The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, host of the 78th Annual Academy Awards (airing Sunday at 9 pm/ET on ABC) answers TVGuide.com readers' burning questions!
What can you tell me about your Oscar-hosting gig? — Paul Strouse, Pittsburgh, Pa.Jon Stewart: This may be the most devastating, controversial, powerful, dangerous awards show ever.... No, I'm looking to have fun with it. If people are kind enough to spend four hours watching this damn show, I'm hoping to give them something other than a numb ass. And I won't sing; I want them to be happy.
Will you have The Daily Show's Rob Corddry or Ed Helms on hand to help on the red carpet with some impromptu interviews? Or Stephen Colbert —
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Appearing on CBS' The Late Show on Thursday night, Oprah Winfrey ended her supposed "feud" with David Letterman, going so far as to gift him with an autographed photo of her and Uma Thurman. "I want you to know: It's really over, whatever you thought was happening," Winfrey told the late-night host. In case their first one-on-one in 16 years went sour, Letterman had Tony Danza waiting in the wings as a "stand-in host." Seriously. THIS JUST IN: The OprahMan lovefest drew Late Show's highest ratings since February 1994, luring 13.5 million folks hoping to see Dave get bitch-slapped..
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WB has benched for the time being both Living with Fran and Blue Collar TV, although both shows will remain in production. Melanie Griffith's Twins (the show, people) will take over Fran's slot, while an encore airing of Supernatural will be offered up to the 17 people who were choosing Blue Collar over the Housewives on Sunday at 9.
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As if a cursory glance at a few tabloid covers hadn't already told us, Charlie Sheen confirmed for David Letterman on The Late Show that he and wife Denise Richards are trying to work things out. The reason for their marital woes? "I was a gigantic ass," the Two and a Half Men star said. That much we could have figured out for ourselves.
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