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Late Night Highlights: James Franco's Oscar Host Duties Inspired by Robert Pattinson

Last night, new Oscar co-host James Franco stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to explain how that fantasy gig came to be. And spoiler alert: It began with a simple dream of parodying his Twilight idol Robert Pattinson. Meanwhile, the Kardashians horrified Conan O'Brien with a story about mayonnaise and vaginas, Jon Stewart attacked Sarah Palin's Twitter personality, Stephen Colbert defended Christmas and Craig Ferguson continued the war on his French copycat.

5. The War Against Craig's French Copycat Continues

If you haven't been watching the Late Late Show recently, you haven't been missing much aside from Craig Ferguson's war against his French copycat.

4. The Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude

Stephen Colbert took on the Athiests who are trying to disprove Christmas by arguing, "What part of three kings following a star through a desert to bring presents to an immaculately conceived baby god they dreamt about sounds like a myth to you?"

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3. The Kardashians Clear Up That Mayonnaise Tweet

Watch Conan's horrified face as the three Kardashians bickered about a Twitter war that started when one sister accused the other of using a condiment as a lady care product.

2. Sarah Palin: America's Tweetheart

Jon Stewart devoted a segment of his show to analyzing Sarah Palin's unsettling Twitter personality and the media's devotion to it.

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1. How James Franco's Oscar Gig Came to Be

After defending 127 Hours from Jimmy Kimmel's squeamish review, James Franco revealed how he fell into his Oscar gig. Spoiler alert: It started with a simple dream to parody Twilight. And although Franco has never met his Oscar co-host, he maintains that he and Anne Hathaway have excellent "text chemistry."