Jimmy Fallon

Aspiring comedians, consider yourselves warned: Make fun of Bruce Jenner at your own peril. As both Jimmy Fallon and Joel McHale have learned the hard way, the Olympic decathlete and Kardashian stepdad doesn't take too kindly to cracks about his frighteningly taut visage. The subject came up Thursday on “Late Night,” when McHale was discussing a run-in with Kris Jenner earlier in the day backstage at “The View.” She scolded him for running in fear from her family, presumably to avoid awkward encounters with the very people he ridicules so often on “The Soup.” But the “Community” star stuck up for himself, claiming that he's “deathly afraid” of Bruce Jenner for a number of reasons.

It's hardly certain that Jimmy Fallon will emcee next year's Oscars, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been talking to the talk show host about taking over Hollywood's biggest awards show. He would replace Billy Crystal, who received mixed marks for his Oscar work earlier this year. It wouldn't be Fallon's first brush with such a gig. The comedian hosted 2010's Emmy Awards, and the notices were positive. While the Academy Awards have often used movie stars in the hosting role -- sorry to remind you of James Franco and Anne Hathaway -- there's a rich tradition of tapping TV personalities, a list that includes Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Jon Stewart.

It looks as if Jimmy Fallon won't be presiding at the Dolby Theatre after all. On Wednesday, the late-night host went on “Today” in London to say he will not be hosting the Academy Awards in 2013, essentially confirming a Times report on Tuesday that talks between him and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have stalled. "No, I'm not going to do the Oscars," Fallon told “Today” co-host Matt Lauer, who seemed to be surprised by the response. "It's an honor to be asked by the academy, but it's not my year.

There is both a Facebook page and a Twitter page dedicated to promoting the idea of NBC late-night star Jimmy Fallon as an Oscar host. But its hard to imagine ABC letting this happen without a fight. That's because ABC has its own late night host in Jimmy Kimmel, who competes with Fallon. Kimmel is hosting the Emmy Awards on ABC this year and thus wouldn't be able to do the Oscars anyway, but that doesn't mean the network wants his chief rival to get the gig. TIMELINES: Oscars 1929-2012 The idea of Fallon as host sprung from Tom Sherak, whose term as president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences recently ended.

After weeks of speculation, NBC confirmed today that Jimmy Fallon will succeed Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” in the spring of 2014. As part of the switch from Leno to Fallon, “The Tonight Show” will move from Burbank to New York City. Leno has served as host of “The Tonight Show” for more than two decades and has been in first place in the ratings during much of that run. Fallon, who hosts the show that currently follows Leno, recently signed a new deal with NBC. No replacement for Fallon has been named but there is talk that Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live” is the leading candidate.

Justin Timberlake is heading back to "Saturday Night Live" to perform and host for the fifth time! Mother lovers, rejoice! The singer-actor will appear on "SNL" on March 9, he confirmed on his Stipple page Thursday. Timberlake has been a crowd-pleasing and critical favorite on the sketch show and even won four Primetime Emmys for his previous runs. He's also cameoed in some of Andy Samberg's Lonely Island shorts. "... in a box," anyone? PHOTOS: Best & worst moments from the 2013 Grammy Awards Following his "SNL" appearance, the crooner will do a full week's worth of performances and "chatting" with Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" during the week of March 11 to 15. Might we see another history of rap on the show?

The page was barely loaded on my colleague Nicole Sperling's scoop about Jimmy Fallon potentially hosting the Oscars when the debate began. On one side: those who asked why the film world couldn't find one of its own to preside over moviedom's biggest night. On the other: those who pointed out that a personality who simultaneously holds the room and a TV audience five times a week is best suited to do the same for one of the country's most-watched live TV shows. There are arguments for each side.

Being the king of late-night TV isn't as valuable as it once was. If Jimmy Fallon takes over for Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" (when it comes to Leno and succession, it's always better to use "if" and not "when"), he will be taking over real estate that has seen its value drop tremendously over the last several years. Advertising for NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" has fallen by more than 40% since 2007, according to Kanter Media, an industry consulting firm.

Comedian Jimmy Fallon is in talks to host the Oscars in February, with “Saturday Night Live” veteran Lorne Michaels producing,  three people with knowledge of the discussions said. ABC has raised objections to having the late-night star from rival NBC play emcee on its Oscar broadcast, these people said, but the network has no authority to veto the choice of host. The show is put on by the Motion Picture Academy, and Tom Sherak initiated the discussions before his term as academy president ended on Tuesday, according to the people who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Now that Conan O'Brien has come to rest, presumably for more than seven months, as the host of a TBS talk show, it seems like a good time to take another look at the person who replaced him, and I don't mean Jay Leno. One year and nine months ago Jimmy Fallon ? who, like O'Brien, was touched by the hand of Lorne, and I do mean Michaels ? followed O'Brien into the "Late Night" chair previously vacated by David Letterman. FOR THE RECORD: Jimmy Fallon: A headline on the cover of last Sunday's Calendar section referred to Jimmy Fallon's "Late Show.