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name	Casey Abrams
background	solo_singer
birth date	February 12, 1991
birth place	Austin, Texas
origin	Idyllwild, California, U.S.
genre	Jazz, rock, blues
instrument	Vocals, double bass, bass guitar, keyboard, guitar, piano, melodica, accordion, sitar, clarinet, drums, cello
occupation	Musician, singer
years active	2011–present }}

Casey Abrams (born February 12, 1991) is an American musician from Idyllwild, California who finished in sixth place on the tenth season of ''American Idol.'' He was eliminated from the competition on April 28, 2011, five weeks after being saved from elimination by the judges.

Early life

Abrams was born on February 12, 1991, to Pam Pierce and Ira Abrams. He spent his early years in the Chicago area, first in Evanston, Illinois, then in Wilmette, where he attended McKenzie Elementary School.

Abrams later moved to California and attended middle school and high school there. He was a student at Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California, where his father teaches film production. At Idyllwild Arts, he studied classical bass instruction and improvisation, and participted in the jazz ensembles, gaining a foundation in music history, piano, and jazz piano, and learning to write musical scores for films.

After graduating from Idyllwild in 2009, he attended University of Colorado at Boulder as a music major. He worked as a film camp counselor at Idyllwild Arts Summer Camp prior to his appearance on ''American Idol.''

Abrams suffers from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease which causes ulceration and inflammation of the colon, and that occasionally requires blood transfusions, which resulted in his having been hospitalized while on ''American Idol.''

Abrams lists as his musical influences Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson, and James Taylor, as well as Marshall Hawkins, head of the jazz department at Idyllwild Arts Academy.

''American Idol''

Overview

Abrams auditioned for the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in Austin, Texas. He was selected as one of the Top 24 semi-finalists, but two days before he was due to perform for the semi-finals, he suffered severe stomach pains and was rushed to the hospital. He was well enough to perform on performance night, and was one of the five male vote receivers to advance to the Top 13; however, he missed the Top 13 results show due to his illness. He was the lowest vote receiver on the Top 11 result show, but was saved by the judges; they chose to save him immediately, stopping his supposedly last performance on the show halfway through it. He is the third finalist to be saved by the judges in three seasons.

Abrams was eliminated from the competition on April 28, 2011, finishing in sixth place. During his last performance he sang "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a song he had performed during the semifinals. During the performance he kissed audience members, rolled onto the stage, thanked the judges, and sang the last two words ("you're mine") to fellow contestant Haley Reinhart.

On May 25, 2011, Abrams sang "Fat Bottomed Girls" with Jack Black on the ''American Idol'' finale.

Performances and results

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Episode !Theme !Song choice !Original artist !Order # !Result |- |Audition |Auditioner's Choice |"I Don't Need No Doctor" |Ray Charles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 1 |First Solo |"Lullaby of Birdland" |Ella Fitzgerald |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 2 |Group Performance |"Get Ready" |The Temptations |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 3 |Second Solo |"Georgia on My Mind" |Hoagy Carmichael |N/A |Advanced |- |Las Vegas Round |Songs of The Beatles Group Performance |"A Hard Day's Night" |The Beatles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round Final |Final Solo |"Why Don't You Do Right?" |Kansas Joe McCoy |N/A |Advanced |- |Top 24 (12 Men) |Personal Choice |"I Put a Spell on You" |Screamin' Jay Hawkins |12 |Advanced |- |Top 13 |Your Personal Idol |"With a Little Help from My Friends" |The Beatles |2 |Safe |- |Top 12 |Year You Were Born |"Smells Like Teen Spirit" |Nirvana |10 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Motown |"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" |The Miracles |1 |Saved |- |Top 11 |Elton John |"Your Song" |Elton John |9 |Safe |- |Top 9 |Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" |Creedence Clearwater Revival |3 |Safe |- |Top 8 |Songs from the Movies |"Nature Boy" — ''The Boy with Green Hair'' |Nat King Cole |5 |Safe |- |Top 7 |Songs from the 21st Century |"Harder to Breathe" |Maroon 5 |5 |Safe |- |rowspan="2"|Top 6 |rowspan="2"|Carole King |Duet "I Feel the Earth Move" with Haley Reinhart |Carole King |3 |rowspan="2"|Eliminated |- |Solo "Hi-De-Ho" |The City |7 |}

Abrams received the lowest number of votes; however, the judges decided to use their one save of the season to allow him to remain in the competition, resulting in two eliminations the following week. Due to the judges using their one save on Abrams, the Top 11 remained intact for another week.

Post-''Idol''

Abrams appeared and performed on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on April 29, 2011, and ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' on May 2, 2011. Casey also appeared on MTV’s ''The Seven'' on May 2, 2011. He is also one of the performers in the 2011 American Idols Live Tour, which began in West Valley City, Utah, on July 6, 2011, and will end in Rochester, New York, on September 10, 2011. He appeared and performed on ''The Ellen Degeneres Show'' on May 5, 2011.

References

External links

Casey Abrams on ''American Idol''

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name	J. J. Abrams
birth date	June 27, 1966
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
birth name	Jeffrey Jacob Abrams
occupation	Film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor and composer.
spouse	Katie McGrath| years_active }}

Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor, and composer. He wrote and produced feature films before co-creating the television series ''Felicity'' (1998–2002). He also created ''Alias'' (2001–2006) and co-created ''Lost'' (2004–2010), ''Fringe'' (2008–present), and ''Undercovers'' (2010). Abrams directed the films ''Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), ''Star Trek'' (2009), and ''Super 8'' (2011) and produced the films ''Cloverfield'' (2008) and ''Morning Glory'' (2010).

Early life

Abrams was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles where he attended Palisades Charter High School. He is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol. Abrams is Jewish. He attended Sarah Lawrence College.

Career

Abrams's first job in the movie business started when he was 16 when he wrote music for Don Dohler's film ''Nightbeast''. During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky to write a feature film treatment. Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for ''Taking Care of Business'', Abrams's first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and Jim Belushi. He followed that up with ''Regarding Henry'', starring Harrison Ford, and ''Forever Young'', starring Mel Gibson.

Abrams collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay on the 1998 film, ''Armageddon''. That same year, he made his first foray into television with ''Felicity'', which ran for four seasons on The WB Network, serving as the show's co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer. He also composed its opening theme music.

Under his production company Bad Robot, which he founded with Bryan Burk in 2001, Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's ''Alias'' and is co-creator (with Damon Lindelof) and executive producer of ''Lost''. He later co-wrote the teleplay for ''Lost''s third season premiere "A Tale of Two Cities". As with ''Felicity'', Abrams also composed the opening theme music for ''Alias'' and ''Lost.''

In 2001 Abrams co-wrote and produced the thriller ''Joy Ride'', and wrote an unproduced screenplay for a fifth Superman film in 2002.

In 2006 he served as executive producer of ''What About Brian'' and ''Six Degrees'', also on ABC. Abrams directed and wrote the two-part pilot for ''Lost'' and remained active producer for the first half of the season. That same year he made his feature directorial debut in 2006 with ''Mission: Impossible III'', starring Tom Cruise.

Abrams spoke at the TED conference in 2007.

In 2008 Abrams produced the monster movie, ''Cloverfield''. In 2009 he directed the science fiction film ''Star Trek'', which he produced with ''Lost'' co-creator Damon Lindelof. While it was speculated that they would be writing and producing an adaptation of Stephen King's ''The Dark Tower'' series of novels, they publicly stated in November 2009 that they were no longer looking to take on that project.

He is one of the creators of the Fox Network series ''Fringe'', for which he again composed the theme music.

Abrams is featured in the 2009 MTV Movie Awards 1980s-style digital short "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions", with Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell, in which he plays a keyboard solo.

The NBC network picked up Abrams's ''Undercovers'' as its first new drama series for the 2010–11 season. However, it was subsequently cancelled by NBC in November 2010. He wrote and directed ''Super 8'', while co-producing with Steven Spielberg; it was released on June 10, 2011.

Personal life

Abrams is married to public relations exec Katie McGrath and has three children: sons August and Henry and daughter Gracie. He resides in Pacific Palisades, California.

Abrams has made donations to the Democratic Party. Campaigns he has contributed to include those of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Bob Casey, Jr., Mark Udall, Harry Reid, Russ Feingold, and Patrick J. Kennedy. However, he has also donated $2,000 to the Republican Robert Vasquez.

Filmography

''Taking Care of Business'' (1990) (writer)

''Regarding Henry'' (1991) (writer, co-producer)

''Forever Young'' (1992) (writer, executive producer)

''Diabolique'' (1996) Actor, Videographer #2, as Jeffrey Abrams

''The Pallbearer'' (1996) (producer)

''Gone Fishin''' (1997) (co-writer)

''Armageddon'' (1998) (writer)

''The Suburbans'' (1999) (producer)

''Joy Ride'' (2001) (writer, producer)

''Mission: Impossible III'' (2006) (director, co-writer)

''Cloverfield'' (2008) (producer)

''Star Trek'' (2009) (director, producer)

''Morning Glory'' (2010) (producer)

''Super 8'' (2011) (director, writer, producer)

''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (December 16, 2011) (writer, producer)

Untitled ''Star Trek'' sequel (2012) (producer/possible director)

Untitled ''Cloverfield'' Sequel (2013) (producer)

''Samurai Jack'' feature film (TBA) (co-producer)

''Infinitely Polar Bear'' feature film (TBA) (co-producer)

Television

''Felicity'' (1998–2002) (co-creator, writer, executive producer, director, co-composer of theme music)

''Alias'' (2001–2006) (creator, writer, executive producer, director, theme music composer)

''Lost'' (2004-2010) (Executive Producer, theme music composer, co-creator, writer, director)

''The Office'' (2005–2011) (guest director)

''What About Brian'' (2006–2007) (executive producer)

''Six Degrees'' (2006–2007) (executive producer)

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (2006) (guest director)

''Fringe'' (2008–present) (co-creator, writer, executive producer, theme music composer)

''Anatomy of Hope'' (2009) (executive producer, writer, director)

''Undercovers'' (2010) (co-creator, executive producer, writer, director) ''Person of Interest'' (Announced - Series by CBS) ''Alcatraz'' (Announced - Series by Fox)

Awards and nominations

Wins

2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Drama Series (''Lost'') 2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Directing for A Drama Series (''Lost'')

2006 Golden Globe Award Winner, Best Television Series —Drama (''Lost'')

Nominations

2002 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (''Alias'') 2005 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (''Lost'')

2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Television Series —Drama (''Lost'')

2006 Writers Guild of America Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series (''Lost'' season 1)

References

External links

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name	Haley Reinhart
background	solo_singer
birth date	September 09, 1990
instrument	Vocals
occupation	Singer
genre	Rock, blues, jazz, jazz fusion, soul
years active	2011–present
label	Interscope }}

Haley Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) is an American singer from Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois who placed 3rd in the tenth season of ''American Idol.'' Reinhart is currently signed onto Interscope Records.

Early life

Haley Reinhart was born in Wheeling, Illinois on September 9, 1990 to Patti Miller-Reinhart and Harry Reinhart. Both her parents are musicians. She began singing when she was 8 years old, and she performed with her parents’ band, Midnight, which covers rock songs from the ’60s and ’70s. She attended Mark Twain Elementary School, O.W. Holmes Middle School, and Wheeling High School. After graduating high school in 2009, Reinhart attended Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, in 2009–2010, studying jazz. She performed at the 2009 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland with her high school's jazz band and at Harper College with the college's Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab.

''American Idol''

Overview

Reinhart first auditioned for the ninth season of ''American Idol'', in Chicago, but did not advance to the Hollywood round, however, she returned for the tenth season of ''Idol'' the following year, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and this time was put through to Hollywood.

In the group round of the competition her groupmates included fellow finalist Paul McDonald. Later in the second solo round, she performed "God Bless the Child", impressing the judges. In Vegas Round, she grouped up this time with fellow finalists Naima Adedapo, and Jacob Lusk. They performed The Beatles's song "The Long and Winding Road".

She has received notable musician and celebrity support from Robert Plant, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Page, Adam Lambert, Tom Hanks, Blake Lewis, Melinda Doolittle, Kris Allen, Kelly Clarkson, Ellen DeGeneres and others, who picked Reinhart as their favorite Season 10 contestant. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page contacted Idol producers and offered Reinhart the opportunity to sing a Led Zeppelin song for Top 3 week..

She is the only contestant from season 10 that has over one million views on four of her Youtube performance videos: her renditions of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" and Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)". Every video reached the million views in less than a month. Her version of "Rolling in the Deep" reached over 2.3 million views before it was taken down, and her version of "House of the Rising Sun" received one million views as of July 13, 2011.

She's also the only contestant this season that received 3 standing ovations from the judges, 3 weeks in a row, after performing The Animals' version of "The House of the Rising Sun", Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)" and Led Zeppelin's "What Is and What Should Never Be". Her performance of "Moanin'", with fellow contestant Casey Abrams, also received a standing ovation from the judges and was considered one of the best duets, and performances, of the season.

During the American Idol Finale, Reinhart sang "Steppin' Out with My Baby" alongside jazz singer Tony Bennett which also received a standing ovation.

Performances/Results

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Episode !Theme !Song choice !Original artist !Order # !Result |- |Audition |Auditioner's Choice |"Oh! Darling" |The Beatles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 1 |First Solo |"Breathless" |Corinne Bailey Rae |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 2 |Group Performance |"Carry On Wayward Son" |Kansas |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 3 |Second Solo |"God Bless the Child" |Billie Holiday |N/A |Advanced |- |Las Vegas Round |Songs of The Beatles Group Performance |"The Long and Winding Road" |The Beatles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round Final |Final Solo |"Baby It's You" |The Shirelles |N/A |Advanced |- |Top 24 (12 Women) |Personal Choice |"Fallin'" |Alicia Keys |9 |Advanced |- |Top 13 |Your Personal Idol |"Blue" |LeAnn Rimes |7 |Bottom 3 |- |Top 12 |Year You Were Born |"I'm Your Baby Tonight" |Whitney Houston |5 |Bottom 3 |- |Top 11 |Motown |"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" |The Miracles |6 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Elton John |"Bennie and the Jets" |Elton John |11 |Safe |- |Top 9 |Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |"Piece of My Heart" |Janis Joplin |2 |Safe |- |Top 8 |Songs from the Movies |"Call Me" – ''American Gigolo'' |Blondie |6 |Bottom 3 |- |Top 7 |Songs from the 21st Century |"Rolling in the Deep" |Adele |3 |Bottom 3 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 6 |rowspan="2"|Carole King |Duet "I Feel the Earth Move" with Casey Abrams |rowspan="2"|Carole King |3 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Solo "Beautiful" |8 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 5 |rowspan="2"|Songs from Now and Then |"Yoü and I" |Lady Gaga |5 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |"The House of the Rising Sun" |"The Animals |10 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 4 |Songs That Inspire |"Earth Song" |Michael Jackson |2 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Leiber & Stoller Songbook |"I (Who Have Nothing)" |Ben E. King |5 |- |rowspan="3"|Top 3 |Contestant's Choice |"What Is and What Should Never Be" |Led Zeppelin |3 |rowspan="3"|Eliminated |- |Jimmy Iovine's Choice |"Rhiannon" |Fleetwood Mac |6 |- |Judges' Choice |"You Oughta Know" |Alanis Morissette |9 |} When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Reinhart was among the Bottom 3 but declared safe second, as Ashthon Jones was eliminated. When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Reinhart was among the Bottom 3 but declared safe second, as Karen Rodriguez was eliminated. Due to the judges using their one save on Casey Abrams, the Top 11 remained intact for another week, when two contestants were eliminated. Reinhart was saved first from elimination.

Post-''Idol''

After her elimination, Reinhart had reportedly signed to Interscope Records, as per the implication of ''AI'' executive producer and director Nigel Lythgoe's tweet, which read: "Jimmy played me a song for Haley's record yesterday. Let's hope all the people that are professing love buy it and give her a great start."

On May 28, 2011, Reinhart and the other ''American Idol'' top 4 performed at the opening of the new Microsoft Store at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Georgia.

On June 2, 2011, Reinhart was interviewed on ''Live with Regis and Kelly''. She performed "House of The Rising Sun" on the show.

On June 17, 2011, TVLine released an interview between Reinhart and Michael Slezak. They discussed her life before ''Idol'', her "cannon fodder" edit on the show, her unfair treatment by the judges, her unique song choices that became known as "some of the best on ''Idol'' ever", and her future. Slezak crowned her TVLine's favorite Season 10 contestant and thanked her for "kicking ass" and being "a risk-taker and awesome". In less than a week, the article became the most commented on article on the website.

Reinhart is currently being managed by Red Light Management, alongside fellow ''Idol'' season ten contestants Pia Toscano and James Durbin.

Reinhart, along with the rest of the Top 11, are touring the country as a part of the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011, which started on July 6 in West Valley City, Utah and will end on September 10 in Rochester, New York.

Reinhart, along with fellow contestants Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, and James Durbin, released a Walmart Exclusive EP with her highlights from season 10 on American Idol. The tracks feature some of her popular performances such as "House of the Rising Sun" and "Bennie and the Jets" as well as a previously unreleased recording of "You Oughta Know".

On July 26, 2011, it was confirmed that Reinhart signed to Interscope Records. Reinhart will release her debut album through Interscope Records. Reinhart stated that "she will not work on her album until after the Idols Live Tour 2011 is finished, this way, she can truly focus on her material and make the album her best work possible.

On August 16, 2011, Reinhart was an artist featured in the Huffington Post's article entitled "15 New, Young Artists On The Rise".

Discography

Singles

None

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chartpositions		Sales
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''American Idol Season 10Highlights: Haley Reinhart''		* Release date: June 28, 2011	* Label: Haley Reinhart on ''[[American Idol">19 Entertainment	* Format: CD, digital download	37	75		* US: 54,000

References

External links

Haley Reinhart on ''[[American Idol''

Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:American Idol participants Category:American female singers Category:Musicians from Illinois

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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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