birth name	Robert Gerard Goulet
birth date	November 26, 1933
birth place	Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
death date	October 30, 2007
death place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
nationality	American
education	Victoria Composite High School
alma mater	The Royal Conservatory of Music
occupation	Singer, actor, television actor
years active	1952-2007
spouse	Louise Longmore (1956-1963) Carol Lawrence (1963-1981) Vera Novak (1982-2007)
website	http://www.robertgoulet.com }}

Robert Gerard Goulet (November 26, 1933 – October 30, 2007) was a Canadian American entertainer as a singer and actor. He is probably best known for originating the role of Lancelot in the 1960 Broadway musical ''Camelot'' and his numerous appearances in Las Vegas.

Life and career

Early life

Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the only son of French Canadian parents Jeanette Gauthier and Joseph Georges André Goulet, a laborer. Through his father he was a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier as well as Jacques Goulet. Shortly after his father's death, 13-year-old Robert moved with his mother and sister Claire to Girouxville, Alberta, and he spent his formative years in Canada.

Due to the Canadian citizenship law at the time, Goulet was not awarded Canadian citizenship despite his Canadian parents, making him a Lost Canadian. A 2008 law allowed him to retroactively be rewarded citizenship, but he died before it was received.

Goulet's rise to fame started at the age of five when his aunts and uncles blackened his face with burnt cork and prompted him to do Al Jolson impressions. Though his performance was well-received by his relatives, the experience was deeply traumatic for the young Goulet, and left him with performance anxiety which plagued him for many years. Despite this stage fright, Goulet was encouraged by his parents to continue performing.

After living in Girouxville, Alberta, for several years, they moved to the provincial capital of Edmonton to take advantage of the performance opportunities offered in the city. There, he attended the famous voice schools founded by Herbert G. Turner and Jean Letourneau, and later became a radio announcer for radio station CKUA. Upon graduating from Victoria Composite high school, Goulet received a scholarship to The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. There, he studied voice with famed oratorio baritones, George Lambert and Ernesto Vinci.

In 1952, he competed in CBC Television's ''Pick The Stars,'' ultimately making the semifinals. This led to other network appearances on shows like ''Singing Stars of Tomorrow,'' ''Opportunity Knocks'', and the Canadian version of ''Howdy Doody'' in which he starred opposite William Shatner.

Rise to stardom

In 1959, Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot in their stage production ''Camelot''. Lerner and Loewe, impressed by Goulet's talent, signed the virtual newcomer to play the part, opposite Richard Burton (King Arthur) and Julie Andrews (Queen Guenevere).

''Camelot'' opened in Toronto in October 1960. It then played a four-week engagement in Boston, and finally opened on Broadway two months later. Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his show-stopping romantic ballad, "If Ever I Would Leave You" which would become his signature song. After the run of ''Camelot'', Goulet appeared on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' and ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', which made him a household name among American audiences. On December 7, 1962, Goulet made a memorable appearance on ''The Jack Paar Show'' with Judy Garland to promote their animated film ''Gay Puree''. He also would win a Grammy Award as Best New Artist in 1962. In the western Big Valley he played a preacher named "Brother Love".

On May 25, 1965, Goulet mangled the lyrics to the United States National Anthem at the opening of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston heavyweight championship fight in Lewiston, Maine. Goulet had never sung the anthem in public before, and replaced the lyric "dawn's early light" with "dawn's early night". The gaffe was reported in newspapers nationwide the next morning, and Goulet was criticized in opinion columns for a lack of knowledge of the lyrics. Goulet also had his biggest pop hit in this year, when his single "My Love, Forgive Me" reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1966, Goulet starred as a double agent in the short-lived ABC World War II television series, ''Blue Light''.

Entertainment career

In 1968, Goulet was on Broadway in the Kander and Ebb musical ''The Happy Time'' and won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for his role. In 2005, he starred in the Broadway revival of Jerry Herman's ''La Cage aux Folles''. Goulet began a recording career with Columbia Records in 1962, which resulted in more than 40 best selling albums.

He also toured in several musicals, including ''Camelot'' as King Arthur, ''Man of La Mancha'', Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''South Pacific'', Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Carousel'', where he portrayed Billy Bigelow, a role he also played in 1967 in a made-for-television adaptation of the musical. This version aired only a year after the first telecast of the 1956 film version on ABC.

He also starred in a 1966 television version of ''Brigadoon'', which won several Emmy Awards), and ''Kiss Me Kate'' in 1968, opposite his then-wife Carol Lawrence. All three were produced by Goulet's company Rogo Productions and aired on ABC, but none have been rebroadcast since the 1960s or released on video. All three were recorded on videotape rather than film.

Goulet guest starred on ''The Lucy Show'' in 1967 as himself and two additional characters who entered a Robert Goulet look-alike contest. In 1972, he played a lead villain in the season finale of TV's original ''Mission: Impossible''. Goulet was featured in a two-part episode of the TV series Alice furing the 1981 season, again playing himself. The plot involves Mel and the girls winning a free trip to Las Vegas, and while there, losing his diner in a gambling spree. Alice plans to impersonate Robert Goulet in an effort to persuade the casino owner to return the diner to Mel. The real Goulet appears and sings a duet with the (much shorter) fake Robert Goulet portrayed by Alice.

Goulet's first film performance was released in 1962: the UPA (United Productions of America) animated musical feature ''Gay Purr-ee'', in which he provided the voice of the male lead character, 'Jaune Tom', opposite the female lead character, 'Mewsette', voiced by Judy Garland. His first non-singing role was in ''Honeymoon Hotel'' (1964), but it was not until a cameo appearance as a singer in Louis Malle's film, ''Atlantic City'' (1980) that Goulet was given critical acclaim. He recorded the song "Atlantic City (My Old Friend)" for Applause Records in 1981.

In 1988, he was cast by Tim Burton as a houseguest blown through the roof by ''Beetlejuice'' and also played himself in Bill Murray's ''Scrooged'' (both 1988). He performed the Canadian national anthem to open "WrestleMania VI" at Skydome in Toronto, Ontario in 1990.

In 1991, Goulet starred, with John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold television series pilot ''Acting Sheriff''. That same year, he appeared as Quentin Hapsburg, opposite Leslie Nielsen, in the comedy film ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear''. This followed a cameo in the 1982 TV series ''Police Squad''. In the episode "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)", as "Special Guest Star", he died by firing squad during the opening credits. The television series spawned ''The Naked Gun'' film series.

In 1992, Goulet made an uncredited appearance as the piano player who suffers agonizing injuries in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video for "You Don't Love Me Anymore". That same year, Goulet guest-starred as country music singer Eddie Larren in an episode of the TV series ''In the Heat of the Night'' entitled "When the Music Stopped."

He starred as King Arthur in "Camelot" in a 1992 national tour and returned to Broadway in 1993 with the same production.

In 1993, he played himself in the ''The Simpsons'' episode "$pringfield". In that episode, Bart Simpson booked him into his own casino (actually Bart's treehouse), where he sang "Jingle Bells (Batman Smells)".

In 1996, he appeared in Ellen DeGeneres' first starring vehicle, ''Mr. Wrong'', as an insecure TV host and returned to Broadway again in ''Moon Over Buffalo'' co-starring Lynn Redgrave.

Goulet also provided the singing voice of Wheezy the penguin in the Vegas-style finale of the 1999 Pixar film, ''Toy Story 2''; singing a new version of ''You've Got a Friend in Me''. In 2000, he played himself on two episodes of the Robert Smigel series ''TV Funhouse''; as a sort-of mentor to the show's animal puppet troupe, he was the only character who had the respect of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Goulet also appeared in the Disney animated series ''Recess'', as the singing voice for Mikey Blumberg, and in the film ''Recess: School's Out''.

Other work

In 1978, he sang "You Light Up My Life" at the Miss Universe Pageant to the five finalists. Goulet played Don Quixote in the 1997—98 U.S. national tour of ''Man of La Mancha'' and recorded the theme song for the talk show ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' in 2003.

Goulet was also featured in an Emerald Nuts advertising campaign in 2006, starring in a television commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XL and maintained a consistent presence up until his death. Also in 2006, Goulet appeared in an episode ("Sold'y Locks") of ''The King of Queens'' as himself.

Personal life

Goulet and his first wife Louise Longmore had one daughter, Nicolette (died April 17, 2008). He had two sons, Christopher and Michael by his second wife, actress/singer Carol Lawrence. In 1982, he married Vera Novak artist/writer in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born in Macedonia-Yugoslavia and was his business partner and manager. Goulet sang the U.S. National Anthem on Friday, August 8, 2003, when Vera Goulet was sworn-in as a citizen of the United States in Las Vegas.

In 2006, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. He always wanted dual citizenship and in the last year of his life, sought Canadian citizenship with the help of Alberta Senator Tommy Banks.

On September 30, 2007, Goulet was hospitalized in Las Vegas, where he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare but rapidly progressive and potentially fatal condition. On October 13, 2007, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after it was determined he would not survive without an emergency lung transplant. Goulet died on October 30, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, while awaiting a lung transplant, and was cremated. Goulet was less than a month shy of his 74th birthday.

Legacy

Goulet was often subject to parody in multiple Saturday Night Live skits in which he was portrayed by comedian Will Ferrell. In one segment Will Ferrell, portraying Goulet, performed multiple songs from a farce compilation album titled Coconut Bangers Ball: It's A Rap! Ferrell performed Big Poppa by Notorious Big, as well as the Thong Song by Sisqo, in a mock crooning style similar to that of Goulet.

Hit singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
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1962		89	-
1963		132	-
		16	2
	131	-
		110	-
	58	14
	118	5
	119	13
		-	28
	-	37
	-	22
	-	15
		-	20
	-	33
	-	29
		-	33
	-	26
	-	17
1969		-	33

Discography

Columbia Records (except as noted):

''Always You'', 1962

''Two of Us'', 1962

''Sincerely Yours'', 1962

''The Wonderful World of Love'', 1963

''Annie Get Your Gun'', studio cast, with Doris Day, 1963

''Robert Goulet in Person: Recorded Live in Concert'', 1963

''This Christmas I Spend with You'', 1963

''Without You'', 1964

''Manhattan Tower'', 1964

''My Love, Forgive Me'', 1964 (#22 Canada)

''Summer Sounds'', 1965

''Begin to Love'', 1965

''On Broadway'', 1965

''I Remember You'', 1966

''Travelin' On Tour, 1966

''On Broadway Volume 2'', 1967

''Hollywood Mon Amour'', 1967

''Woman, Woman'', 1968

''Both Sides Now'' 1968

''Souvenir D'Italie'' 1969

''Come Back To Sorrento'' 1969

''Robert Goulet's Greatest Hits'' 1969

''Today's Greatest Hits'', 1970

''I Wish You Love'', 1970

''I Never Did as I Was Told'', MGM Records, 1971

''Robert Goulet's Wonderful World of Christmas'', 1972

''After All Is Said and Done'', Artists of America, 1976

''Close to You'', Applause Records, 1982

''16 Most Requested Songs'', Columbia/Legacy, 1989

''In Love'', Sony Music Distribution, 1995

''36 All-Time Favorites'', GSC/Sony Special Products, 2001

''Robert Goulet Collection'', 2004

''In a Mellow Mood'', United Audio Entertainment, 2005

Filmography

''Gay Purr-ee'' (1962) (voice)

''Honeymoon Hotel'' (1964)

''I'd Rather Be Rich'' (1964)

''The Daydreamer'' (1966) (voice)

''I Deal in Danger'' (1966)

''Muhammad Ali, The Greatest'' (1969) (documentary)

''Underground'' (1970)

''Atlantic City'' (1980)

''Beetlejuice'' (1988)

''Scrooged'' (1988)

''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991)

''Mr. Wrong'' (1996)

''The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story'' (1996) (documentary)

''Toy Story 2'' (1999) (voice)

''Two Guys and a Girl'' (1999) (himself)

''The Last Producer'' (2000)

''G-Men from Hell'' (2000)

''Recess: School's Out'' (2001) (voice)

''Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street'' (2001) (voice) (direct-to-video)

''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There'' (2003) (documentary)

Stage Appearances

''Visit to a Small Planet'' (1951)

''Thunder Rock'' (1951)

''Sunshine Town'' (1951)

''Spring Thaw'' (1955–1957)

''Carousel'' (1956)

''The Pajama Game'' (1956)

''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1956)

''Finian's Rainbow'' (1956)

''South Pacific'' (1956)

''The Pajama Game'' (1957–1958)

''The Optimist'' (1957)

''The Beggar's Opera'' (1958)

''Bells Are Ringing'' (1959)

''Dream Girl'' (1959)

''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (1960)

''Carousel'' (1960)

''Camelot'' (cast member from December 3, 1960 - October 8, 1962) (replaced by Robert Peterson)

''The Happy Time'' (January 18 - September 28, 1968)

''I Do! I Do!'' (1970–1971)

''Camelot'' (1975)

''Carousel'' (1979)

''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' (1980–1981)

''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1981)

''South Pacific'' (1986–1989)

''The Fantasticks'' (1990)

''Camelot'' (1992–1994)

''Man of La Mancha'' (1996–1997)

''Moon Over Buffalo'' (1996) (replacement for Philip Bosco)

''South Pacific'' (2002)

''La Cage aux Folles'' (2005) (replacement for Daniel Davis)

References

External links

Robert Goulet official website

Robert Goulet Discography at Starpulse

Robert Goulet's Coda from E! News Online

Obituary in ''The Times'', 1 November 2007

American Mustache Institute award, the Robert Goulet Mustached American of the Year"

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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, Stand up
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Black comedy, Satire, Deadpan
subject	American politics, Celebrities, Everyday life, Sex
influences	David Letterman
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2002; 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 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. 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 in 2010. 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.

He has been asked to host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards which will air on September 23, 2012, marking his first time hosting the event.

Kimmel hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2012.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then girlfriend, 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.

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 No. 2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

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