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The war of words between Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Danbury, Connecticut MayorMark Boughton may finally be coming to a close. On Saturday,Boughton saidhe would accept Oliver’s challenge to name the city’s sewage plant after the HBO host following Oliver's offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn what could be the greatest — and most hilariously friendly — feud of 2020, John Oliver has been putting the city of Danbury, Connecticut on blast for the past couple of weeks on Last Week Tonight. During one episode while unpacking the racial disparities when it came to jury selection process in Connecticut, the host said “If you’re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f*** Danbury!” There was really

John Travolta made a brave return to social media on Saturday weeks after he was left heartbroken by the death of his adoring wife, Kelly Preston. The Grease actor has been healing from the tragic passing of Kelly, who lost her private, two-year battle with breast cancer in July, but he let fans know he has been surrounded by loved ones, with an Instagram post. John, 66, shared a snapshot with his daughter, Ella, 20, and his good friend Tommy Lee, 57, his wife, Brittany Furlan, and their

John Oliver on Sunday used the entirety ofLast Week Tonight to discuss the incendiary rhetoric from Donald Trump and others during the Republican National Convention, which the host tied to the deadly shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week.

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Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLast Week Tonight With John Oliver wasted no time in diving right into two major stories that happened last week: the RNC and the events of Kenosha, Wisconsin.First off, John Oliver pointed out the main theme of the RNC was “telling lies in front of flags” as it was four days of “full-throated denial of objective reality.”  RNC speakers painted a misleading portrait of Biden saying that he would be controlled by environmental extremists and that there

The Hollywood Reporter's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named best columnist at the62nd Southern California Journalism Awards, which were announced Saturday via a virtual presentation. This marks Abdul-Jabbar's fifth straight year winning the award.

John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S. late-night show.Danbury’s Mayor Mark Boughton announced the dubious accolade in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday (August 23, 2020), responding to a bizarre rant Oliver embarked on about the town on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight.“We are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” the Republican mayor said of the City of Danbury Sewer Plant.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMark Cuban is gunning for a 2020 Emmy Award with “Shark Tank,” the entrepreneur reality-competition show he co-hosts on ABC, and the billionaire investor says he’s still as gung-ho as ever on the business-pitch series as it enters its 12th season.“Shark Tank” just completed the first round of shooting for the upcoming season, which Cuban said took place at an undisclosed hotel in Las Vegas — with an array of new COVID-19 safety protocols even more stringent than

Local officials in Danbury, Connecticut have named a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S.

It was supposed to be the Democratic Convention – so why were so many “Never Trump” Republicans participating? That’s what comedian John Oliver wanted to know during Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight.” The host questioned the Democratic National Committee’s strategy of inviting Republican critics of President Trump -- such as John Kasich, Meg Whitman and Colin Powell -- to address voters during the party’s four-night nominating event last week.

Comedian John Oliver has long used his “Last Week Tonight” platform to mock government agencies and public officials. Now the tables have turned.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt’s become normal that John Oliver starts every episode of Last Week Tonight by saying “A lot happened this week” because it is wildly accurate. It seemed that this week he was speaking a mile-a-minute in order to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show.First on the list was the Democratic National Convention which many were calling an “unconventional” convention, thinking that they were the ones that coined that phrase.

John Oliver kicked off Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight by addressing last week's Democratic National Convention —or, what many in the media took to calling "an unconventional convention" due to its virtual nature and lack of attendees amid the coronavirus pandemic. "That's one of those things that sounds like it has gravity but actually means next to nothing, like 'it is what it is' or 'Quibi exclusive,'" Oliver quipped.

The town of Danbury, Connecticut has responded to John Oliver‘s dig on their town in a very savage way.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDuring the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver unpacked the racial disparities that come with the jury selection process in Connecticut and at one point, dragged the city of Danbury saying “If you’re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f*** Danbury!” It didn’t take long for Danbury’s Mayor Mark Boughton to retaliate on Facebook.“John Oliver, don’t mess with Danbury,” Bougton wrote

Danbury, Connecticut Mayor Mark Boughton is fighting back after John Oliver mocked his town on “Last Week”.

A Connecticut town's officials are showing comedian John Oliver what they think about his expletive-filled rant about their city — they're naming the local sewage treatment plant after him. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton announced the tongue-in-cheek move in a video posted on his Facebook page on Saturday that shows him at the plant.