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Jimmy Kimmel’s Tearful Tribute To Uncle Frank Will Destroy You

Get ready for your mid-morning cry sesh, folks. Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional return to his late night show last night following the death of his beloved Uncle Frank Potenza on August 23rd. Frank had been a mainstay on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! since it’s debut back in 2003, often acting as the most hilarious part of the comedy sketches. And like a good nephew, Jimmy paid a touching a teary tribute to his uncle in the opening monologue. And it will have you crying harder than Beaches and My Girl combined.

“Listen, I’m gonna try to do this without crying, but I’m probably gonna fail,” he told the audience. “But just turn away or something, because it’s embarrassing. It really is.” He then launched into his favorite Frank anecdotes, including the former police man’s desire to live to 103 and become to oldest retired cop on record. “Not because he wanted to set a record or be in the paper,” Jimmy clarified, “he just wanted to stick them for another 25 years of pension checks.” A man after our own heart. “Uncle Frank loved being a part of this show…He loved you,” said the visibly emotional host. “And thanks to all of you who came to the show and watched, for indulging me and letting me put my crazy uncle on television.”

Jimmy then rolled a montage of Frank’s greatest TV moments, set to the tune “My Way” by that other Frank, Frank Sinatra. Excuse us for a moment, we seem to have something in our eye…*tear*

Jimmy Kimmel’s Uncle Frank Passes Away

Such sad news to report. Lovely Uncle Frank Potenza from Jimmy Kimmel Live! died early yesterday morning. The silver haired guard was a staple on the show featuring in many comedic sketches. He was only 77 when he passed away and details around the cause of death have not yet been released. ABC‘s statement reads, “It is with great sadness that the staff and crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ mourn the loss of ‘Uncle Frank’ Potenza. He was beloved by his co-workers and considered an uncle to all. His kindness and humor will be missed by everyone he touched.”

Before working on Jimmy Kimmel‘s — his nephew — show, Frank spent 2 decades as an NYC police officer. Kimmel tweeted, “thank you for your kind words about a very kind man – my Uncle Frank – who passed away this morning.”

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Charlie Sheen Kisses Jimmy Kimmel, Is Going To Need A Psych Evaluation

We aren’t saying Charlie Sheen kissing Jimmy Kimmel last night and Sheen needing a psych evaluation to see his sons are in any way related. We’re just saying as far as we know, very few celebrities will have to undergo both in their lifetime (hope you’re still doing well, Sarah Silverman!). “You lips are very moist,” Sheen tells Kimmel after dashing in and smooching him passionately during a Mark Cuban interview. After running through the audience handing out his merchandise, Sheen gifts Kimmel a mug with two cartoon foxes taped to the side, seemingly a reference to Sheen’s rumored Fox project. We’d say even fewer people can add a Fox show to their ever-growing stockpile of insane projects, but knowing that channel, it’s probably roughly the same.

As if that video isn’t enough evidence already, Sheen undergoing psychiatric examination was only a matter of time, regardless of Charlie’s latest clean drug test. According a source reporting to RadarOnline, “Charlie must submit to a mental health evaluation with a licensed professional before he can see Bob and Max. Charlie won’t see the boys until he sees a psychiatrist, that is someone neutral, that hasn’t previously treated him.” Sheen hasn’t submitted for a test yet; we’re assuming it’s because he’s too busy printing out pictures of foxes and pasting them to his dishware. Another thing so few famous people are doing these days…

Jimmy Kimmel Live-Tweets His Tsunami Evacuation

As we have been constantly reminded in the past couple months, Twitter is good for more than just brainstorming dirty movie titles. For example, earlier today Jimmy Kimmel tweeted his tsunami evacuation. When the late night host first cracked, “Suddenly, relaxing on an island in the South Pacific isn’t so relaxing anymore. Good thing I brought my aqua stilts,” many of his followers though he was making a tasteless joke. Um, we’re really sorry about that, Mr. Kimmel. It turns out Jimmy was actually in an area that could be affected by the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. “I am on an island in French Polynesia, glued to CNN,” Kimmel tweeted, saying on a fear scale of 1 to 10, he was “a good solid 7. on a small island, with no high ground.” Finally this morning, Jimmy confirmed, “we are evacuating the island. dogspeed.” Wow, makes our tweets to @McDonalds to have the McRib year-round seems even more insignificant than they already were.

Kimmel wasn’t the only one tweeting about their weather-related predicaments. The cast of Breaking Dawn were evacuated from Vancouver Island in British Columbia, while the cast of Hawaii Five-O reported that they are alright according to a tweet from star Daniel Dae Kim. “Back at work, bleary eyed & heartsick, but very grateful. As far as I know, everyone is safe. Thx 2 all of you 4 your kind thoughts. Truly,” he wrote. We hope everyone affected stays safe and, Jimmy, we’ll do our best to get #SorryWeAssumedYouWeBeingAJerk to start trending.

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Cameron Diaz Praises Porn, Pot In Movies And In Real Life

The R-rated trailer for the upcoming film Bad Teacher was released yesterday and in it, Cameron Diaz plays a character with a foul-mouth, a love for pot, and a lust for Justin Timberlake. So basically she plays herself from five years ago, and the only thing that’s changed is that now instead of Timberlake, she lusts after Alex Rodriguez in real life.

Diaz’s fictional alter ego discusses sex pretty frankly, too, which is also something else Diaz herself is known for. This week in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Diaz talked about her love of porn, specifically while she’s staying in hotels. Diaz said “I love porn! You know what I love about hotels? How discreet they are. I love that they always give you that little thing at the bottom— ‘Your room will be charged the same as any other room, no titles will be used.’ It’s great.” What can we say, at least she gets points for honesty. Besides, a girl has to unwind somehow—it’s tough constantly monitoring your boyfriend’s popcorn consumption.

Jimmy Kimmel Shaves Justin Bieber’s Head

Justin Bieber‘s been a fiend promoting the premiere of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, hitting the red carpet and showing up all over the late night dial the last few weeks. In his most desperate move yet, Justin let Jimmy Kimmel shave off the Bieber hair helmet on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (ok, the singer just put on a scary enough skullcap). “Now they will just focus on my beautiful silky smooth lyrics,” said Bieber. Not to mention his disturbing resemblance to Bill Hader’s James Carville impression! “I think the girls are going to be upset,” admitted Bieber. “But you know, they’ll get over it.” Oddly, it sure sounded like Bieber didn’t get Kimmel’s “you look like a young Lex Luthor” reference. Are we sure he’s a real teenage boy?

Though Kimmel tried to encourage Bieber—”Britney Spears did this once and it worked out great for her”—we have a feeling this look won’t be around for long. So check out the gallery and enjoy it while it lasts.

Jimmy Kimmel F—s Matt Damon At The CCMAs

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Jimmy Kimmel never brought up Sarah Silverman‘s “I’m F—ing Matt Damon” video when he and a four-eyed Emily Blunt presented Damon with the Joel Siegel Award at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, but it was clearly on his mind. Mocking Damon’s charitable work, cracking “have another Evian, Mr. Water.Org” and generally being a boor, Kimmel had the room laughing in disbelief. And when Damon said he had no idea why Jimmy was there in his acceptance speech, Jimmy charged out of the room furiously. Too bad Silverman was backstage (having already been cursed out by co-presenter Joan Rivers on-air), and didn’t get to watch from the audience.

Alyson Hannigan Trashes Jay Leno At Comedy Forum

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We knew we loved Alyson Hannigan for more than just her stint as Buffy’s trusty sidekick Willow Rosenberg. Hannigan also seems to be on Team CoCo or, more accurately, not on Team Leno. Though she tried to be discreet about it, while she spoke at a Women in Comedy forum, Hannigan made no bones about her dislike for Jay Leno‘s late night hosting style.

The forum was moderated by Jimmy Kimmel, and when Hannigan was asked what the trick is to being a good guest on a late night show she explained “Certain hosts have you do your pre-interview and then you have to go on the show and retell every story verbatim or you’re not coming back. Every show is different that way.” When asked to name names, she said “I’m not saying, but it’s not Jimmy’s. And that’s really intimidating to have it be a big deal if you, like, switch around your punchline or whatever. There are a lot of other hosts where it’s OK to tell this story or that story, and if it veers off it’s fine because the host is secure enough to go with you, and vice-versa.” Even though she didn’t name this insecure host outright, later when Kimmel was asked his thoughts on the Tonight Show host, he replied “Slam Leno? Oh, uh, I think Alyson just did.”

Sounds like even though Conan O’Brien might have moved on from his late-night feud, there’s some anti-Leno ginger solidarity in Hollywood.

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Jon Hamm, Julianne Moore, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger And More To Present At CCMAs

We’ve only got a few more days until the 16th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards airs live on VH1 and, as you’ll see below, the confirmed guest list is really starting to come together. Be sure to tune in on Friday night at 9pm ET to catch some of film and television’s biggest stars!

JON HAMM, JULIANNE MOORE, JOSH BROLIN, SOFIA VERGARA, KEVIN SPACEY AND EMMA STONE ARE AMONG THE MANY PRESENTERS AT THE 16th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS CEREMONY

EMILY BLUNT AND JIMMY KIMMEL TO PRESENT MATT DAMON WITH THE JOEL SIEGEL AWARD

AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON VH1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 9:00 PM ET/PT

(SANTA MONICA, CA – January 12, 2011) — This year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will feature an array of presenters including Hank Azaria, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Rob Huebel, the Kardashians (Khloe, Kim & Kourtney), Jimmy Kimmel, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Moore, Joan Rivers, Tim Roth, Paul Scheer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Spacey, Emma Stone and Sofia Vergara. Maroon 5 will also be on hand as this year’s house band performing during the show as well as the live pre-show. The 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will air live on VH1 on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT from the Hollywood Palladium.

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Coco Apologizes For Accidentally Stealing Jimmy Kimmel’s Rudolph Joke

It takes a strong man to admit he’s wrong, but it takes an even stronger one to admit that he might have accidentally ripped off Jimmy Kimmel. Earlier today Conan O’Brien apologized for copying Jimmy Kimmel’s Rudolph video in a web-exclusive message he posted to his TeamCoco site. While both bits involved Sarah Palin gunning down the beloved Christmas icon, Coco’s video aired this past Wednesday and Jimmy’s video premiered two weeks ago. In all honesty, Conan could do a entire word-for-word reenactment of Wayne’s World and we wouldn’t care, but it is nice of him to clear the air.

Conan’s version of Rudolph’s untimely demise has since been removed from the show’s website, but Jimmy’s Kimmel Kartoon is still viewable online. What do you think? Is this case of unintentional plagiarism, or just a really easy joke? Given that former Governor Palin did shoot a reindeer on her reality show Sarah Palin’s Alaska, and has proudly talked about devouring delicious caribou and moose, we’re going to assume it’s the latter. More importantly, would Sarah Palin eat Rudolph if given the opportunity and/or proper ammunition? Our guess is: probably.