Thursday, April 3, 2025
Stephen Colbert Jokes Trump Tariffs Liberated America ‘From the Tyranny of Being Able to Buy Stuff’ Video
Following Donald Trump’s chaotic, stock market-devastating announcement Wednesday of massive tariffs experts say are “worse than the worst case scenario,” Stephen Colbert kicked off his monologue by joking that the audience must feel “liberated,” because “America is finally free from the tyranny of being able to buy stuff from other countries.” “Who’s ready to learn how to make their own iPad from scratch?” COlbert continued. “Watching those kids have all the fun.” Colbert continued by explaining how the tariffs seem to have been decided on last minute, noting, “reportedly, Trump was still weighing tariff options until late yesterday. Now, if…
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer, Acclaimed Actor Known for ‘Tombstone’ and ‘Top Gun,’ Dies at 65
Val Kilmer, the celebrated actor known for intensely committing to his performances and for starring roles in films like “Tombstone,” “Top Gun,” “The Doors” and more, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia. He was 65. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, made the news public. A Los Angeles native born in 1959, Kilmer grew up in the San Fernando Valley and as a teenager set a record as the youngest student to be accepted into the Julliard school of Drama (the record was broken by Seth Numrich.) Kilmer pursued a stage career when he started acting professionally in the early 80s, but…
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Stephen Colbert Fake-Comforts Audience by Saying ‘One Day’ Trump ‘Won’t Be President – Maybe’ | Video
During his monologue on Monday, Stephen Colbert gave his audience a little bit of hope for the future despite how he and many others are feeling during the second Trump administration. And then he pulled the rug out from under them a little. “If you don’t like Trump tariffs, and not many people do, don’t you worry. One day he won’t be president,” Colbert said as the audience erupted in cheers. “Maybe,” Colbert quickly added, which was how he segued into a discussion of Donald Trump’s desire for an unconstitutional third term — and how media outlets are messing up…
Monday, March 31, 2025
‘Screamboat’ Review: Mickey Mouse of 1,000 Corpses
Mickey Mouse is a beloved, wholesome children’s icon, and he has been for nearly 100 years. So it’s sick and perverse to watch a Mickey Mouse film featuring brutal decapitations, homicidal skeletons, kidnapping and torture. Any filmmaker who would bring that level of despicable violence into the world of Mickey Mouse should be deeply ashamed of themselves. By the way, that filmmaker’s name is Walt Disney. “The Mad Doctor” was a creepily animated Mickey Mouse short released in 1933, whose imagery was, at the time, considered so gruesome that it quickly fell out of circulation and into the public domain….
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Bill Maher Says He’ll Never Be a Republican ‘Because I Don’t Want to Live in North Korea’ | Video
Bill Maher laid into Republicans during his “New Rules” segment on Friday’s “Real Time,” which he started by explaining to people who ask why, if he roasts “the woke nonsense peddlers, why don’t you go all the way and join” the right wing. “Let me give you the short answer,” Maher said. “Because I don’t want to live in North Korea.” Maher then noted the incredible propaganda deployed for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, who “has state stenographers who follow him everywhere and scribble his genius ideas into their notebooks and applaud. Well, Republicans, that’s you now. Republican Congressman…
Friday, March 28, 2025
LA Times Hit by More Layoffs as Dozens Cut From Operations, Communications Divisions | Report
A month after at least 40 newsroom employees accepted buyouts, the Los Angeles Times has been hit by another wave of brutal layoffs, this time on the outlet’s business side. While the full count isn’t known, Oliver Darcy reported Thursday that dozens of employees across the company’s operations and communications sections were let go this week, including Vice President of Communications Hillary Manning. Representatives for the Los Angeles Times didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap. Manning also did not respond to a request for comment; as of this writing, her LA Times email address has not…
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Jimmy Fallon Jokes Trump Signal Breach Would Never Happen Under Biden – Because ‘He Didn’t Know How to Text’ | Video
Jimmy Fallon waded into political waters during his monologue on Wednesday’ “The Tonight Show,” and given the prevalence of the story, he of course talked a lot about the scandal over the Trump administration’s military plans breach on Signal. The ineptitude of the whole thing stood out for Fallon in particular, prompting him to compare it unfavorably to some of the, uh, colorful characters associated with Donald Trump’s first term in office. Fallon also noted that this would never have happened when Joe Biden was president — but only because “he didn’t know how to text.” Now, we assume you’re…
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel ‘Can’t Help’ but Enjoy the ‘Confederacy of Dunces Running This Country’ After Signal Chat Fiasco | Video
Jimmy Kimmel was, like a lot of people, interested in the news this week that Trump administration officials openly discussed apparently classified military plans in a group chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal — a chat that included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. But because of the details about how such a huge screw-up happened, Kimmel confessed during his monologue on Tuesday that he was actually enjoying it. “Quick question for the audience – did anyone else get a group chat invite from the National Security Adviser today? Just me?” Kimmel joked. “I know we shouldn’t enjoy the…
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Jokes Trump’s National Security Team Is ‘Dudes You Wouldn’t Trust to Throw Your Cousin a Surprise Party | Video
On Monday, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed in a shocking article how he was accidentally added to a group chat on the excrypted messaging app Signal that included multiple senior Trump Administration officials — who discussed classified plans for a military strike in front of him. Later that night, Jimmy Kimmel had some thoughts on it. Mainly, about how inept the whole thing seemed. “our national security is being guarded by a bunch of dudes he wouldn’t trust to throw your cousin a surprise party,” the ABC host joked. “The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans,” Kimmel…
Sunday, March 23, 2025
There’s a Devastating Detail in That ‘Adolescence’ Ending You Might Have Missed
The four-part Netflix series “Adolescence” got off to a strong start after it was released March 14, and fans have been quick to note the show’s many ups, downs, and emotional moments. But there’s one small — but devastating — hit that might be easy to overlook. The series concludes with a version of the song “Through the Eyes of a Child.” Though the original is sung by Aurora, the version in the show is sung by Emilia Holliday, who plays the young girl who is killed. Director Philip Barantini made the reveal in an interview with Netflix. “The voice…
