatton fans also like to taunt the opponent by singing "Who are ya?", a popular English football chant.

Along with Floyd Mayweather, Hatton is referenced by New York rapper GZA on the track "Paper Plates" from his 2008 album ''Pro Tools.''

Championships

Former ''The Ring'' magazine's World Light Welterweight Champion

Former IBO World Light Welterweight Champion

Former 2x IBF World Light Welterweight Champion

Former WBA World Light Welterweight Champion

Former WBA World Welterweight Champion

Former WBU Light Welterweight Champion

Former British Light Welterweight Champion

Former WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion

Former WBA Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion

Former British Central Area Light Welterweight Champion

''The Ring'' magazine's 2005 'Fighter of the Year'

ABA National Champion Light Welterweight 1997

ABA National Junior Champion (Class A) Light Welterweight 1995,1996

ABA National Junior Champion (Class B) Light Welterweight 1997

ABA National Junior Champion (Class C) Light Welterweight 1994

Professional boxing record

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Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |38-0 |align=left| Ray Oliveira ||||| |align=left| ExCel Arena, Dockland, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |37-0 |align=left| Michael Stewart ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |36-0 |align=left| Carlos Vilchés ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |35-0 |align=left| Dennis Pedersen ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |34-0 |align=left| Ben Tackie ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |33-0 |align=left| Aldo Nazareno Rios ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |32-0 |align=left| Vince Phillips ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |31-0 |align=left| Joe Hutchinson ||||| |align=left| Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |30-0 |align=left| Stephen Smith ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |29-0 |align=left| Eamonn Magee ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |28-0 |align=left| Mikhail Krivolapov ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |27-0 |align=left| Justin Rowsell ||||| |align=left| Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |26-0 |align=left| Freddie Pendleton ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |25-0 |align=left| John Bailey ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |24-0 |align=left| Jason Rowland ||||| |align=left| Manchester Velodrome, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |23-0 |align=left| Tony Pep ||||| |align=left| Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |22-0 |align=left| Jon Thaxton ||||| |align=left| Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |21-0 |align=left| Giuseppe Lauri ||||| |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |20-0 |align=left| Gilbert Quiros ||||| |align=left| Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |19-0 |align=left| Ambioris Figuero ||||| |align=left| Spectrum Arena, Warrington, Cheshire}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |18-0 |align=left| Pedro Alonso Teran ||||| |align=left| Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, Merseyside}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |17-0 | align=left| Leoncio Garces ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |16-0 |align=left| Mark Winters ||||| |align=left| Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |15-0 |align=left| Bernard Paul ||||| |align=left| Bowler's Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |14-0 |align=left| Mark Ramsey ||||| |align=left| The Dome Leisure Centre, Doncaster, Yorkshire}} |- align=center |Win |13-0 |align=left| Dillon Carew ||||| |align=left| North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, Yorkshire}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |12-0 |align=left| Brian Coleman ||||| |align=left| Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |11-0 |align=left| Tommy Peacock ||||| |align=left| Sports Centre, Oldham}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |10-0 |align=left| Paul Denton ||||| |align=left| Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |9-0 | align=left| Kevin Carter ||||| |align=left| Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |8-0 |align=left| Pascal Montulet ||||| |align=left| Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |7-0 |align=left| Anthony Campbell ||||| |align=left| Ponds Forge, Sheffield, Yorkshire}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |6-0 | align=left| Mark Ramsey ||||| |align=left| Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, Avon}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |5-0 | align=left| Karl Taylor ||||| |align=left| M.E.N. Arena, Manchester}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |4-0 | align=left| Paul Salmon ||||| |align=left| Ice Rink, Telford, Shropshire}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |3-0 | align=left| David Thompson ||||| |align=left| Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, Avon}} |align=left| |-align=center |Win |2-0 |align=left| Robbie Alvarez | | | |align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York}} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |1-0 |align=left| Colin McAuley | | | |align=left| Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, Cheshire}} |align=left| |-align=center

See also

List of current world boxing champions

Ring Magazine pound for pound

References

External links

Official website

HBO Ricky Hatton profile

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name	Jennifer Love Hewitt
birth name	Jennifer Love Hewitt
birth date	February 21, 1979
birth place	Waco, Texas, United States
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Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress, producer, television director and former singer-songwriter. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series ''Kids Incorporated''. She rose to fame in teenage popular culture in her roles in the Fox series ''Party of Five'' as Sarah Reeves Merrin, and films ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' and its sequel as Julie James.

She starred on the hit CBS television program ''Ghost Whisperer'' as Melinda Gordon, for which she won a Saturn Award in 2007 and 2008 for Best Actress on Television. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her television movie ''The Client List''. Hewitt has served as a producer on some of her film and television projects. As a singer, Hewitt's most successful single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at No. 59. She has contributed music to the promotion or soundtracks of acting projects. She is currently a recurring star on ''Hot in Cleveland'' and will lead the upcoming Lifetime television series ''The Client List''.

Early life

Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, and is the daughter of Patricia Mae (née Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. Hewitt grew up in Nolanville, Texas. Hewitt received her middle name after her mother promised her college friend (named "Love") that if she had a daughter, she would name her after her. Her older brother, Todd Hewitt, chose the name "Jennifer" as a homage to a crush he had at the time she was born. After the divorce of her parents, Hewitt and her brother were brought up by her mother.

As a young girl, Hewitt was attracted to music, which led to her first encounters with the entertainment industry. At the age of three, she sang "The Greatest Love of All" at a livestock show. Just a year after that, at a restaurant-dance hall, she entertained an audience with her version of "Help Me Make It Through the Night". By the time she was five, Hewitt already had tap dancing and ballet in her portfolio. At nine, she became a member of the Texas Show Team (which also toured in the Soviet Union). At the age of ten, at the suggestion of talent scouts and after gaining the title of "Texas Our Little Miss Talent Winner", she moved to Los Angeles with her mother to pursue a career in both acting and singing. In Los Angeles, Hewitt attended Lincoln High School where her classmates included Jonathan Neville, who became a talent scout and recommended Hewitt for her role in ''Party of Five''.

Career

Acting

After moving to Los Angeles, Hewitt appeared in more than twenty television commercials, including some for Mattel toys. Her first break came as a child actor on the Disney Channel variety show ''Kids Incorporated'' (1989–1991), where she was credited as "Love Hewitt". She later appeared in the live action video short ''Dance! Workout with Barbie'' (1992), released by Buena Vista.

She played Pierce Brosnan's daughter in a pilot for NBC called ''Running Wilde'' (1993), which featured Brosnan as a reporter for ''Auto World'' magazine whose stories cover his own wild auto adventures. However, the series was not picked up and the pilot never aired. Hewitt later had roles in several short-lived television series, such as Fox's ''Shaky Ground'' (1992–1993), ABC's ''The Byrds of Paradise'' (1994), and ''McKenna'' (1994–1995), and finally became a young star after landing the role of Sarah Reeves Merrin on the popular Fox show ''Party of Five'' (1995–1999). She assumed the role of Sarah after joining that show during its second season and continued it on the short-lived ''Party of Five'' spin-off, ''Time of Your Life'' (1999), which she also co-produced. The show was cancelled after half a season.

Hewitt's first feature film role was in the independent film ''Munchie'' (1992). A year later, she achieved her first starring film role in ''Little Miss Millions'' (1993). She appeared as a choir member in ''Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'' (1993). Hewitt became a film star after a lead role in the horror film ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997), which enjoyed great box office success ($125,000,000 USD). Hewitt and her co-stars gained popular exposure from the film. She appeared in the sequel ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1998), which, though not as successful as the first film, took in more money on its opening weekend. She starred in the high-school comedy ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998).

Hewitt starred in ''The Audrey Hepburn Story'' (2000). That same year, she was the "most popular actress on television" due to her Q-rating (a measurement of a celebrity's popularity) of 37. Noting her "Q-rating", Nokia chose her to become its spokesperson.

She starred alongside Sigourney Weaver in the romantic comedy ''Heartbreakers'' (2001). She appeared in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame II'' (2002) as Madellaine, the main protagonist's love interest. Hewitt wrote and performed "I'm Gonna Love You" for the film; the song won "Best Original Song" at the DVD Premiere Awards. She starred alongside Jackie Chan in ''The Tuxedo'' (2002), which received negative reviews from critics but was a box office success. Hewitt appeared in ''If Only'' (2004) and co-wrote and performed "Love Will Show You Everything" and "Take My Heart Back" for the film's soundtrack. She starred in ''Garfield'' (2004), which became her highest-grossing film to date ($200,804,534 USD). She reprised her role for the sequel, ''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006), which, though not performing as well as its predecessor, achieved a strong box office gross.

Hewitt starred in the television series ''Ghost Whisperer'' (2005–2010), which ran on CBS for five seasons before being canceled by the network in May, 2010. She reunited with her ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' co-star, Freddie Prinze Jr., in ''Delgo'' (2008). The film was a massive box office bomb ($694,782 USD domestically). After a two-year absence from feature films, Hewitt led the independent drama ''Café'' (2010) with her then-boyfriend Jamie Kennedy. She starred in the Lifetime film ''The Client List'' (2010), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. The next year, Hewitt starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film ''The Lost Valentine'' (2011).

Hewitt will direct the film ''Wait Till Helen Comes'' (2012) based on the novel by Mary Downing Hahn. This will be Hewitt's feature film directorial debut (she previously directed three episodes of ''Ghost Whisperer''). She is also set star alongside Ivan Sergei and Joel David Moore in the independent comedy ''Jewtopia'' (2012) and will star in the television series ''The Client List'' (2012).

Music

Hewitt was one of the back-up singers in Martika's number-one single, "Toy Soldiers" (1989).

At the age of 12, Meldac funded the recording of Hewitt's first album, ''Love Songs'' (1992). The album was released exclusively in Japan, where Hewitt became a pop star. Her explanation for her success in Japan is that the Japanese "love perky music. The poppier the music, the better."

After she joined the cast of ''Party of Five'', she signed to Atlantic Records, who rushed her second album, ''Let's Go Bang'' (1995), out in October. The album and its three singles failed to chart. Juggling her music career with her acting career, she recorded and released her follow-up album, ''Jennifer Love Hewitt'' (1996). The album, along with its four singles, failed to chart and Atlantic dropped Hewitt, who did not return to the music scene for three years.

She recorded the single "How Do I Deal" (1999) for the ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' soundtrack. The song became Hewitt's first charting single, climbing to No. 59 on the Hot 100 and No. 36 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It reached No. 8 in Australia. Hewitt also recorded a cover of the Gloria Gaynor song "I Will Survive", which features briefly in the film.

She appeared in the LFO video for "Girl on TV" (1999), a song which was written for her by a member of the band. She also appeared in the music video for the Enrique Iglesias song, "Hero" (2001), as the singer's love interest.

In 2002, Hewitt signed to Jive Records and recorded her fourth album with singer, songwriter and producer Meredith Brooks. The first single, "BareNaked" (2002), became her biggest radio hit to date when it peaked at No. 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, No. 31 on the Adult Top 40 and No. 25 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It climbed to No. 6 in Australia, remaining there for two weeks, and reached No. 33 in the Netherlands. The song later featured in two episodes of ''Ghost Whisperer'': "The Vanishing" (Season 1, episode 20) and "The Collector" (Season 2, episode 20). The moderate success of the single propelled the album to peak at No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 31 in Australia. However, it only remained on the chart for three weeks. The second single, "Can I Go Now" (2003), failed to chart in the US, while managing to peak at No. 8 in the Netherlands and No. 12 in Australia.

Since 2004, Hewitt has remained inactive from the music industry, but the compilation album ''Cool with You: The Platinum Collection'' (2006) was released in Asia. Another compilation, ''Hey Everybody'' (2007), was released in Brazil. In 2009, reports surfaced that Hewitt was planning on making a country album and was in the process of writing material for it. Jamie Kennedy, Hewitt's boyfriend at the time, said: "I really want to make her a new demo for her music, because I think she should do singing again. She's so good." However, nothing has of yet come of the reports and Hewitt has remained absent from the music scene.

Writing

In November 2009, Hewitt made a foray into comic books. Veteran writer Scott Lobdell scripted the 5-issue anthology, ''Jennifer Love Hewitt's Music Box'' (2009–2010), based on Hewitt's ideas. The series has been published by IDW Publishing, and has been compiled in a trade paperback.

Hewitt wrote a book entitled ''The Day I Shot Cupid'' (2010), in which she speaks of her experiences with love and dating. During a January 2010 interview on ''Lopez Tonight'', Hewitt said that there was a chapter in the book about "vajazzling" her "vajayjay" (decorating her vulva with Swarovski crystals). Hewitt was attributed with popularizing the trend. The book became a New York Times Bestseller the week of its release. She announced via her Twitter page that she is currently penning a follow-up.

Image and personal life

Image

Hewitt was identified as the "#1 reader choice" on the November 1999 and May 2009 covers of ''Maxim''. ''TV Guide'' named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008.

Relationships

Hewitt has dated many high-profile celebrities such as Carson Daly, John Mayer and Jamie Kennedy.

Hewitt began a relationship with Scottish actor Ross McCall, whom she met when he made an appearance on ''Ghost Whisperer'' in late 2005. After two years of dating, they became engaged in late 2007, while vacationing in Hawaii. Paparazzi photographs taken of Hewitt in a bikini at that time led to harsh criticism of her body by bloggers. Hewitt responded: "I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized....What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles." Several celebrities supported her views. During her engagement, Hewitt reportedly said: "I’m getting ready to turn 30 and get married and all those things. This year was my year to try to glow from within and feel better." ''People'' magazine reported that Hewitt called off their engagement in late 2008.

Stalking

In 2002, conspiracy theorist and former social worker Diana Napolis was arrested for stalking and uttering death threats against Hewitt and Steven Spielberg after "verbally confronting" the actress at the 2002 Grammy Awards, and the subsequent day attempting to pose as one of Hewitt's friends to enter the premiere of ''The Tuxedo''. Napolis admitted to becoming involved in a shoving match with Hewitt's mother while confronting the actress. Napolis accused Hewitt, along with director Spielberg, of controlling her thoughts through "cybertronic" technology and being part of a Satanic conspiracy against her. Napolis was charged with six felonies related to the incidents. After a year of involuntary commitment, Napolis pleaded guilty and was released on bail with a condition that she was barred from contact with both Spielberg and Hewitt.

Filmography

+ Film credits as an actress	! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1992	''Munchie''	Andrea Kurtz	Credited as Love Hewitt
1993	''Little Miss Millions''	Heather Lofton	Credited as Love Hewitt; also known ''Home for Christmas''
1993	''Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit''	Margaret	Credited as Jennifer "Love" Hewitt
1996		Brooke Figler
1997		Leah Jones	Also known as ''Rescue Me''
1997	''I Know What You Did Last Summer''	Julie James
1998	''Can't Hardly Wait''	Amanda Beckett
1998	''Telling You''	Deb Freidman	Also known as ''Love Sucks''
1998	''Zoomates''	Helen	Voice; short film
1998	''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''	Julie James
1999	''''	Cate
2000	''''	Audrey Hepburn	Television film
2001		Page Conners
2002	''''	Madellaine
2002	''''	Thumbelina	Voice; direct-to-video film
2002	''''	Del Blaine
2002	''Groove Squad''	Chrissy	Voice; direct-to-video film
2004		Samantha Andrews
2004	''Garfield: The Movie''	Liz Wilson
2004	''''	Emily	Television film
2005	''Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber''	Katya Livingston	Television film; also known as ''The Social Climber''
2005	''''	Alice Holbrook
2006	''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties''	Liz Wilson
2007	''Shortcut to Happiness''	The Devil	Also known as ''The Devil and Daniel Webster''
2008	''Tropic Thunder''	Herself	Cameo appearance
2008		Princess Kyla	Voice role
2009	''''	Erica	Voice; television film
2009		Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon	Voice role
2010		Claire
2010	''''	Samantha Horton	Television film
2011	''''	Susan Allison	Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie
2012		Alison Marks	Post-production

+ Television credits as an actress	! Year(s)	! Title	! Role	Notes
1990–1991	''Kids Incorporated''	Robin	"A New Twist" (Season 7, episode 8)"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Season 7, episode 9)"Double Trouble" (Season 7, episode 17)(credited as Love Hewitt)
1992	''Dance! Workout with Barbie''	Herself
1992–1993	''Shaky Ground''	Bernadette Moody	17 episodes
1993	''Running Wilde''	Unknown	"Pilot" (Season 1, episode 1); unaired series
1994	''''	Franny Byrd	7 episodes
1994–1995		Cassidy McKenna	"Splendor in the McKenna Grass" (Season 1, episode 2) "The Pony" (Season 1, episode 3)"Racing in the Streets (Season 1, episode 4)
1995–1999	''Party of Five''	Sarah Reeves Merrin	99 episodes
1998	''Boy Meets World''	Jennifer Love Fefferman	"And Then There Was Shawn" (Season 5, episode 17)
1999		Medusa	Voice; "Hercules and the Gorgon" (Season 2, episode 12)
1999–2000		Sarah Reeves Merrin	19 episodes
2001	''The Weekenders''	Herself	Voice; "My Punky Valentine" (Season 2, episode 17)
2002	''Family Guy''	Herself	Voice; "Stuck Together, Torn Apart" (Season 3, episode 19)
2004	''American Dreams''	Nancy Sinatra	"The 7–10 Split" (Season 2, episode 10) "Old Enough to Fight" (Season 2, episode 14)
2004	''In The Game''	Riley Reed	Two pilot episodes; unaired series
2005–2010	''Ghost Whisperer''	Melinda Gordon	107 episodes
2010	''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Vicki Sayers	"Behave" (Season 12, episode 3)
2011		Herself	"Firsts" (Season 1, episode 1)
2011–2012	''Hot in Cleveland''	Emmy Chase	"The Emmy Show" (Season 2, episode 17)"Love is Blind" (Season 3, episode 9)
2012		Riley Parks	Upcoming series

+ Credits as a director	! Year(s)	! Title	! Role	Notes
2009–2010	''Ghost Whisperer''	Director

+ Credits as a producer	! Year(s)	! Title	! Role	Notes
1999–2000		Producer
2000	''The Audrey Hepburn Story''	Co-executive producer	Television film
2000	''Bunny''	Producer
2002	''One Night''	Producer
2004		Producer
2005–2010	''Ghost Whisperer''	Producer, executive producer	Producer (83 episodes); executive producer (11 episodes)
2010	''''	Executive producer	Television film
2011	''''	Executive producer	Television film
2012		Executive producer

Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="row"		*Released: March 21, 1992	*Label: Meldac	*Formats: CD	—	—	—
scope="row">''Let's Go Bang''		*Released: October 10, 1995	Atlantic Records>Atlantic	*Formats: CD	—	—	—
scope="row"	''Jennifer Love Hewitt''		*Released: September 3, 1996	*Label: Atlantic	*Formats: CD	—	—	—
scope="row"	''BareNaked''		*Released: October 8, 2002	Jive Records>Jive	*Formats: CD	37	31	72

Compilation albums

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''Cool with You: The Platinum Collection''		*Released: June 6, 2006	*Label: Wea Int'l	*Formats: CD	—	—	—
scope="row"	''Hey Everybody''		*Released: December 2007	*Label: unknown	*Formats: CD	—	—	—

Singles

Year	Single	Chart peak positions						Album
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1992	"Please Save Us The World"
	"Let's Go Bang"
"Couldn't Find Another Man"
	"You Make Me Smile"
"Cool With You"
"No Ordinary Love"
	"(Our Love) Please Don't Throw It All Away"
"I Believe In..."
1999	"How Do I Deal"
2002
2003	"Can I Go Now"

Soundtracks

! Year	! Title	! Track(s)
1996		"It's Good To Know I'm Alive"
1997		"I Hope I Don't Fall in Love With You" "I Believe In"
1998	''Can't Hardly Wait''	"How Do I Make You"
1998	''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''	"How Do I Deal" "I Will Survive"
2002	''The Hunchback of Notre Dame II''	"I'm Gonna Love You"
2002	''Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders''	"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"
2004		"Love Will Show You Everything" "Take My Heart Back"
2004		"A Place Called Home (Reprise)"

Music videos

Year !! Title
1992	"Please Save Us The World"
1995	"Couldn't Find Another Man"
1996	"No Ordinary Love"
1999	"How Do I Deal"
2002	"I'm Gonna Love You"
2002	"BareNaked"
2003	"Can I Go Now"

Music video appearances

Year !! Title !! Artist(s)
1998	Can't Get Enough of You Baby>Can't Get Enough of You, Baby"	Smash Mouth
1998	High (Feeder song)>High" (U.S. version)
1999	Girl on TV" >
2001	Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)>Hero"
2010	"Christmas Tonight"

Bibliography

Credits as an author:

''The Day I Shot Cupid'' (2010)

Other credits:

''Jennifer Love Hewitt's Music Box'' (2009–2010) (creator)

Awards and nominations

! Year !! Group !! Award !! Result !! Film/Show
1990	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast		''Kids Incorporated''
1993	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Youth Series or Variety Show		''Kids Incorporated''
1994	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Cable or Off Primetime Series		''Kids Incorporated''
1996	Young Artist Award	Best Professional Actress/Singer
1997	YoungStar Award	Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series		''Party of Five''
1998	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actress		''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
1998	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Female Newcomer		''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
1998	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Actress — Horror		''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
1999	MTV Movie Award	Best Female Performance		''Can't Hardly Wait''
1999	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Actress — Horror		''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''
1999	Teen Choice Award	Film — Choice Actress		''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''
1999	Teen Choice Award	Film — Most Disgusting Scene		''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''
1999	Teen Choice Award	TV — Choice Actress		''Party of Five''
1999	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actress		''Can't Hardly Wait''
2000	Kid's Choice Award	Favorite Television Actress		''Party of Five''
2000	People's Choice Award	Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series
2001	Teen Choice Award	Film - Choice Actress
2003	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite Female Butt Kicker		''The Tuxedo''
2003	Teen Choice Award	Choice Crossover Artist (Music/Acting)
2003	DVD Premiere Award	Best Original Song		''The Hunchback of Notre Dame II''
2006	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television		''Ghost Whisperer''
2006	Kids' Choice Award	Favorite Television Actress		''Ghost Whisperer''
2006	People's Choice Award	Favorite Female Television Star		''Ghost Whisperer''
2007	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television		''Ghost Whisperer''
2007	Teen Choice Award	Choice: TV Drama Actress		''Ghost Whisperer''
2007	People's Choice Award	Favorite Female Television Star		''Ghost Whisperer''
2008	People's Choice Award	Favorite Female Television Star		''Ghost Whisperer''
2008	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television		''Ghost Whisperer''
2008	TV Land Award	Favorite Character from the "Other Side"		''Ghost Whisperer''
2009	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television		''Ghost Whisperer''
2010	Saturn Award	Best Actress on Television		''Ghost Whisperer''
2010	People's Choice Award	Favorite TV Drama Actress		''Ghost Whisperer''
2011	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance By An Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television		''The Client List''

References

External links

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name	Jimmy Kimmel
birth name	James Christian Kimmel
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
medium	Radio, television, film
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Current events, Insult comedy
subject	American culture, Everyday life, Celebrities
influences	David Letterman, Howard Stern
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2003) (divorced); 2 children
domesticpartner	Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present)
notable work	Creator and Host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of ''The Man Show''co-host of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' (Comedy Central)co-host of ''Crank Yankers''

}} James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''.

Early life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive. He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side. His uncle, Frank Potenza, appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.

The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of ''The Me and Him Show'' at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time with ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show''. Kimmel permanently left ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. ''The Man Show'''s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, ''Crank Yankers'' for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film ''Windy City Heat'', which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left ''The Man Show'' to host his own late-night talk show, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off ''Dancing with the Stars'' appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell". In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off ''DWTS''.

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Kimmel has appeared on ''The Late Show'' five times, most recently on April 21, 2008. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of ''Pamela Anderson''. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show ''Set for Life''. The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on ''Larry King Live''. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ''ESPY Awards''. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance () travelled in one work week.

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in ''Garfield'' and ''Road Trip'', and he portrayed Death's Dog in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; ''Family Guy'' creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Kimmel also did voice work for ''Robot Chicken''. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on ''The Jay Leno Show'''s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', along with Kobe Bryant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words ''PROUD N00b'' on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then fiancée, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009. He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.

Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009. Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009.

He resides across the street from actor John Krasinski (known for his role as Jim Halpert on ''The Office'') and his wife, actress Emily Blunt.

Awards

References

External links

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live website

JimmyKimmel.Net

Jimmy Kimmel appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

Jimmy Kimmel interview

Appearance on HGTV's ''Designer's Challenge''

Jimmy is Maxim's #2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

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