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Anne Hathaway appeared on The Tonight Show, where Jimmy Fallon surprised her with a signed OG Anunoby Knicks jersey — and she chose a Knicks championship over winning a second Oscar during the show's "Best Thing Ever" game.

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**Anne Hathaway** chose a Knicks championship over another Oscar during Jimmy Fallon's "Best Thing Ever" game on The Tonight Show, saying "the way my nervous system is reacting to that choice is really intense."

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**Jimmy Fallon** gifted Hathaway a signed jersey from Knicks forward OG Anunoby, a fandom that dates to a Nov. 2024 game when Anunoby nearly crashed into Hathaway and her son going into the stands for a ball.

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By Variety · Summarized & edited by Kapil Samant · 2026-10-01

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Anne Hathaway chose a Knicks championship over another Oscar during Jimmy Fallon's "Best Thing Ever" game on The Tonight Show, saying "the way my nervous system is reacting to that choice is really intense."
Jimmy Fallon gifted Hathaway a signed jersey from Knicks forward OG Anunoby, a fandom that dates to a Nov. 2024 game when Anunoby nearly crashed into Hathaway and her son going into the stands for a ball.
The New York Knicks sent Hathaway a basket of baby gifts accompanied by a card reading "All my best" and signed by Anunoby; Hathaway is five months pregnant.
Hathaway appeared on the show to promote her erotic thriller "Verity" and is a Best Supporting Actress frontrunner for her role in Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey."
The Knicks launched a 13-game winning streak after Hathaway's "Devil Wears Prada 2" premiered May 1 with a scene featuring star Karl-Anthony Towns, with Hathaway jokingly credited as the team's good-luck charm.

Why it matters: Hathaway is a Best Supporting Actress frontrunner for "The Odyssey," so publicly choosing a Knicks title over Oscar #2 turned a routine press stop into viral content that reinforces her status as the team's unofficial good-luck charm and gives the Knicks a celebrity-credible marketing moment during the NBA Finals run.