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David Letterman said in an interview on "Oprah's Next Chapter," set to air in January 2013, that Jay Leno, who became his longtime rival after he was made the host of NBC's "Tonight Show" instead of him, may be "the most insecure person" he has ever known.

Check out six facts about the David Letterman - Jay Leno rivalry and the "late night wars."

Harmony Korine -- banned from "David Letterman"? The talk show host has cleared up rumors with James Franco about the backstage shenanigans of the 'Spring Breakers' director, which involved Meryl Streep, a push and a rifled purse.

"I heard he was banned from the show," said Franco, who portrays a drug and arms dealer in Korine's recently released film, during a recent episode of "The Late Show with David Letterman."

David Letterman says in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that Jay Leno, who became his longtime rival after he was made the host of NBC's "Tonight Show" instead of him, is the funniest and "most insecure person" he has ever known.

Letterman, who went on to host his own late-night talk program on CBS -- "The Late Show," made his comments on an episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter," which is set to air on OWN on January 6. Parts of the interview have been posted on the cable channel's website. Leno's rep had no immediate comment about Letterman's remarks. Check out six facts about the David Letterman - Jay Leno rivalry and the "late night wars."

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant appeared to be moved to tears as he and his two surviving band mates watched Heart perform a soaring rendition of the band's 1971 hit "Stairway To Heaven" at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, which featured a star-studded tribute to his iconic 1960s and 1970s rock group.

The annual event took place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on December 2 and aired on CBS on Wednesday, December 26. The others honored at the annual ceremony were CBS' "Late Show" host David Letterman, actor Dustin Hoffman, guitarist Buddy Guy and ballet dancer Natalia Makarova. President Barack Obama also attended the ceremony and met the honorees at the White House.

David Letterman and Amy Poehler recently shared a kiss on his CBS talk series "The Late Show."

The one-second smooch occurred after the actress talked about how she tried to plant a smooch on Vice President Joe Biden while he was filming a guest spot on her NBC show "Parks and Recreation." Letterman then announced a clip from the series would be played.

David Letterman's and Jimmy Fallon's monologue jokes on their late-night talk shows on Monday night mostly fell flat - notably because there was almost no one there to clap for them.

The two taped their programs that day without much of a studio audience as scores of people in New York City, where the programs are filmed, and the rest of the East Coast hunkered down and avoided traveling due to the devastating Hurricane-turned-Superstorm Sandy.

David Letterman teased Donald Trump over his President Barack Obama "surprise."

On Wednesday, Trump said that if President Obama released his college transcripts and passport records and applications, he would donate $5 million to the charity of his choice.

David Letterman shocked Anne Hathaway and enraged fans after revealing a "spoiler" from the upcoming film, "Dark Knight Rises" on "The Late Show" on Thursday night.

Hathaway was on-hand, promoting the third film in the Batman trilogy, when Letterman dropped a whopper of a plot point, which the gracious actress refused to confirm or deny (Spoiler Alert).

Richard Simmons' upbeat outlook has helped his fans drop the weight, but the unflappable fitness guru isn't as positive about "standoffish" talk show host David Letterman.

Simmons made his comments to Men's Health magazine, explaining that though Letterman seems good-natured on his show, he shows a different side when the cameras stop rolling.

David Letterman recently celebrated his 30th anniversary of his job as a late-night television host by featuring on his CBS series "The Late Show" shock jock Howard Stern and "Groundhog Day" actor Bill Murray, who almost started a fire at the CBS studio.

On Tuesday's episode, the 61-year-old actor, known for his eccentric humor, brought Letterman a chocolate-frosted cupcake with 30 candles. He lit them with an electronic lighter and matches. Murray dropped several sticks, still attached to the packet, on the floor and uttered a muted expletive before he kicked it and put out the flames. Letterman, 64, then blew out the candles.

After returning from a two week vacation, David Letterman made his first television appearance on "The Late Show" since news of his death threats made headlines last week.

Letterman became the target of death threats from a frequent contributor of a jihadist website on August 16. The contributor asked the followers of the site if there was anyone who would "cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever."

However, Letterman made light of the death threats on Monday and played them for laughs in his monologue, reports the Associated Press.

David Letterman has become the target of death threats from a frequent contributor of a jihadist website, reports the Associated Press. The contributor asked the followers of the site if there was anyone who would "cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever."

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