Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Fernando Valenzuela, LA Dodgers Legend and 6-Time All-Star, Dies at 63
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexico-born Los Angeles Dodgers icon who helped bring about the team’s 1981 World Series victory and who inspired the “Fernandomania” craze thanks to his unique and flamboyant pitching style, died Tuesday, the team announced. He was 63. “He was a lot more than just a heavy set left handed pitcher. He was smart and seemingly always in control of himself and hitters who thought they might get the best out of the Southpaw from Sonora, Mexico. Well, it didn’t happen all that often. He was, after all, one of 12 children. He was the patron saint and…
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Stephen Colbert Dismisses Trump’s McDonald’s ‘Job’: Just Blue Collar Drag, but With More Makeup’ | Video
Stephen Colbert had some fun talking at length about Donald Trump’s weird weekend on Monday’s “The Late Show.” Yes, he talks a lot about Trump’s fixation on the size of late golfing legend Arnold Palmer’s penis. But he also roasted Trump’s campaign stunt where he pretended to work at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. The appearance gave Colbert the chance to do some very excellent fast food restaurant puns. But it also provided an opportunity to dismiss the whole stunt as “just blue collar drag, but with more makeup.” It opened with a discussion of Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris. Colbert hinted…
Monday, October 21, 2024
‘Billionaire Apocalypse’ Drama Series in the Works at Fox From ‘The Morning Show’ Creator
Fox is in development on a new drama series from “The Morning Show” creator Jay Carson. The series, which is titled “Billionaire Apocalypse,” has been given a script commitment and is currently in development at Fox Entertainment Studios. Carson serves as writer and executive producer for the series, alongside EPs Lawrence Bender, Kevin Brown and Hugh Jackman. The official logline for “Billionaire Apocalypse” is as follows: “In the series, the richest man on the planet, 200 of his employees, and his family are forced to flee to his private island in the wake of a global financial collapse, where the employees and family…
Sunday, October 20, 2024
‘SNL’: Alec Baldwin Returns – as Bret Baier – to Roast the Kamala Harris Fox News Interview | Video
Alec Baldwin isn’t playing Donald Trump as he died from 2016-2020, but he’s not done playing “SNL” parodies of current political figures, and in the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live,” he surprised viewers when he portrayed Fox News anchor Bret Baier during the cold open. Baldwin played an only slightly exaggerated version of the hostile behavior Baier displayed during his interview this week with Kamala Harris — with emphasis on the way Baier constantly interrupted Harris. Watch some of that below: Bret Baier interviews Kamala Harris for Fox News pic.twitter.com/buxgtehKYr — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 20,…
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Bill Maher Really Hopes Kamala Harris Wins – Because He Predicted It and if She Loses ‘It’s Going to Make Me Look Bad’ | Video
Bill Maher on Friday told “Real Time” viewers that he really hopes Kamala Harris wins. Not just because he supports her candidacy, though he does. But “because I predicted a month ago you’d win this thing, and if you blow it, it’s going to make me look bad.” The comment came during the latest “New Rules” segment of the show, though the stuff about Harris was tangential to his main point: Donald Trump is basically immune to scandal and thus, Democrats shouldn’t hope for any kind of ‘October Surprise’ that could take him down. “Democrats need to stop thinking an…
Friday, October 18, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Jokes The Election Is in 18 Days, And We’re ’95 Days From Our Next Insurrection’ | Video
Jimmy Kimmel started Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” with a fairly bleak joke. “We’re now 18 days away from the election,” he said. “And 95 days from our next insurrection.” You probably get the joke, but in case you forgot, he’s talking about how Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the government after losing the 2020 election. But Kimmel was focused less on the threat of another attempt to override the will of voters and more on how annoying the final days of election season can be. Especially thanks to communications from the candidate he called “Con Juan.” (Obviously, Trump.)…
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Los Angeles DA ‘Exploring Every Avenue Available’ to ‘Ensure Justice Is Served’ After Menendez Family Press Conference
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office is “is dedicated to a thorough and fair process and is exploring every avenue available to our office to ensure justice is served,” the organization said in a statement issued in response to a press conference held by the Menendez family Wednesday. The office “has met with the Menendez brothers’ family to listen to their concerns and perspectives” and “the Menendez brothers’ cases are being reviewed by the office’s Resentencing Unit for possible resentencing,” the statement explained. Crucially, the DA’s office has “developed a more modern understanding of sexual violence since the Menendez…
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Stephen Colbert Agrees for Once With Trump After Bizarre Town Hall: ‘Supporters, Please Do Not Forget to Vote on Jan. 5’ | Video
Donald Trump was a weird sight at an Oaks, Pennsylvania Town Hall on Monday night. Ostensibly he was there to answer questions from voters, but after some of his usual rambling, incoherent answers he abruptly stopped taking questions and just made everyone listen to his personal music playlist while swaying to the music and occasionally speaking or singing along for an excruciating 40 minutes. It was a display that raised serious concerns about his age and mental fitness just weeks before the election, but there is one bright side for Trump. For once, Stephen Colbert actually supported some of what…
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Calls Trump Stranding Followers in the Desert a ‘Perfect Metaphor’ for Possible Second Term | Video
Over the weekend Donald Trump held a rally in California, and when it ended his campaign bailed and hundreds of his supporters ended up stranded when shuttle busses left and never came back. And Jimmy Kimmel thinks that’s the ‘perfect metaphor’ for what another Trump term would be like. “Donye West also played Coachella on Saturday,” Kimmel said during his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” monologue on Monday. “No one knows why he’s campaigning in Southern California where he’s about as popular as deep vein thrombosis.” “But he held a rally in Coachella, which is outside of Palm Springs. He rambled for…
Monday, October 14, 2024
‘Big Brother’ Season 26 Winner Revealed: Who Took Home the $750,000 Prize?
“Big Brother” 26 crowned its winner, ending one of the CBS competition series’ most unpredictable seasons yet. After 90 days of 24-hour surveillance that included fierce competitions, betrayals and plenty of AI-themed twists, this season’s jury of houseguests voted for the victor among Season 26’s Top 3 players, with all the action taking place during the two-hour finale event Sunday night. In the end, Chelsie Baham was named the winner of “Big Brother” 26, earning the $750,000 prize. Viewers also had their say during the season finale, as America voted for their favorite houseguest and named Tucker Des Lauriers, a…
