‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Drags Senator Richard Blumenthal Over “Finsta” Flub

Senior Black and Asian UK creatives including Sir Lenny Henry, Afua Hirsch and Pat Younge have written an open letter to BBC Chair Richard Sharp seeking reassurances that “advocating for our industry to be diverse will not block people from being employed by the BBC.”

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver mocked Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade who can’t help but discuss his love of Christopher Columbus any chance he gets while on the air.

It looks like the romance between Jana Kramer and Jay Cutler has already fizzled out.

Matt Amodio continued his "Jeopardy!" winning streak on Monday, breaking yet another record in the show’s history.  The Ph.D student from New Haven, Conn. closed out last week’s gameplay with a huge milestone when he unseated James Holzhauer as the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the show’s history.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said Tuesday the world’s largest social media company is facing a “big tobacco, jaw dropping moment of truth” as a massive cache of internal whistleblower documents show Facebook put profits ahead of the safety of children, when it knew it was causing harm.

In last night’s Last Week Tonight episode, John Oliver took a jab at White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki, who at a recent press conference equated the unpredictable political process in Washington to certain fictional television shows.

quipped, “Running for office on a pledge to end Finsta.”Insider’s Kat Tenbarge was a little more serious: “If you wondered why there are no regulations for child influencers it’s because our elected representatives are too busy trying to figure out what ‘finsta’ means.”Political activist Amanda Litman wrote, “Basically every tech hearing includes at least one moment in which I am reminded that the average age of the U.S.

Chip and Joanna Gaines‘ Magnolia Network is set to replace DIY Network in just a few months!

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik.The Emmy winner took aim at the new host on his show Last Week Tonight over Bialik’s past controversial remarks about vaccines.Bialik, formerly of The Big Bang Theory, has replaced Mike Richards on the game show.

John Oliver isn’t impressed with the behind-the-scenes drama at “Jeopardy!”

John Oliver tackled voting rights as the core issue of his show Sunday night, and he had a clear message for Democrats and Republicans alike: The system is broken and Joe Biden needs to take concrete action toward fixing it.Granted, when it comes to Republicans, Oliver largely blamed them for the breakage in the first place.

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver dragged Jeopardy! once again in the HBO series’ first episode back since Sept. 12.

John F Kennedy Jr, the son of the much-beloved President JFK, met his wife Carolyn Bessette while she was working as a publicist for Calvin Klein in New York and it was love at first sight.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTV journalist John Stossel is demanding at least $2 million in damages from Facebook in a lawsuit he filed against the social media giant, alleging the company defamed him by appending fact-checking labels to two videos he posted about climate change.In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson said, “We believe this case is without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously against the allegations.”According to Stossel’s lawsuit, in the past year he posted on two

If you were confused by the random Adam Driver shout-out at the 2021 Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 19, don’t worry, you’re not alone.

The staff of John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” extended its obsession with Adam Driver on Sunday’s Emmys as show writer Chrissy Shackelford gave the actor a shout-out while accepting the award for writing in a variety talk series.“He knows what he did, and we know what we’d like him to do,” Shackelford said, no doubt baffling anyone who has not been following the HBO series’ ongoing fixation with the “Star Wars” actor over the last season.

John Oliver is over the moon about winning his sixth straight Emmy for his HBO series, «Last year I was completely alone when we won, so it's nice to at least look at your face and body,» Oliver told ET's Kevin Frazier following his big Emmy night on Sunday, referring to last year's mostly virtual ceremony.Oliver acknowledged that the past few years have given him prime comedic material for his show, though admitted that he would also be fine with less to comment on or call out. «I guess you

Norm Macdonald received a loving tribute at the 73rd Emmy Awards.