When Mooks Ruled the Airwaves

Fallon's First Night Floundering

Jimmy Fallon got the most awkward moment of his first week out of the way last night: Impersonating Robert De Niro while the actor sat next to him, and then asking De Niro for approval: "That was pretty good, right?"
At one point during his opening interview with Robert DeNiro, Fallon was sweating profusely. Sweaty, tense, uptight, nervous, wound-up, keyed up -- pick an adjective. Any one of them would describe Fallon's demeanor on opening night.
But, you have to give Jimmy Fallon credit for one thing: He has pretty great taste in music.
The house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which premiered Monday night on NBC, is the outstanding Philadelphia hip-hop/R&B band the Roots...
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Adam Del Rio : the Next Big Thing

Fresh off his groundbreaking role in Milk, Adam discusses life as an actor.