Latest news with #BeaMillionaire
Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watch Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Reignite Their Feud on ‘Millionaire'
Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel, who have been publicly sparring since 2005, brought their ongoing feud to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire last night. Kimmel currently hosts and executive produces the ABC game show, which premiered its fourth season last week. Damon appeared on the latest episode as a contestant, playing alongside a secret weapon, Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. The duo made it through all of the rounds to the final million-dollar query: 'Which of these words is used to describe one of the most beautiful auditory effects on Earth: the sound made by the leaves of trees when wind blows through them?' More from Rolling Stone Trump Says He Was Not 'Solely Responsible' for 'Late Show' Cancellation How to Watch 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' Online Without Cable Jimmy Kimmel, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Warren Question CBS' Decision to End 'The Late Show' Jennings suggested the pair play it safe by removing two answers, which annoyed Kimmel. 'You know you could have won this own your own?' Kimmel told Jennings. Damon acknowledged, 'It is so awesome having Ken Jennings as your partner in a trivia game. I can't even tell you.' Jennings then said to the audience, 'Everybody but Jimmy Kimmel, do we love Matt Damon or what?' Kimmel responded by boo-ing, leading Damon to quip, 'Thank you so much! You are making him so miserable right now.' 'You're turning this into an uprising,' Kimmel told Jennings. 'I'm coming onto Jeopardy! with someone you hate!' Damon and Jennings ultimately won $1 million for Damon's nonprofit which helps bring clean water to communities in need. 'This is the least dramatic million-dollar moment in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire history,' Kimmel noted when they claimed victory. As he handed the duo their giant check, Kimmel reached out to Damon and said, 'I'm begrudgingly going to shake your hand.' Kimmel and Damon have been playing along with their pretend rivalry since 2005 when Kimmel introduced a bit on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he feigned cutting Damon from air. 'I want to apologize to Matt Damon, we ran out of time,' the late-night host joked. Since then, the pair have continued the bit, even involving people like Ben Affleck in the feud. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen Fry stumped by music question on Celebrity Millionaire
Stephen Fry walked away with a cool £250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's latest celebrity special after being stumped by a chart music question. Presented by Jeremy Clarkson, who described his Cotswolds pub The Farmer's Dog as a "total disaster" just last month, this tense ITV gameshow proved a perfect playground for one of the UK's brightest minds, yet Fry's broad spectrum of knowledge ground to a halt when faced with Steps, Fugees, Billy Joel, and Jonas Blue & Dakota. The QI and Blackadder favourite donated his winnings to the mental health charity Mind, of which he's stood as President since 2011. "Which of these cover songs entered the UK Top 40 the longest time after the original version first charted?" was the question, with the options being Tragedy by Steps, Fast Car by Jonas Blue & Dakota, Uptown Girl by Westlife, or Killing Me Softly by the Fugees. The 67-year-old revealed: "Well Jeremy this is not my subject I'm afraid, but I've got one friend who might know these things, he's pretty good on pop music I think and that's Richard Osman, so we might as well give him a tinkle." Read more: Could you win a million on Millionaire? Take the quiz The biggest wins on latest Jeremy Clarkson's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? series Millionaire viewers baffled by Jeremy Clarkson's 'embarrassing' error Jeremy Clarkson shoots down Stephen Fry's bearskin campaign Fry proceeded to use his Phone A Friend lifeline, but Osman struggled to offer a decisive answer within the 30-second timeframe. "The fact is I'm clearly going to have to pack it in here," said the celebrity player, "but it's been amazing and so I'll take the money and run, that's my final response!" Clarkson's parting gift was to tell Fry that this was "the biggest celebrity win" he'd witnessed in the seven years he'd been presenting Millionaire. The answer was then revealed to be Jonas Blue & Dakota's cover of Fast Car. Released in 2015, the single peaked at number two in the UK charts, 27 years after Tracy Chapman's original which first charted in 1988. Toweringly tall at 6 feet 7 inches, Osman is the definition of multi-hyphenate when it comes to his career highlights. An executive producer of gameshows to begin with, including Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats and 10 O'Clock Live, he later became the creative director of Endemol UK, which commissioned his very own format known as Pointless for the BBC. Pointless marked the first time he appeared on camera instead of behind it, working as host Alexander Armstrong's assistant for 13 years until 2022. In 2017, he also created Richard Osman's House of Games, which is still going strong after five series. 2020 was the true life-changer, though, as he released his first novel The Thursday Murder Club via Penguin Random House subsidiary Viking Press to great acclaim. It kickstarted a franchise - four sequels and an upcoming Netflix adaptation starring Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan - and inspired the author to continue his literary endeavours with last year's We Solve Murders. He also co-hosts The Rest is Entertainment podcast alongside Marina Hyde. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
