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Sean L. MccarthyThe Daily Beast |
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — There’s locker-room talk, and then there’s what the entire global Netflix subscriber base may have witnessed Sunday night....
INGLEWOOD, California—Given a live global platform Saturday night by Netflix, Katt Williams closed out an electric hour of comedy punctuated by...
Most people tend to know Netflix best for their explosive docudramas on cults and killers, or for reviving mid TV shows from other networks, or for...
Every American late-night TV host has striven to follow Johnny Carson’s path to success both in status and in ratings, but not a single one of them...
Ordinary Americans, military pilots, and even former President Jimmy Carter have claimed to have seen unidentified flying objects in the sky over the...
John Oliver slammed North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Sunday night, outing the 55-year-old–who won the GOP nomination Tuesday for the...
Eighteen years ago this month, I first had the chance to speak to Richard Lewis. Or, should I say, I listened to Lewis as the comedian launched into...
Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling last week that frozen embryos fertilized in test tubes legally qualify as living, breathing human beings sent...
There’s a reason John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight crew keep winning Emmys: All of the other late-night TV hosts are all talk and no action....
Once upon a time, Lorne Michaels had the juice to turn “not ready for primetime players” into box-office gold. As an executive producer, Michaels...
If Jon Stewart and John Oliver had it their way a decade ago, neither one of them might have left Comedy Central. “I didn’t stay at The Daily...
A lawsuit from the estate of late great comedian George Carlin has forced the dudes behind the Dudesy podcast to not only pull their unauthorized...
At the end of her fifth episode hosting After Midnight, Taylor Tomlinson challenged comedians Josh Johnson and Atsuko Okatsuka to offer up their...
George Carlin’s daughter and keeper of his estate, Kelly Carlin, isn’t laughing about a new AI-generated “special” of supposedly new material...
When Ricky Gervais wanted to talk about participating in Make-A-Wish for his Netflix special Armageddon, he couldn’t help himself but share his most...
It’s telling that both Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais decided to end 2023 by releasing specials in which their comedy pivots to poking fun at the...
Matt Rife opened his 2023 in January by re-releasing his debut special (Only Fans) on 800 Pound Gorilla Media’s YouTube channel, a move designed at...
Kate McKinnon may have resisted donning her Rudy Giuliani apparel for Saturday Night Live , but John Oliver had no such qualms about dressing down...
We’re learning more and more about House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and while the revelation about the 51-year-old sharing an online...
John Oliver got to lord over the demise of not one but two infamous political figures on this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight, after the death...
Matt Rife is a bona fide hit on Netflix and a bone of contention for comedy fans and comedians alike. The 28-year-old comedian rocketed to viral fame...
Just when you thought you’d heard every celebrity’s tone-deaf opinion on the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, John Oliver proved us...
Five weeks after the Hamas terror strike on Israel, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver finally weighed in on the ongoing war by telling viewers how...
On second thought, Trevor Noah has decided to host another podcast. Noah, who left Comedy Central and The Daily Show behind a year ago, previously...
John Oliver couldn’t resist jumping in on the debate surrounding Ron DeSantis and those alleged boot lifts on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, pointing...
No matter how tragic reality may be or feel, comedy has always provided a release valve. It’s why Caroline Hirsch first started the New York Comedy...
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver saw its host reserve his harshest criticism Sunday night for Javier Milei, a right-wing libertarian...
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver made a meal out of some of the more shocking self-owns that retired military officials and current House...
The opening title montage for this week’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver arrived five minutes into the show, as Oliver told viewers first that...
Late-night TV is back, which means Strike Force Five is over—for now. The final episode of the star-studded podcast that united five of America’s...
Republicans might still be fighting among themselves over who shall lead them as the next Speaker of the House, and John Oliver on Sunday night...
At 53, comedian Jay Mohr is a happy newlywed for perhaps the first time in three tries, he says, having tied the knot last month with Los Angeles...
With his writers back to work after a five-month strike, John Oliver had 22 weeks of news to cover in his first episode back hosting Last Week Tonight...
Comedian Sam Jay opens her new HBO stand-up special, Salute Me Or Shoot Me, by admitting not only that she’s wearing Spanx, but because she...
I’ve read the reviews out of the Toronto International Film Festival for Sorry/Not Sorry with some trepidation. After all, I’m one of the talking...
Live on demand, from American Netflix accounts, it’s Shane Gillis! The 35-year-old comedian from central Pennsylvania released his second stand-up...