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The great Joan Rivers passed away yesterday afternoon (September 4), and the world of comedy mourned the loss of a great legend.

The late night hosts – Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Seth Meyers, and Craig Ferguson – paid their respects to the 81-year-old comedienne who always made everyone laugh.

“She’s one of the funniest people in the world ever. We loved her, the crew loved her, everyone loved Joan Rivers. She was fearless. She would come out and say what you were thinking but wouldn’t say it. You would stop, but she wouldn’t stop. A lot of people thought her humor was mean, but she just wanted to make everyone laugh. And she could take a joke just as easily as she could dish it out. … We had her on our very first ‘Tonight Show’ when we took it over. I was so blessed to do that,” Jimmy Fallon said during his tribute.

Below, watch other late night hosts tributes…

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James Corden has been tapped to replace Craig Ferguson as the host of The Late Late Show on CBS!

While it has not been officially confirmed, the 35-year-old actor is reportedly all set to take over, The Wrap reports.

You may recognize James from the Keira Knightley and Adam Levine movie Begin Again. He can also be seen as the Baker in the highly anticipated movie Into the Woods, which comes out this December.

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Cate Blanchett is glowing as she hits the red carpet at the premiere of her latest film How to Train Your Dragon 2 held at Event Cinemas George Street on Monday (June 9) in Sydney, Australia.

The day before, the 45-year-old actress’ cast mates America Ferrera, Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson and Djimon Hounsou promoted the flick at the Los Angeles premiere held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif.

Dylan McDermott, Kathryn Hahn, and Tia Mowry were also in attendance to show their supoort for the upcoming animated adventure, which hits theaters on Friday (June 13).

FYI: Cate is wearing a Chanel dress. America is wearing a Dolce&Gabbana dress, Charlotte Olympia shoes, an Edie Parker clutch, and vintage Cartier and Beladora jewels. Tia is wearing an Elenareva black strapless jumpsuit.

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Craig Ferguson will be exiting The Late Late Show this December when his contract with CBS expires.

The 51-year-old talk show host will mark ten years on the show when he closes his run on the 12:35am time slot.

It was expected that Craig would exit the network after his contract ends as he was not chosen as the successor to David Letterman‘s The Late Show.

“During his 10 years as host, Craig has elevated CBS to new creative and competitive heights at 12:30,” CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler said in a release. “He infused the broadcast with tremendous energy, unique comedy, insightful interviews and some of the most heartfelt monologues seen on television. Craig‘s versatile talents as a writer, producer, actor and comedian speak to his great days ahead. While we’ll miss Craig and can’t thank him enough for his contributions to both the show and the network, we respect his decision to move on, and we look forward to celebrating his final broadcasts during the next eight months.”

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While many are mourning the fact that David Letterman will be leaving The Late Show next year, many others are already trying to figure out who should replace his role as the talk show host!

Let us take you through some of the names floating around right now:

• Craig Ferguson is the most obvious choice if CBS decides to promote from within. He has been the host of The Late Late Show for ten years and Letterman even produces that program, so if he has a say, this might be a no brainer.
• Chelsea Handler announced last week that she plans on leaving E! after eight years on the air when her contract is up at the end of the year. She already has a bunch of offers on the table according to her team. Could this job be one of them?
• Stephen Colbert‘s contract with Comedy Central for The Colbert Report comes to an end in late 2014 and his form of satirical humor is a favorite among many late night viewers.
• Jay Leno just ended his longtime run as host of The Tonight Show and while this is probably a huge long shot, you never know if he wants to get back into his old time slot!
• Neil Patrick Harris seems to be a big favorite among a lot of fans and critics. He has a ton of hosting experience after serving as host of many awards shows and also several stints as guest host on Live! alongside Kelly Ripa over the years. He also has ties to CBS with his series How I Met Your Mother, which just wrapped up after nine seasons.

Other names being thrown into the bucket are Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Louis C.K., Whoopi Goldberg, Ryan Seacrest, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, and even Tina Fey.

Make sure to watch Dave‘s full ten minute speech announcing his retirement in case you haven’t seen it yet!

Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming animated film How to Train Your Dragon 2!

The film features the voices of Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Jonah Hill, who were all featured in the first film. Kit Harington joins the crew this time around as the villainous Dragon Prince.

While the teaser trailer doesn’t divulge any plot details, it features dragons Hiccup and Toothless in an action sequence.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 hits theaters on June 20, 2014.

Nikki Reed takes in the sights while out and about on Monday (January 28) in New Orleans, LA.

The 24-year-old actress was in town to shoot a segment with Craig Ferguson for after the Super Bowl, which is this coming Sunday in the Big Easy!

“See how comfortable I am with this guy? I don’t do this for just anyone @craigyferg” Nikki tweeted, along with a fun pic. “So much fun shooting with @craigyferg in New Orleans! Watch the @latelateshowCBS special Sunday night after the Super Bowl!”

Be sure to tune into the Super Bowl and check out The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson afterwards!

FYI: Nikki is carrying a Rebecca Minkoff bag.
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