Matt Damon Takes Over Jimmy Kimmel Live

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For years now, Jimmy Kimmel has ended his show by apologizing to Matt Damon. It seems that they're always just running out of time before the actor can come on for an interview.

Well now Matt Damon has had his revenge. On the night of Thursday, Jan. 24, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had Damon as a guest for the first time. Only that's not exactly what happened...

As the above clip shows, Damon wasn't just on the show to chat. He was there for revenge. 

And oh, it was sweet! From Matt Damon's clever hosting skills (if that whole movie career goes kaput, he definitely has a second career in late night) to the all-star testimonials (Oprah! De Niro! Jimmy Kimmel's parents!) to a couch filled with Oscar nominees and winners, everything on the night of "Jimmy Kimmel Sucks!" was perfect.

Just like Matt Damon himself, when you think about it. As for Jimmy Kimmel, he spent the entire show bound and gagged in the background.

What were the highlights of Damon's night of glory?

"I am Luke Skywalker and he is the Death Star. Big and round and easily destroyed through his garbage hole." -- Matt Damon

"Hey Jimmy, have you heard the joke about Lindsay Lohan? Because I have -- 1205 times." -- Matt Damon

Guillermo was replaced by Andy Garcia. No one commits to a role like Andy Garcia. No one.

Sheryl Crow -- also there to debut a new single -- took over as band leader.

A brief moment of Jimmy-praise turned out to be written on cue cards held by none other than Ben Affleck. If that weren't funny enough, Damon's response of "He doesn't even love you like I love you!" was perfection personified.

Although Damon was funny enough, there's something amazing about inviting Robin Williams to finish the opening monologue.

The reason for Kimmel's hatred of Damon? Supposedly, they've tried out for all the same parts. And Damon had the audition tapes from "Good Will Hunting," "Happy Feet 2," "Stuck on You" and more.


"I'm F**king Matt Damon!!!"


"How you doing over there, Jimmy? I'm just kidding, I don't care." -- Matt Damon

The guest couch, at one point, held Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon and Demi Moore. Meanwhile, Andy Garcia was outside, throwing rocks at movie stars.

Kidman admitted to kleptomania. Witherspoon came loaded down with booze.


"I am the opposite of Jimmy Kimmel: Matt Damon." -- Matt Damon

Sarah Silverman came on as a guest for the first time since her five-year relationship with Kimmel ended. She compared him to hot dogs.

"Wait, I'm sorry. We're out of time!"
















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HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg

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The follow-up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" will be based on Donald Miller's "Masters of the Air."

HBO confirmed Friday that it is developing a third World War II miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
  Joining an oeuvre that already includes 2001's Band of Brothers and 2010's The Pacific, the untitled miniseries will explore the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force -- known as the men of the Mighty Eighth. The project will use at its source material historian Donald L. Miller’s nonfiction tome Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany.
Spielberg, Hanks and Gary Goetzman again will serve as executive producers via Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television. HBO executives have been in discussions about a third World War II miniseries for several months. Justified creator Graham Yost, who wrote several episodes of Brothers and Pacific, recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he was eager to reteam with Hanks and Spielberg on another WWII epic. And now that the source material has been optioned, the project can move into development. Additional source material might be added later.
  Band of Brothers, an 11-hour epic that ran over 10 parts in 2001, was based on the best-seller by historian Stephen E. Ambrose, who died in 2002. It followed Easy Company, part of the Army's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, through their mission in Europe from Operation Overlord in 1944 through V-J Day a year later. The miniseries featured Damian Lewis; the British actor was then mostly unknown to American audiences but would go on to a slew of awards and accolades in Showtime’s Homeland. The premiere of Band of Brothers, just days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, drew 10 million viewers (though ratings measurements at that time are less accurate than they are today).
  The Pacific, based primarily on the memoirs Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge, followed men in three regiments of the 1st Marine Division as they battled the Japanese in the Pacific from 1942-45. The first of its 10 parts pulled in 3.1 million viewers for its premiere in March 2010, during a much more cluttered entertainment landscape.
The miniseries are a significant financial commitment for HBO requiring the construction of large-scale sets, significant special effects and pyrotechnics and, because of the nature of the stories, big ensemble casts. Brothers cost $125 million to produce, and The Pacific was budgeted at $200 million; millions more were spent on promotion for both series.
  But Band of Brothers and The Pacific are among HBO’s prestige projects, and both cleaned up during awards season. Brothers was nominated for 19 Emmys and won six, including outstanding miniseries; it also won Golden Globes and was awarded a Peabody. The Pacific took home eight Emmys in 2010, more than any other program.


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