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America Has Changed Since 2014. The Tonight Show Hasn’t.
Remember when the new kid arrived on the late-night scene? He was a phenomenon! Everyone, it seemed, was staying up...
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Posted Wednesday 5/13/20 at 1:53PM EDT
The Roots founders Questlove and Black Thought ink a first-look deal with Universal TV
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tarik "Black Thought" Trotter will create and develop scripted and unscripted series for NBC Universal's various...
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Posted Thursday 1/30/20 at 5:51PM EST
Jimmy Fallon tries to get fit in his Super Bowl ad debut with help from John Cena and The Roots
The Tonight Show's Michelob Ultra Super Bowl commercial features encouragement from sports stars Usain Bolt, Brooks Koepka, Kerri Walsh Jennings...
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Posted Wednesday 12/18/19 at 10:32PM EST
Watch Jimmy Fallon and the Cats cast perform "Memory" with classroom instruments
The Tonight Show host was joined by Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, James Corden and Francesca Hayward and The...
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Posted Friday 10/04/19 at 1:18PM EDT
Taylor Swift fails to identify her own song in Jimmy Fallon's "Name That Song" game
Swift didn't realize that The Roots were playing "Shake It Off" as part of The Tonight Show guessing game.
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Posted Wednesday 9/25/19 at 4:41AM EDT
Ringo Starr joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform "Yellow Submarine" on classroom instruments
The Beatles legend visited The Tonight Show Tuesday, one night after Paul McCartney stopped by The Late Show.
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Posted Sunday 10/07/18 at 5:20AM EDT
Jimmy Fallon: NBC initially didn't want me or The Roots in late-night
Fallon, who celebrates his 10th anniversary in late-night in March, credited Lorne Michaels with helping him land his role while...
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Posted Wednesday 9/12/18 at 11:54PM EDT
Aerosmith joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform "Walk This Way" with classroom instruments
Steven Tyler and his bandmates are the latest musicians to participate in The Tonight Show's "Classroom Instruments" bit.
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Posted Friday 6/29/18 at 1:21PM EDT
Backstreet Boys join Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform "I Want It That Way" with classroom instruments
Fallon rocked several instruments for the latest version of the "classroom instrument" series.
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Posted Monday 3/19/18 at 12:37PM EDT
Police arrest man for alleged bomb threat at The Roots concert at SXSW
Trevor Weldon Ingram, 26, allegedly emailed a bomb threat Saturday afternoon, prompting the cancelation of The Roots' concert that night.
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Posted Sunday 3/18/18 at 3:44AM EDT
The Roots' SXSW concert abruptly canceled by a bomb threat
A bomb threat received by email prompted the shutdown of The Roots concert due to "a security concern.
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Posted Tuesday 12/19/17 at 10:26AM EST
Jimmy Fallon carries on David Letterman’s tradition of having Darlene Love sing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Love joined Anna Kendrick and The Roots in performing her holiday classic with classroom instruments.
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Posted Monday 12/11/17 at 11:19PM EST
Are The Roots affected by Jimmy Fallon’s apolitical role in the Trump era?
The Roots have been one of the most political acts in hip-hop, as Myles E.