Supporting his friend — with controversial comments. After Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, Bill Maher praised the comedian for his response.
10.03.2022 - 01:45 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher is getting into the podcasting game.
The host of HBO’s Real Time is launching Club Random, a series that will see him host hour-long, one-on-one interviews with a range of eclectic guests, where they talk about anything and everything, except politics.
He is recording the show at his home in his bar, which is known as Club Random.
While, Real Time with Bill Maher is released as a weekly podcast, it is just a simulcast of his Friday night talkshow. This marks Maher’s first move proper into the audio space.
The podcast will see him reunited with Politically Incorrect writer Chris Case and former Politically Incorrect producer Chuck LaBella, both of whom will exec produce the podcast alongside Maher.
Guests will include William Shatner, Quentin Tarantino, rap artist Freddie Gibbs, YouTube sensation Hannah Stocking, Bella Thorne, Adam Carolla, Killer Mike, Judd Apatow, the girls from the Guys We F*cked podcast.
The series will launch on March 21 with episodes every Monday. Available on all podcast platforms and via YouTube, sponsorship for the series will be handled by PMM.
It comes as Maher is settling into the 20th season of Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Supporting his friend — with controversial comments. After Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, Bill Maher praised the comedian for his response.
Bill Maher has Oscar fever, as he admitted at the top of his HBO Real Time on Friday. The malady always makes him think of his mortage. That’s because “it seems to last 30 years and I have a very low interest rate.”
The Walt Disney Co. and CEO Bob Chapek are under fire for their perceived slow reaction to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that recently passed the Florida Senate. It now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is likely to sign it into law.
Bella Thorne made sure there was no possibility of getting pinched on St. Patrick’s Day.The actress posted some photos onto Instagram on Thursday, March 17 showing what she did to celebrate the occassion: wore a bright green bikini.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin informed that Pete Davidson “is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission,” and they “will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.” The 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star had been slated to depart on March 23 alongside Marty Allen, SpaceKids Global founder Sharon Hagle, Tricor International CEO Mark Hagle, entrepreneur Jim Kitchen, and Commercial Space Technologies President George Nield; however, his aspirations to visit earth’s orbit came to an end.To date, it is unknown the reasons why the Staten Island native won’t join the A-listers already launched to the edge of the milky way in a Blue Origin shuttle. Pete would have been the fourth celeb breaching the atmosphere after Michael Strahan, William Shatner, and Jeff Bezos.In January, Pete Davidson and his girlfriend Kim Kardashian arrived at Bezos‘ estate in Los Angeles.
Pete Davidson will no longer fly into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket later this month.The comedian, who was announced to be joining the flight scheduled for March 23 earlier this week, has since dropped out after the launch date was pushed back to March 29.“Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29,” reads a statement from Blue Origin. “Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission.
Pete Davidson is getting away from all the drama… very far away! The 28-year-old star is set to fly to space with Blue Origin's fourth human flight alongside five other travelers. On Monday, Jeff Bezos' company announced that Pete would be a part of the upcoming NS-20 flight on March 23. The comedian is not the first celebrity to fly to space with Blue Origin.
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NEW YORK -- Pete Davidson is heading to space.The “Saturday Night Live” star is among the six passengers on the next launch of Jeff Bezo's space travel venture Blue Origin, the company announced Monday.The launch is scheduled for March 23 and Davidson will be the third celebrity on a Blue Origin flight. William Shatner was on a flight in October, blasting off from West Texas and reaching a height of roughly 66 miles above Earth on the 10-minute jaunt.Former NFL great and “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan flew on Blue Origin's second passenger flight in December, joining astronaut Alan Shepard's daughter on the journey.
It’s official: Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson is heading to space.
Pete Davidson is taking a trip literally out of this world.
Pete Davidson is getting away from all the drama… very far away! The 28-year-old star is set to fly to space with Blue Origin's fourth human flight alongside five other travelers. On Monday, Jeff Bezos' company announced that Pete would be a part of the upcoming NS-20 flight on March 23. The comedian is not the first celebrity to fly to space with Blue Origin.
Bill Maher was back Friday night from a brief hiatus, but he was also happy to enjoy his first maskless studio audience in two years. “It’s great to see you, and I can finally see you,” Maher said at the top of his HBO show, Real Time. “I don’t want to see another mask unless it’s on a surgeon or a Michael Jackson impersonator.”
(CNN)Pete Davidson might be headed to space.The "Saturday Night Live" star is in talks with Jeff Bezos to join one of his upcoming Blue Origin space flights, a source with knowledge of the conversations told CNN.This source said the idea came about when Davidson and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, joined Bezos for dinner at the Amazon founder's Los Angeles home in January. Davidson's potential space flight, first reported by the New York Post, is not finalized but the insider told CNN an announcement is likely in the coming weeks.
Pete Davidson could be taking a journey to the final frontier.
A simple way to look at it? While foreign affairs can be difficult for many individuals to comprehend, Bill Maher broke down the current Russian invasion using a Kim Kardashian and Kanye West metaphor.
In his last HBO Real Time before a short hiatus, Bill Maher has the unenviable task of trying to find laughs in the situation in Ukraine. Amazingly, he was able to pull it off within the boundaries of good taste, all while allowing his guests to run with the notion that more must be done in defense of the embattled country.