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Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, Leno was chosen in 1992 to replace Johnny Carson as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show; Leno hosted The Tonight Show until September 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host and Leno started a primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET, also on…
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2026· 16 entries
Published video “Leno Drives the $18 Million Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder Ferris Bueller Car! | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “1930 Packard Victoria Speedster | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Ask the man who owns one... | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Nothing runs like a Packard | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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MyNewsLA.com: Jay Leno to Register Wife’s Conservatorship in New Hampshire
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Yahoo: Tracee Ellis Ross Says Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ Dismissed ‘Girlfriends’ and Asks if Racism Was Why
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Yahoo: Tracee Ellis Ross blasts Jay Leno for late-night show snub at the height of ‘Girlfriends’: ‘Is it just racism?’
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TV Insider: Tracee Ellis Ross Calls Out Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ Turning Her Down: ‘Is It Just Racism?’
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AOL: Jay Leno’s classic car bill crosses key milestone — will momentum continue?
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Published video “Speedometer isn't top speed... | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Storied Brands: Pontiac | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Miata on steroids | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Solstice Origins | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Potential V6 in a Solstice | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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Published video “Keeping the Solstice under 20K | Jay Leno's Garage”.
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2024· 6 entries
Leno broke his right wrist, including tearing the fingernail off his right index finger, and sustained several bruises on his left side, acquiring a periorbital hematoma after he accidentally tripped while walking to go
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Snopes rated the claim “Jay Leno signed a multi-million dollar deal with CBS in late June 2024 for a "non-woke" late night show.” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Jay Leno signed a $1 billion deal with CBS in March 2024 for a late night show airing opposite Jimmy Kimmel's time slot.” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “A viral post in early 2024 accurately claimed CBS had signed a $1 billion contract to bring back Jay Leno as a late-night host to compete with Jimmy Kimmel.” Labeled Satire.
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It was disclosed that Mavis Leno was suffering from an advanced form of dementia when the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Jay Leno conservatorship of the couple's joint estate as she experiences periods of disorientat
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In 2024, it was disclosed that Mavis Leno was suffering from an advanced form of dementia when the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Jay Leno conservatorship of the couple's joint estate as she experiences periods of disorientation and at times does not know who her husband is or her own date of birth.
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2023· 2 entries
Sustained multiple broken bones after falling off a motorcycle
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Leno returned to NBC to appear as a celebrity guest judge on the two-episode season finale of Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge
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2022· 2 entries
Leno suffered "serious burns" to his face and hands when a vehicle at his Los Angeles garage burst into flames
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As of November 2022, Leno sponsored two scholarships at McPherson College.
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Jay Leno married a man.” False.
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2020· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “Jay Leno Lifelong Republican and Trump Supporter Dead at 71” Death Hoax.
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2019· 1 entry
Leno was a guest judge on season 14 of America's Got Talent where he pressed the Golden Buzzer for opera singer Emanne Beasha
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2015· 2 entries
“I always considered Israel as not only the only democracy in the Middle East, I think it”
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Although he had appeared with Letterman along with Winfrey in a Late Show commercial airing during Super Bowl XLIV in 2010
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2014· 4 entries
Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2014).
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With guests Billy Crystal (who was the first guest on the first version of Leno's show), musical guest Garth Brooks, and surprise guests Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Jim Parsons, Sheryl Crow, Chris Paul, Carol Burnett and
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And the show returned as a primetime series on the cable channel from 2015 until 2022
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Received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Emerson College, where he also delivered the commencement speech
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2013· 1 entry
NBC announced that Leno would leave The Tonight Show in spring 2014, with Jimmy Fallon as his designated successor
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series (2011).
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2010· 3 entries
Variety reported that total viewership for Leno's Tonight Show had dropped from 5 million to 4 million for the second quarter of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009
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Multiple media outlets reported that beginning March 1, 2010, Leno would move from his 10 p
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“Brien to take over without incident. At the time, Leno said he did not want O”
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2009· 2 entries
Leno checked himself in to a hospital with an undisclosed illness
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Donated $100,000 to a scholarship fund at Salem State College (later Salem State University) in honor of Lennie Sogoloff, who gave Leno his start at his jazz club, Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike
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2008· 1 entry
It was reported that Leno would remain on NBC and move to a new hour-long show at 10 p
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2004· 2 entries
Conan O'Brien signed a contract with NBC to become the show's host in 2009, replacing Leno at that time
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Leno signed a contract extension with NBC to retain him as host of The Tonight Show until 2009
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2001· 1 entry
And his wife donated $100,000 to the Feminist Majority Foundation's campaign to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan, to educate the public regarding the plight of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule
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1993· 1 entry
During his first season as host of The Tonight Show, Leno's mother died at the age of 82; and the next year, his father died at 84
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1992· 2 entries
Replaced Carson as host amid controversy with David Letterman, who had been hosting Late Night with David Letterman since 1982 (which aired after The Tonight Show), and whom many—including Carson himself—expected to b
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To replace Johnny Carson as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show; Leno hosted The Tonight Show until September 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host and Leno started a primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which aire
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1990· 1 entry
“Well, there's nothing funnier to me than the French. The French Resistance is probably the biggest mythical joke that ever existed. There were four guys in the French Resistance. They couldn't hand over the Jewish people fast enough. Oh, please, don't tell me about the French. The French have all sorts of secret deals with Saddam and everybody else for two cents a liter. It's an easy target.”
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1988· 1 entry
Received a contract extension with NBC itself
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1986· 1 entry
Leno was a regular substitute host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show
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1984· 1 entry
Has raised nearly $14 million for charities benefiting muscular dystrophy research, Autism Speaks, and in 2001, the September 11 attacks recovery
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-04-28.
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