Much ink—and tweets, and more tweets—were spilled prior to Elon Musk’s May 8th hosting stint on Saturday Night Live. When the announcement was made, a number of cast members and writers, Bowen Yang and Aidy Bryant among them, appeared to voice their protestations via social media, owing to the questionable optics of platforming a union-busting billionaire who’s repeatedly spread COVID and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic […]
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As New York City gears up for its “major reopening” on May 19, wherein most COVID-related capacity restrictions will be lifted, a group-sex party won’t be holding out that long. Four days prior, SNCTM (pronounced “Sanctum”) is set to host an ultra-VIP sex-filled soiree for 80 hand-selected guests. The event, which will take place in a luxurious three-story penthouse in Downtown Manhattan, is described on the […]
When Chloé Zhao made history as the first woman of color—and only the second woman ever—to win the Best Director Oscar for Nomadland, it brought joy to the heart of Forest Whitaker. Six years earlier, Whitaker took a chance on Zhao in producing Songs My Brothers Taught Me, her feature directorial debut about Lakota Sioux youths on a reservation in South Dakota. And over the past […]
Bill Maher has been on quite a run of late. First, he welcomed Sharon Osbourne to his Real Time show in order to defend the TV personality in the wake of racism allegations. (“Cancel culture” was the real culprit, naturally.) Then, he celebrated vehicular menace Caitlyn Jenner’s run for governor of California with some ugly transphobic jokes. On Friday, the HBO host dialed back his regular […]
Back in 2019, before a deadly global pandemic upended our way of life, I had the pleasure of profiling Maitland Ward. The former Boy Meets World actress had just become the hottest new face in porn—at the age of 42, no less—having been named the face of Deeper, a high-end XXX brand, and earning a pair of AVN nominations for her turn in the three-hour-long erotic […]
After a truly hellish week of news, John Oliver dedicated the majority of his HBO show Last Week Tonight to the monstrous killings of Daunte Wright, 20, and Adam Toledo, 13, two youngsters (Black and Mexican) who were both unarmed when they were shot to death by police. “In the wake of the shooting of Daunte Wright last Sunday, I can safely say this week has […]
If you happen to be a white celebrity who’s been “cancelled”—or held accountable for doing something racist on the job—Real Time with Bill Maher is the perfect place to kick off your “White Victimhood” tour. And, following in the venerable footsteps of alt-right bigot Milo Yiannopoulos and blackface apologist Megyn Kelly, Maher has chosen to use his influential platform to cry “cancel culture!” in defense of […]
On Thursday night, comedian Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by addressing the vaccine selfie that Ivanka Trump—whose father, brother, and stepmother contracted COVID-19 due to their reckless behavior—posted to her Instagram. “I’m glad she did it and posted about it, but the comments under her post are, ‘nope,’ ‘not doing it,’ ‘hard no,’ ‘pass,’ ‘you’re joking, right?’ and ‘I never […]
On Sunday, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver followed in the footsteps of Saturday Night Live in mocking the news—broken by none other than The Daily Beast—that Trump-toadying Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had reportedly paid his pal (and accused sex trafficker) Joel Greenberg $900 via Venmo, who then sent the money to three young women, describing the transactions as being for “Tuition,” “School,” and “School” “You […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver opened the latest edition of Last Week Tonight by addressing #GaetzGate, the disturbing allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) engaged in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and may have violated sex-trafficking laws by paying for the teenager to travel across state lines. (Gaetz has denied the allegations.) “Lil Nas X twerking on Satan seems positively wholesome compared to the news […]
Following a cold open that saw Pete Davidson debut his creepy, Quagmire-esque Matt Gaetz, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” continued the onslaught. “Representative Matt Gaetz, who looks like a caricature-artist drawing of me, is reportedly under investigation for an alleged sexual relationship with an underage girl—because Gaetz believes that only voters should have to show ID,” joked Colin Jost. “It’s also being reported that Gaetz may […]
Who will play Matt Gaetz? It was the question many a Saturday Night Live fan asked themselves this week. Would it be Alex Moffat, whose Joe Biden has been relatively MIA? Or perhaps “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost, who gives off strong frat boy energy? We soon got our answer. SNL opened its latest edition with Oops, You Did It Again, a Vegas-set talk show hosted […]
There are a number of names you might expect in Roe v. Wade, a new anti-abortion film that toes the line between melodrama and propaganda. Jon Voight, Stacey Dash, Roger Stone, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Tomi Lahren all make appearances. MyPillow conspiracist Mike Lindell pops up in a bizarre cameo. It is co-directed by and stars Nick Loeb, best known for waging legal war against ex-fiancée Sofia […]
In the 1980s, you couldn’t miss Sean Young. The statuesque, husky-voiced star proved an imposing screen presence, whether in fatigues in Stripes, as Blade Runner’s icy replicant Rachael, or receiving back-of-the-limo oral from a young Kevin Costner in No Way Out. It was with 1988’s The Boost, portraying a woman hopelessly addicted to cocaine and her man, that things began to unravel. Young’s co-star, James Woods, […]
Marcela Alonso has never been in higher demand. The 41-year-old Latina, who calls New York City her home, has been inundated with OnlyFans requests during the pandemic—and nearly all of them, she says, are coming from young, lonely men craving intimacy. “They come to an older woman because it became very hard for these younger guys to date, and they do have sexual needs. But I’m […]
In March of last year, Andrea Circle Bear was transferred from a South Dakota jail to FMC Carswell, an all-female prison for those with special medical needs in Fort Worth, Texas. Circle Bear, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, was serving out a 26-month sentence for conducting a pair of drug deals totaling $850. She was also heavily pregnant. On March 31, Circle Bear […]
In lieu of going after Don Jr. for getting all QAnon-y and accusing President Biden of “sniffing” children or taking shots at Donald Trump’s rather ashy and paunchy post-presidential look, Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a chunk of his Thursday night monologue to a rather funny story involving the former president, who has been busy hiding out at his Florida country club Mar-a-Lago and participating in charity grifts […]
On Wednesday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah addressed the mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, wherein Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white gunman from Woodstock, is alleged to have targeted Asian women at a number of massage parlors in the area, killing a total of eight people—including six Asian women. As The Daily Beast reported: The rampage began at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth in Cherokee […]
On Monday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, who was one of the first late-night hosts to really give it to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after it was revealed that he’d covered up thousands of COVID-19 nursing home deaths, unleashed his most brutal takedown yet of Cuomo. “A few weeks ago, Cuomo was hit with sexual-harassment accusations from two former staffers But, much like coronavirus […]
On Sunday night, following the eye-opening finale of Allen v. Farrow, John Oliver dedicated the majority of his Last Week Tonight program to arguably his favorite target: Tucker Carlson. This past week, Carlson came under fire for ranting about the U.S. military’s new women-accommodating flight suits, saying, “It’s a mockery of the U.S. military. While China’s military becomes more masculine as it’s assembled the world’s largest […]
The fourth and final episode of Allen v. Farrow, a docuseries examining the child sexual abuse allegation that a 7-year-old Dylan Farrow made against her adoptive father, the filmmaker Woody Allen, back in 1992, zeroes in on a number of disturbing threads. There is Hollywood’s complicity, as A-list actors repeatedly turned a blind eye to the accusations against Allen in favor of featuring in (and reaping […]
On Friday night, The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert was finally able to realize a dream he’s had for a year: welcoming Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, onto the program (virtually, of course). “I’ve wanted to have you on for a year. We’ve tried to have you on every week for a year. We couldn’t ever get ya,” said Colbert. “Around January 20, your […]
Piers Morgan, who was once credibly accused of hacking into celebrities’ phones while he was editor of the gossip rag Daily Mirror, has decided to leave his daytime talk show Good Morning Britain. On Tuesday, its broadcaster ITV issued the following statement: “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain. ITV has accepted this decision and has […]
On Monday, the late-night hosts (sans Trevor Noah, who is sadly off this week) all addressed the news that captivated 17 million Americans: Oprah Winfrey’s primetime interview with Harry and Meghan Markle, who exited the British royal family over what the two characterized as a campaign of gaslighting, neglect, and racist treatment. Jimmy Kimmel mocked the royal family’s “inbreeding” past, while Stephen Colbert began his riff […]
The third episode of Allen v. Farrow, the four-part HBO docuseries from filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering examining then 7-year-old Dylan Farrow’s child sexual abuse allegation against her adoptive father Woody Allen (and the media firestorm that ensued), contained a number of revelations. We heard more recordings of phone calls between Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, with Farrow desperately pleading with Allen to explain where […]
Remember dancing? What so many of us wouldn’t give for that confused jumble of joy, freedom, and insouciance. The closest approximation of that rapturous feeling, for me, came during the finale of Another Round, Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s tribute to alcohol and embracing the wonders of life. The premise is a cartoonish one: in the throes of a midlife crisis, high school history teacher Martin (Mads […]
Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, has found himself in the middle of a number of controversies. There was the 2013 government shutdown, wherein Cruz hijacked Congress with a reading of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham; the time he accused President Obama of high treason for wanting to push immigration reform; the time GOP Senator Lindsey Graham said, “If you killed Ted Cruz on […]
“It’s so nice to be here,” remarked Joe Scarborough. On Friday night, the slick MSNBC co-host returned to HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher after a prolonged absence. The last time Scarborough was on the show he was a conservative; now, he identifies as an independent, having spoken out against Trump during his chaotic presidency. “Honestly, tell me about this. You’re an independent now. So, what […]
Capitol police are on high alert. Why, you might ask? Well, former President Donald Trump’s horde of QAnon followers—you know, the ones like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who believe Democrats and Hollywood A-listers are engaged in a massive child sex-trafficking ring and harvest the fear of children (a conspiracy theory inspired in part by the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc.)—believe that Trump will re-assume power and be […]
In mid-February, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah was one of the first late-night hosts to really give it to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his cover-up of COVID nursing home deaths, comparing his aversion to reality to former President Donald Trump’s. And now, Noah is going hard in the paint on Cuomo’s series of sexual-harassment allegations. Thus far, two former aides to Cuomo have accused […]
On Sunday night, around the time the woefully corrupt Golden Globes were wrapping up, John Oliver was launching into a speech against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, “a man whose face, build, and general demeanor always seems to scream ‘Business Frankenstein.’” The comic opened his latest Last Week Tonight on the myriad controversies surrounding Cuomo, a man who was inexplicably hailed as a COVID-19 hero for […]
In Daddy, a young male escort dons a bright pink dress and is tasked with raising the spirits of a broken 80-year-old man (Ron Rifkin) on the anniversary of his wife’s passing. Set almost entirely in a palatial hotel suite, it’s a tender two-hander about the need for human connection. The YouTube comments underneath the short film, however, tell a different story. “This Zach & Cody’s […]
It’s no secret that Bill Maher has something of a soft spot for blonde conservative women who traffic in incendiary opinions, viewing them as fellow culture warriors in an ongoing (and inflated) crusade against “political correctness.” For years, the comic has been good friends with Ann Coulter, who’s served as a frequent guest on his various programs, where she’s been treated with kid gloves (despite her […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican representative from Georgia, was recently stripped of her committee duties after it emerged that she’d pushed a whole range of wacko conspiracy theories—the Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, or that a cabal of Democrats are “Satan-worshipping pedophiles” (her words) trafficking children out of D.C. pizza parlors and harvesting their blood for a substance called “Adrenochrome,” a plotline straight out of the Pixar […]
Even though Black Americans are being hospitalized of COVID at 2.9x the rate of white Americans and are 1.5x more likely to die from the disease, they’re being vaccinated far less. According to the CDC, Black Americans have received just 5.4 percent of the administered COVID vaccine, while white Americans have received 60.4 percent of it. And in New York City, data revealed that more non-New […]
On Tuesday night, The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert dragged the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for branding this year’s edition “America Uncanceled” and then canceling a speaker over his history of anti-Semitic comments. And Jimmy Kimmel joined in on the fun—but also set his sights on someone who’s become such a colossal embarrassment he won’t be speaking at CPAC: Rudy Giuliani, the president’s ex-attorney who once […]
The late-night shows have found a new favorite target: Ted Cruz, the bumbling Republican senator from Texas who appears far more interested in helping incite a coup or tweeting about “cancel culture” than helping those in his home state who are without power or clean water following cold weather storms that knocked out Texas’ power grid, leaving millions without electricity and dozens dead. Cruz, in his […]
With Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump blessedly out of the picture, and no clear strategy for how to mock Joe Biden, Saturday Night Live has been relying on the immensely talented Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong to do most of the comedic heavy-lifting. And on Saturday night, they came through yet again. This week’s cold open began with a Britney Spears-hosted talk show called Oops, You Did […]
This week’s Saturday Night Live opened with Aidy Bryant—sporting braids and unfortunate facial hair, while balancing rollaway luggage and a pina colada—mocking Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for jetting off to Cancun while his home state of Texas is in the throes of a crisis that has left millions without power and dozens dead. Later in the night, the “Weekend Update” team of Colin Jost and Michael […]
On Wednesday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah aimed his ire at the shameless Texas Republicans and their right-wing mouthpieces who have been blaming everything and everyone for the current energy crisis in Texas other than their own ineptitude, lack of preparation, and refusal to embrace alternative energy sources in favor of those sweet, sweet fossil fuel company donations. Millions are out of power and at […]
Warning: Graphic descriptions of alleged child sexual abuse. As Judge Elliott Wilk, who presided over the shocking custody case between Mia Farrow and Woody Allen in New York State Supreme Court concluded, “We will probably never know what occurred on August 4, 1992.” But the new four-part documentary series Allen v. Farrow makes a thoroughly convincing argument that Allen indeed molested his 7-year-old daughter, Dylan Farrow, […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was hailed as a COVID-19 hero for staging regular press conferences during the pandemic—despite his state experiencing the most COVID deaths, his performative blockade of New Rochelle in the early days of the pandemic, his clumsy handling of restaurants and schools, his childish infighting with Mayor de Blasio, and the fact that he placed people infected with COVID-19 back into nursing […]
John Oliver returned to the Last Week Tonight desk on Sunday night for his first show since Nov. 16, where he was confronted by an incensed Adam Driver. So, the British comic had a lot of ground to cover, given that he’d missed everything from Trump’s unhinged election challenge, to the Capitol riot, to a bunch of Reddit bros taking on Wall Street. “It’s been a […]
Bill Maher has (almost) never found a famous man accused of misconduct that he hasn’t wanted to defend. The late-night comic, who once warned that the #MeToo Movement was creating a “police state” for sex, has defended MSNBC’s Chris Matthews after he was accused of sexual harassment (and mocked his accuser for good measure); has defended pal Al Franken, who was accused of nonconsensual touching and […]
On Wednesday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah followed in the footsteps of SNL in mocking the unhinged MyPillow guy (and MAGA insurrectionist) Mike Lindell. “One thing that set [the insurrection] off was the conspiracy theory that the Democrats stole the election using rigged voting machines from Dominion,” explained Noah. “It’s a conspiracy theory that was pushed by Trump supporters like Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder […]
Hollywood loves to look down on the adult industry. With the exceptions of HBO’s The Deuce and the first hour or so of Boogie Nights, the world of porn is typically depicted as the seventh circle of Hell, where dreams go to die and entrants end up regretful (Lovelace), rescued (The Girl Next Door), or brutally murdered in a snuff film for the pleasure of a […]
It was on Holocaust Remembrance Day that Misha Defonseca chose to share her story of survival for the first time. Surrounded by friends and neighbors, she stood up at the Temple Beth Torah in Holliston, Mass., and told them—through tears—that after her Belgian parents were hauled off by the Nazis, she was placed in the care of a Catholic family who gave her a new name: […]
Back in April, Bill Maher went on a hysterical rant against China over the novel coronavirus. The Real Time host insisted that COVID-19 be called “the Chinese virus” because it originated in China, citing the Spanish flu as precedent (which did not come from Spain, unbeknownst to Maher); railed against the “PC Police” for refusing to let him and others call it “the Chinese virus,” even […]
On Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel moved away from his favorite target, the coup-complicit congressman Ted Cruz, and toward the Q-complicit Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman from Georgia who subscribes to QAnon—a baseless, batshit-insane conspiracy theory positing that Donald Trump is a messianic figure battling a cabal of sex-trafficker pedophiles comprised of some of the biggest names in Hollywood and the Democratic Party (this despite the […]
On Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a chunk of his late-night monologue to the upcoming Trump Impeachment Part II. “Only five Republicans today voted in favor of the trial, which means there’s no chance Trump will be convicted,” explained Kimmel of Tuesday’s Senate vote on whether to dismiss it before it even begins. “Even Mitch McConnell, who specifically said Trump provoked the [Capitol riot] crowd, voted […]
“Bye, Propecia!” exclaimed Bill Maher Friday night, adding, “To quote Melania: Thank god that’s over with.” The Real Time host kicked off his late-night monologue with a series of jabs at Donald Trump, the now former president who left the White House after letting COVID run wild all over the country, contracting (and possibly spreading) COVID himself, tearing at the fabric of our democracy by questioning […]
“I don’t know about America yet… but I feel great again,” proclaimed Jimmy Kimmel at the top of his monologue Wednesday night. He added, “I have to imagine this is what it feels like when the oncologist calls and tells you the tumor is benign.” Later on in the show, the comedian brought on another late-night comic: John Oliver. The Last Week Tonight host, who cast […]
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 […]
I have a confession to make: I have long harbored a fascination with Nancy Grace, and her “unique brand of truculent righteousness,” as Oxygen’s Injustice with Nancy Grace puts it. Who can forget her showdown with the rapper 2 Chainz over marijuana legalization, or her breathless coverage of the Casey Anthony case? The former Atlanta prosecutor has had shows on HLN, Court TV, and now Oxygen, […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver dedicated the season finale of Last Week Tonight to (soon-to be former) President Donald Trump’s wild and baseless allegations that the election results are fraudulent. Oliver cited the fact that nearly all of the Trump campaign’s lawsuits have been laughed out of court. He also noted that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security […]
During Sunday night’s season finale of Last Week Tonight, after spending a considerable amount of time talking about just how dangerous Trump’s election-fraud lies are, host John Oliver addressed his year-long obsession with a certain Oscar-nominated actor. “And of course, I spent the whole year demanding that Adam Driver demolish me. Crush my larynx, you unwieldy boulder,” offered Oliver. Then he got a special FaceTime call […]
On Friday night, Real Time host Bill Maher opened his show by mocking presidential loser Donald Trump, who keeps—against all logic, or reason—trying to convince the American public that he didn’t lose the recent election to Joe Biden, despite the fact that Biden took home 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, and also received well over 5 million more votes in the popular count. “This guy […]
On Tuesday night, Fox News’ No. 2 Trump bootlicker Laura Ingraham, whose own brother thinks she is “a monster,” conducted an incredibly suspect interview with an anonymous woman claiming to be a poll worker in Clark County, Nevada. Cast in silhouette and with a comically manipulated voice, the woman alleged that she witnessed ballot-tampering at her location. “I was walking, the Biden van was parked along […]
On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert lost it. Casually seated next to a bottle of champagne, The Late Show host began his monologue by saying, “Oh, what a strange, troubling world some people would like this to be. Yesterday, I was pouring champagne to toast the administration, and today”— before smashing the bottle, holding up its broken end, and yelling—“I will cut you if you come near […]
“Donald Trump isn’t going to be president anymore,” announced John Oliver at the top of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The British-born comedian, who revealed last week that he’d voted for the first time in order to kick Trump out of the White House, was taping his HBO show Saturday night as people in America were taking to the streets to celebrate the president’s big defeat at […]
Jimmy Kimmel could not be happier. On Friday night’s edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host emerged dancing to the Village People’s “YMCA”—mimicking Trump at his rallies, before proclaiming, “Not only are we taking the White House back, we’re taking that down back too!” Yes, one day after he said that Trump should be “arrested” over his dangerous lies about the election results being fraudulent, […]
On Friday night, Bill Maher stood on the Real Time stage and, with a shit-eating grin plastered across his face, teed off on President Donald Trump, who appears to have lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. “Biden won the election!” Maher exclaimed, before a collection of red, white and blue balloons fell on him from above. “The networks are still too chickenshit to call it, […]
“Please, stay calm. The process is working,” announced Jimmy Kimmel. Yes, the late-night host kicked off his monologue by reassuring his viewers that the ballot-counting going on was merely democracy in action—despite the endless whining of one Donald J. Trump. “They’re still counting the votes, whether Donald Trump likes it or not. But it would appear that our Burger King has been flame-broiled for good. We […]
“Twenty-four hours later, we still don’t know the winner of the presidential election,” Stephen Colbert explained at the top of The Late Show Wednesday night. He then elaborated, adding, “As you can see, I am still on the election set because the election is still going on—as we knew it would. We planned to keep this setup for days, because COVID. It’s going to take a […]
On Election Night, The Daily Show was one of two late-night programs—along with Stephen Colbert over on Showtime—to broadcast live. And host Trevor Noah, appearing alongside (an increasingly inebriated) correspondent Roy Wood Jr., appeared relatively calm about the anxiety-inducing proceedings. At the midway point of the hour-long special, Noah addressed the various eyebrow-raising Election Day shenanigans that have caused voting tallies to come in late. “Despite […]
On Election Eve, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert followed his fellow ex-Daily Show co-conspirator John Oliver in delivering one final plea to his audience to vote Trump out on Nov. 3. And Colbert seemed much calmer than his British-born counterpart. “I’m the most relaxed I’ve been for months because, at 11:38 the night before the election, what ya gonna do?” said Colbert. “I think we […]
“The fact is, the election is now just two days away. And because of that, our show tonight is going to be a little bit different,” John Oliver announced at the top of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The HBO host broke down his show into two main stories involving the chaotic and deadly Trump administration: the coronavirus and Attorney General William Barr. Oliver began with the […]