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Lonna Wells was in the bathroom doing her hair and makeup when she received a call that she won’t soon forget. “Hey, I just want to let you know that your job here is done, and I’m very sorry to have to let you go,” the voice on the other end of the line said. When she asked what she’d done wrong, the person claimed that […]

On Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel began his late-night monologue by honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights icon who was viciously targeted by the U.S. federal government and whose revolutionary thinking has been softened by U.S. history classes for decades. “Thank you for joining us on the day we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a real patriot, great […]

On the evening of Jan. 7, a full day after an army of Trump fanatics—at the president’s urging—stormed the U.S. Capitol on a mission to overthrow the government, menacing congresspeople and killing a police officer in the process, Kellyanne Conway issued a rambling statement on Twitter. In it, one of Trump’s most loyal and semi-trusted advisers condemned the events as “outrageous and inexcusable,” followed by the […]

When the news broke last week that The Daily Wire, a right-wing Facebook publisher co-founded by Ben Shapiro that regularly traffics in misinformation, would be making its first foray into the movie biz with the acquisition of school shooting thriller Run Hide Fight, a number of crew members who worked on the film were caught by surprise. “Is there a way to remove your name from […]

On Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel addressed the news that President Trump had been impeached in the House of Representatives—for a second time—with a vote of 232-197, over his incitement of a violent, seditious takeover of the U.S. Capitol. “Unlike the first one, this was a bipartisan impeachment,” said Kimmel during his late-night monologue. “Every Democratic [representative], and a handful of Republicans—10 of them in the House—voted […]

For the past several days, President Trump, Republican members of Congress, and Fox News have all been playing the victim in the wake of a treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol that left six people dead, including two police officers (one by apparent suicide). Instead of trying to figure out how and why this act of terrorism happened, they’ve been complaining about social media companies purging […]

“I feel a fondness towards her,” admits Emma Corrin. The actress is speaking about Princess Diana, of course, the reluctant royal she so masterfully embodied in The Crown’s dishy fourth season, which traces her relationship with the icy Prince Charles over the course of twelve years, from age 16 (he was 28) through to their marriage’s collapse. It’s a nearly impossible task, portraying someone as beloved […]

Last month, comedian Jimmy Kimmel devoted nearly his entire late-night monologue one evening to Ted Cruz’s “despicable” and idiotic defense of Trump’s baseless election challenge. It’s an empty crusade that Cruz, despite having the president call his wife ugly and accuse his father of being involved in the JFK assassination, has gone all-in on—presumably in the cynical hope that he could one day become the candidate […]

On Wednesday night, after a terrifying day in which a violent, hundreds-strong mob of treasonous, armed Trump fanatics stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., assaulting police, forcing congresspeople to hide, and occupying the building for hours, Seth Meyers—like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel before him—opened his Late Night show with a somber monologue. “As everyone knows right now, today was a day filled with surreal and […]

Following the bizarre revelation that Alec Baldwin’s yogini-influencer wife, Hilaria, has been cosplaying as a Spanish person for years, the 30 Rock star has come to her defense in true pugilist fashion. The opening salvo was a deeply odd 8-minute Instagram video posted after it emerged that “Hilaria” was born in Massachusetts, her parents are upper-class Americans with roots predating colonial times, she attended a tony […]

Last week, a Twitter sleuth sketched out how Hilaria Baldwin, the influencer wife of actor (and sometime SNL star) Alec Baldwin, has perpetrated “a decade long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person.” The user, who goes by the handle @lenibriscoe, shared a number of damning videos of “Hilaria,” from a Good Morning America appearance where she employed a Spanish accent to a Today show stop […]

Annette Bening has found ways to pass the time during the ongoing pandemic. The four-time Oscar nominee (who should be a two-time winner) has been binging on books, documentaries, and The Queen’s Gambit. But she’s also dedicated much of her energy to a number of causes, from speaking up for transgender rights at a recent Human Rights Campaign gala (Bening and her husband, Warren Beatty, have […]

“I’m not worried what someone might write about me or say about me, because it’s already been done,” says Nick Stahl. “There’s a freedom in that.” You’ve surely seen Stahl’s work—as a scared-shitless private in The Thin Red Line, the troubled son of In the Bedroom, the menacing thug in Bully, the grotesque Yellow Bastard of Sin City, and the hero in Terminator 3: Rise of […]

On Saturday, Jim Carrey announced that his Saturday Night Live tenure as Joe Biden had come to an abrupt end. “Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President… comedy’s highest call of duty,” he wrote on Twitter. “I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that shit. […]

On Sept. 8, 2015, George Clooney became the first big guest to grace the couch on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. More than five years later, Clooney returned to the late-night show to promote his new sci-fi film The Midnight Sky. But before that could happen, The Late Show aired a nearly 8-minute-long animated sketch called “Twas the Coup Before Christmas.” The cartoon, made in […]

On Jan. 4th, a judge will decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the U.S. where he’ll face charges of violating The Espionage Act—an arcane law that’s primarily been used to target leftists and leakers since its 1917 inception. Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, has been hit with 17 counts of violating the act, owing to the publishing of documents and footage, much of […]

Tom Cruise’s rant to underlings on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 about supposed COVID-19 violations received widespread praise on social media, with numerous #resistance figures commending the Hollywood megastar for taking virus precautions seriously. But The Sun, which published the audio Tuesday of Cruise after he “flew into a rage” upon allegedly spotted a pair of crew members chatting close to each other by a […]

This week, one of Trump’s more insidious trolls, the immigrant-hating Stephen Miller, made an appearance on Fox News to defend his boss’s continued rejection of reality. “We have more than enough time to right the wrong of this fraudulent election result and certify Donald Trump as the winner of the election,” said Miller. “As we speak, today, an alternate slate of electors from the contested states […]

After dragging Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump and his cohort for gaining access to VIP COVID antibody cocktails that the general public can’t access yet, as well as Rudy’s right-hand woman Jenna Ellis for getting COVID after claiming “there is no pandemic,” Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a sizable portion of Thursday night’s monologue to another Trump bootlicker: Ted Cruz, fauxcest porn connoisseur. Cruz, the Texas senator who once […]

On Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel turned his attention from COVID-positive Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis to COVID-positive Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. “Meanwhile, Recount Dracula is on the mend,” Kimmel said. “Rudy Giuliani claims he’s doing ‘fine’ even though everything we’ve seen from him for the past four years would indicate otherwise. But, you know what? You can never count him out. If Rudy Giuliani could survive the […]

On Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by tackling President Trump’s continued bungling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has thus far claimed over 270,000 American lives, seen millions slide into poverty, and kept many trapped indoors. His administration’s latest screw-up involves Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. It seems that after the vaccine proved promising in clinical trials, the pharmaceutical giant reportedly […]

On Friday night, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert tried his hand at mocking Joe Biden, focusing on the “recent boo-boo” (a fractured ankle) that the 78-year-old president-elect allegedly suffered while playing with his two-year-old dog, Major. During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden tried to explain how it all went down. “What happened was, I got out of the shower. I got a dog—and […]

The raid to take out 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden will forever remain a subject of fascination—owed in part to former President Barack Obama’s refusal to release any footage of the mission or photos of the al Qaeda terrorist’s body, and on a more comical level, the fact that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson somehow knew about it before any other U.S. civilian. “It’s important for us […]

On Thursday night, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah took aim at an unlikely target: Democratic politicians. You see, a number of Dem politicians of late have been caught telling their constituents to stay inside and avoid large gatherings while ignoring those rules themselves. Among the offending Dems were San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who attended a group dinner at the swanky restaurant French Laundry; California […]

On Tuesday , subscribers of Gabi DeMartino’s OnlyFans page received a strange message. They were sent a 35-second video clip that they were asked to pay $3 to unlock, accompanied by a message reading, “won’t put my panties back on.” When users paid the fee, they were reportedly presented with footage of the YouTuber as a young child in the nude. One of the first people […]

Since its Oct. 5 debut, Peacock’s The Mehdi Hasan Show has fast become one of the most satisfying nightly news programs in America. Where else can you find Mark Ruffalo condemning Israel’s “asymmetrical warfare” against the Palestinians, Jon Stewart railing against Mitch McConnell’s “paper patriotism,” or John Bolton squirming in his seat as he’s repeatedly asked if all the dead Iraqi civilians keep him up at […]

It’s everyday bro, with the Disney Channel flow. With those eight unmistakable words, I was thrust into the chaotic world of Jake Paul—YouTube star, Disney Channel castoff, and aspiring rapper. A friend had sent me the music video for the song, titled “It’s everyday bro,” along with the following question: You see this shit? I did, and down the rabbit hole I went. A native of […]

On Tuesday, as a deadly virus rages out of control across the country killing over a thousand people a day, outgoing President Donald Trump spent an inordinate amount of time retweeting his admirers on Twitter. One of the people Trump retweeted was the actor Randy Quaid, who’s mostly made the news of late for his arrests, conspiracy theories—including QAnon—and attempts to escape outstanding warrants in the […]

On Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel took aim at one of his favorite comedic targets: Donald Trump, Jr., the ne’er-do-well eldest son of outgoing President Trump. In the past, Kimmel has called out the extremely-online heir for spreading wacky conspiracy theories and overall idiocy, leading the two to lob insults at each other on Twitter and the Trump spawn to resurface old comedy sketches of Kimmel’s that […]

Last week, Armando Iannucci phoned me from his home in London, where he’s been sequestered with his wife and teenage son. “I’m currently self-isolating for 14 days because I came into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus,” he says. “I’m living in the top of the house, away from everyone.” Iannucci was on day four of his self-isolation, and said he was feeling fine. […]

On Friday night, Bill Maher closed the season finale of his long-running HBO series Real Time by comparing Trump supporters to NXIVM followers—adherents of the Albany-based cult led by Keith Raniere wherein many women were starved, branded, and treated as sex slaves. “The challenge for us is, how do you get people out of a cult—especially when every time you present evidence of what is obvious […]

“A lot of people accused you of peddling fear and terror, and unfortunately you were correct.” Yes, exactly seven months ago, Bill Gates made an appearance on The Daily Show in the early months of the pandemic, telling host Trevor Noah that the worst was yet to come. And now, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist returned as cases and deaths around the country are once […]

Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States after capturing 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 232. In the popular vote, Biden is up by approximately 5.9 million votes and may win by over 7 million votes once California and New York are fully tabulated. And yet soon-to-be-former President Trump and his dedicated team of “alternative facts”-spewers continue to spread baseless claim after […]