real talk
Comedians love cars
Jay Leno shows off his collection in ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’
By Breanna Henry
TV Media
Comedians love cars: There
is something special about talk
show hosts that you can’t find in
the average person. A good talk
show host really sells their guests
— great modern interviewers,
such as Ellen DeGeneres or Gra-
ham Norton, can have you falling
for celebrities whose names you
didn’t even know before they
sat down. Great late-night hosts,
such as Stephen Colbert, can
make you laugh, learn and rage
all at once.
The people who can combine
both of these skills become
household names, written in the
history books alongside the very
people they spent time showcas-
ing. David Letterman, Johnny
Carson and, of course, Jay Leno
are among those names.
“Jay Leno’s Garage” isn’t
something I would normally
watch (both my knowledge and
interest in vehicles boil down to
little more than “I like the red
one”), but after doing the most
important kind of research —
talking to fans — I ended up try-
ing it out and having an excellent
time. Viewers absolutely love this
show. Leno isn’t just showing off
the most expensive or the fast-
est cars, he’s also checked out
unrestored vintage race cars with
Patrick Dempsey (“Grey’s Anato-
my”), crushed stuff in a tank with
Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Preda-
tor,” 1987) and designed his
own car after visiting with Keanu
Reeves (“The Matrix,” 1999)
at the actor’s own custom
motorcycle shop.
At first glance, the
show might
remind you
of Jerry
Seinfeld’s
web se-
ries “Co-
medians
in Cars
Getting
Coffee,”
and
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though there are similarities, Jerry
obviously isn’t too upset about
it since he was a guest on Leno’s
show. Besides the guests and
vehicles, what truly makes this
series great is Leno’s ability to
make his famous friends feel like
YOUR famous friends. There have
already been four seasons, but
Leno doesn’t seem to be running
out of celebrities who love cars.
The upcoming season features
guests such as Matt Damon
(“The Bourne Identity,” 2002),
Martha Stewart (“Martha Stew-
art Living”), Charlie Sheen (“Two
and a Half Men”), John Travolta
(“Pulp Fiction,” 1994), rock star
Billy Joel and many more.
And the VMA goes to...: For
the first time since MTV’s Video
Music Awards debuted in 1984,
the ceremony is being held in
New Jersey. Live from Prudential
Center in Newark on Monday,
Aug. 26, the 36th annual VMAs
are being hosted by comedian
Sebastian Maniscalco (“Green
Book” 2019). This year, the show
is bringing back after 13 years the
award for Best R&B Video, mean-
ing Beyoncé will have to give up
the title she has been holding on
to since 2006.
MTV is also introducing two
new categories this year: the
Video for Good awards artists,
whose music videos have gener-
ated positive messages, and Best
K-Pop — well, that one speaks
for itself.
Ariana Grande and Taylor
Swift both have 10 nominations
each, meaning 50 percent of the
categories
could go to
either one
of them.
Billie
Eil-
ish
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and Lil Nas X come in at third
and fourth place with nine and
eight nominations, respectively.
In fifth place with seven nomina-
tions is (no, this is not a typo)
Billy Ray Cyrus.
Big Apple ballers: “Grow-
ing Up Hip Hop” began its
first season in January 2016,
chronicling the lives of the
children of hip-hop legends
Master P, Rev Run, Damon
Dash and Pepa. The show’s first
spinoff, “Growing Up Hip Hop:
Atlanta,” has just wrapped its
third season, and now fans can
enjoy another version of the
show. “Growing Up Hip Hop:
New York” premieres Thursday,
Aug. 29, on WEtv.
Expect a whole lot drama
from Jeff and Brittney, kids of
the 2000s rapper Ja Rule, as
well as Flava Flav’s daughter
Da’Zyna, Young Dirty Bastard
(the son of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, of
course), rapper Fat Joe and his
son Ryan and more. You don’t
need to know all about Public
Enemy or Murder Inc. to enjoy
watching the kind of wild
antics these young rich people
get up to, but if you’ve never
heard of Flava Flav, you most
likely don’t have a television
anyway.
The show certainly isn’t the
first to follow the lives of rich kids,
but having a father who grew up
on the Upper East Side is whole
lot different than growing up
with one who still remembers
what life was like on the streets.
“Growing Up Hip Hop” alumni
Jojo Simmons and Lil’ Mama
will also return when the series
makes its way to the Big Apple,
and if you’ve seen them on the
show before, you know you don’t
want to miss them.
This series is a must-watch for
hip-hop fans, reality television
junkies or anyone who loves
New York City — imagine the
Kardashians with “street cred.”
Check out “Growing Up Hip Hop:
New York” when it premieres
Thursday, Aug. 29, on WEtv
Jay Leno and Patrick
Dempsey in
“Jay Leno’s
Garage”
Late laughs
The Tonight Show
Starring
Jimmy
Fallon
Shark Week
is officially
here! And if
you’re excited by that,
you’re either a marine
biologist or really high.
There are two more
Democratic debates.
Tomorrow’s airs at the
same time as “The
Bachelorette” finale — no
matter which one you
watch, you’ll see a bunch of
sad guys going home in a
limo.
Thirty-four percent of
Democrats were very
motivated to watch this
week’s debates. That
number dropped to four
percent when Democrats
remembered it’s Shark
Week.
It just came out that Siri
has actually been recording
people when they have sex.
Not only that, Fitbit also
counts how many steps you
take on your walk of
shame.
hell are we asking kids if
they find bearded men
attractive?”
The Late Show With
Stephen Colbert
I’m going to start
the show with
— and I
hope I’m
pronouncing
this right —
“good news?”
It’s been a while!
Most of [the debate] was a
bunch of guys with no
chance to win the
Democratic nomination
yelling Republican talking
points at the people who
can. It was like watching
the seven dwarves offering
Snow White a poison apple.
By the end of the first
round of questioning, it was
clear who had taken the
lead in the most important
contest in America right
now. Hannah B. was going
with Jed over Tyler, even
though Jed only cares
about promoting his music
career, Hannah! I may have
switched over to “The
Bachelorette” mid-debate.
A Delta pilot was removed
from a flight because
people thought he had
been drinking. Flight
attendants got suspicious
because he couldn’t steer
with two 40s duct taped to
his hands.
Throwing his hands up in
exasperation is Bernie’s
signature move. “I throw
my hands in the air because
I profoundly care!”
A new study found that
kids see bearded men as
strong but unattractive. This
study raises a lot of
questions like, “Why the
The city of Las
Vegas is now
experiencing
a massive
influx of
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with James Corden
grasshoppers. Because of
all the rain they’ve had this
year, swarms of
grasshoppers are flooding
the city. Please, for the love
of God, let what happens in
Vegas stay in Vegas!
Twenty-eight percent of
food delivery drivers have
eaten from a customer’s
order. That’s shocking!
Twenty-eight percent of
drivers have admitted to
eating a customer’s food,
which means 72 percent
have lied about eating a
customer’s food.
A Japanese company
recently released an odd
new product. It’s a set of
music speakers designed to
hug you from behind.
They’re calling them
“boyfriend speakers.” They
are pretty realistic — just
like an actual ripped
boyfriend, it makes sounds
but has no way of
communicating its feelings
or desires.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Have 30 years of reality TV
taught the Democrats
nothing? You can’t go from
20 candidates right to one.
First you have to
put them on
an island and
separate them
into tribes!
The president weighed in
today with his review of
Night 1, lashing out at CNN
moderator Don Lemon. We
have dueling Dons, and it’s
not every day you see an
orange attack a lemon, so
that was fun.