Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Stephen Colbert Wonders Why Trump Hasn’t Offered Him a Job: ‘Everyone With a TV Show Gets a Call!’ | Video
After seeing the run of absolutely insane cabinet picks Donald Trump has been making for his second term, an incredulous Stephen Colbert had just one question: “Where’s my job offer?” There was of course a lot of inspiration for this line of thinking. For instance, on Tuesday Trump announced he’ll be hiring former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as his Secretary of Education, and Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicaid and Medicare. But it was some earlier bleak news along these lines that got Colbert to his question during his monologue. “Trump picked another TV man to be Secretary of Transportation,…
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Alec Baldwin Plays RFK Jr. in ‘SNL’ Cold Open: ‘I Got a Dead Dolphin in My Car’ | Video
Alec Baldwin returned to “SNL” on Saturday’s politics-focused cold open, but the former Trump impersonator took on a different figure entirely for this episode: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The cold open imagined the private meeting between outgoing president Joe Biden (played by Dana Carvey) and incoming president Trump (James Austin Johnson), and in a bit that introduced a couple of Trump’s cabinet appointments, Baldwin stepped in as RFK Jr. Baldwin’s appearance was met with an applause break, after which he touted his credentials as Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services. “Americans need someone to teach them how…
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Jake Paul Beats Mike Tyson to Win Netflix Fight With Round 8 Unanimous Decision
The highly-anticipated fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul was plagued by glitches — though it’s unclear whether it was Netflix, or local internet service providers at fault there. But it wasn’t a glitch for Paul, who won by unanimous decision after the full 8 rounds. The victory settles the boxing rivalry that was originally delayed from its original July 2024 date after Tyson suffered a stomach ulcer flare-up. During the fight, Tyson displayed the aggression and physical presence he’s known for, but his age quickly proved a detriment — at 58, his stamina and speed, not to mention reach, were…
Friday, November 15, 2024
Stephen Colbert Urges People to ‘Keep an Open Mind’ About RFK Jr.: ‘That’s How the Worm Gets In’ | Video
Plenty of people are freaked out about the fact that anti-vaccines activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Trump’s pick to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. And for good reason — as CNN’s Jake Tapper put it on Thursday, “I hope you like measles, America.” But on “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert was a picture of fake-philosophical calm as he urged people to to “Keep an open mind” about it. “Because that’s how the worm gets in.” “There’s no denying it is a weird time. But today is not the worst day since Trump was elected,” Colbert said…
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Stephen Colbert Reassures Viewers Trump Will ‘Be Different This Time’: ‘It’s Already Way Worse’ | Video
Stephen Colbert told Wednesday’s “The Late Show” audience that he recently tried to give his staff some hope about the coming second Trump administration. “maybe,” he said, “it’ll be different this time.” Then he confirmed this is correct. “It’s already way worse,” Colbert joked. The bleak assessment of things to come was inspired by the news Wednesday of the many, many startling choices the former president — who despite attempting to overthrow the government in 2021, was never held accountable for his crimes by the Biden administration, apparently on purpose — is making for his next administration. Most notably, Trump…
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Hopes ‘Maybe Next Time’ the ‘Where the Democrats Went Wrong’ Articles Will Come Out ‘Before the Election’ | Video
Pundits and political scientists have written a lot about what mistakes by the Democratic Party may have led to Donald Trump’s shock 2024 victory. But a dejected Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday said he would rather they figure this out in advance for the next election. “The GOP is expected to win the House now – they already won the Senate – of course, they won the White House too,” Kimmel said during his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” monologue. “I don’t know. Maybe next time all these political experts can publish their articles on “where the Democrats went wrong” before the election?…
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
John Mayer and McG to Buy Historic Jim Henson Company Lot
The historic Jim Henson Company lot, which started life as Charlie Chaplin Studios in Los Angeles, has found a new buyer: John Mayer. Yes, the singer-songwriter behind “Daughters” and “Waiting on the World to Change” has partnered with filmmaker McG to purchase the sprawling lot, located in the heart of Hollywood at 1416 N. La Brea Ave. The contract is in final negotiations as of Monday night, TheWrap has learned. Mayer recorded his excellent 2021 album “Sob Rock” at Henson Recording Studios, part of the same lot, and filmed a performance video for “Last Train Home” (from the “Sob Rock”)…
Sunday, November 10, 2024
‘SNL’ Cast Grovels to Appease Trump in Cold Open: ‘We Have Never Wavered in Our Support for You’ | Video
The first “Saturday Night Live” after the election opened on a somber note, with Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson and Heidi Gardner standing on the “SNL” stage in regular clothes addressing the election of Donald Trump for a second term as president. The group took turns speaking about how Trump tried to forcibly overturn the results of the last election and how he called for vengeance against his enemies. “To many people, including many people watching this show right now, the results were shocking and even horrifying,” Nwodim said, later noting that now “thanks to the Supreme Court, there…
Saturday, November 9, 2024
‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: This Holiday Indie Is a Few of My Favorite Things
At the end of Peter Godfrey’s “Christmas in Connecticut” — the greatest Christmas movie of all time (don’t fight me on this) — beloved character actor Sydney Greenstreet, having just emerged from a comedy kerfuffle of epic proportions, can think of nothing more to do than throw his mighty head in the air and declare “What a Christmas! Ho ho, what a Christmas!” I could also think of little else to say, at first, about Tyler Taormina’s peculiar and lovely “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point.” What a Christmas indeed. The film is an eclectic hodgepodge of realism and dreamlike, dare…
Friday, November 8, 2024
Seth Meyers Jokes He Can No Longer Cry After Trump’s Reelection: ‘Drier Than a Joe Biden Story’ | Video
Though there are some voters who are “enjoying liberal tears” since Donald Trump was named President-elect in this week’s election, the “joke’s on you,” Seth Meyers said Thursday on “Late Night.” “I’ve lost the ability to cry,” he shared in his “Closer Look” segment. “It’s a condition called the medical inability to lacrimate. And if you don’t know what lacrimation is, I guess you haven’t recently asked WebMD, why can’t I cry? That’s right, my doctors say my tear ducts are drier than a Joe Biden story about growing up in Scranton.” “Is crying bad now?” Meyers asked. “Because based…
