NEW YORK – Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are the hottest duo in hip-hop — for the moment.
They performed a medley of rap hits on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday, and the clip is becoming a viral hit.
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Fallon and Timberlake started off with Sugarhill Gang’s classic “Rapper’s Delight” and then performed jams from artists including the Beastie Boys, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and Eminem.
Fallon, 36, said he’s surprised by the success of the skit.
“We never know what’s going to viral or get picked up, and this one’s beyond what we thought it would do,” he said Thursday.
Though the clip looks all fun, he said, he took the time to get it right before taking the stage.
“You know I really needed to practice. You know I can’t rap,” said Fallon, who also performed songs by Missy Elliott, Tupac, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. “I was in my apartment till 2 in the morning the night before doing (the) Soulja Boy (dance) and my wife was like, ‘You’re crazy!’ “
The performance was backed by the house band for the NBC show, the Grammy-winning hip-hop group The Roots.
Goldberg still coping with mother’s death
NEW YORK – Whoopi Goldberg says she channels her grief from her mother’s death last month by staying busy.
The co-host of “The View” attended the New York launch party Wednesday for purewow.com, a website with daily tips for women 35 and over. She is an investor.
Asked how she’s handling her mother’s death, Goldberg said, “I’m here, but it’s not easy.”
Her mother, Emma Johnson, died from complications after a stroke. Goldberg was doing a limited stint as Mother Superior in the London version of “Sister Act” and immediately returned to the United States.
Candice Bergen to pen follow-up to memoir
NEW YORK – Candice Bergen will pen a second memoir as a follow-up to her 1984 book “Knock Wood.”
Simon & Schuster executive vice president and publisher Jonathan Karp said Thursday that Bergen’s new memoir will be published in 2012. The currently untitled book will cover Bergen’s time on the acclaimed TV show “Murphy Brown,” as well as the death of her husband, director Louis Malle.
Bergen, who won five Emmys for her performance on “Murphy Brown,” recently starred in the drama “Boston Legal,” which finished its four-year run in 2008. She’s also had roles in the recent films “The Romantics,” “Sex and the City” and “The Women.”
Washington to host Oslo concert
OSLO, Norway – Organizers say Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.
Artists including British pop band Florence and the Machine, U.S. pop singer Colbie Caillat, pianist Herbie Hancock and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will also perform at the Dec. 11 show.
Washington said Thursday he was “honored to attend” the Nobel Peace Prize Concert “to help spread the message of global peace.”
Last year, actor Will Smith and his actress wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, co-hosted the concert, honoring the 2009 laureate and Smith fan Barack Obama.
The winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo on Oct. 8.
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