Stephen Colbert where he has been the bandleader for seven seasons. Batiste was brought to the attention of an international audience back in April after the singer-songwriter won five Grammys.
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said one person on Twitter last Thursday.In fact, on Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver also piled on, calling Hawley “a bitch who ran like a chihuahua desperately trying to keep up with its owner on a casual walk.” You can read more about that here.
.Stephen Colbert where he has been the bandleader for seven seasons. Batiste was brought to the attention of an international audience back in April after the singer-songwriter won five Grammys.
Call it a seven-year itch, but the sands of late-night are shifting.
Jon Batiste has bid farewell to -- as bandleader, that is. The GRAMMY winner has stepped down from his musical role on the late-night show, host Stephen Colbert confirmed on Thursday's show. «Jon has decided to leave the show,» Colbert said. «It’s for all the best reasons, including to continue sharing his art with the world.»While it was the host's intention to give him an in-person send-off, Colbert noted Batiste is not in town. «We have been so lucky to have a front-row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years,» Colbert said. «Will we miss him here? Yeahhhh,» he added, imitating the musician. Colbert sweetly added, «We’re happy for you, Jon, and I can’t wait to have you back on as guest with your next hit record.
announced the news on his chat show yesterday, also revealing to his audience that Louis Cato will be taking over as the new bandleader.Cato has subbed for Batiste in the past and is now the permanent boss of the new Louis Cato and the Late Show Band. “Jon has decided to leave the show,” the comedian said on the show Thursday. “But it’s for all the best reasons, including to continue sharing his art with the world.”He continued: “We have been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years.”“But we’re happy for you, Jon, and I can’t wait to have you back on as a guest with your next hit record.
After 7 seasons, huge changes have come to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”On Thursday’s episode of the show, Colbert announced that Grammy winning songwriter and musician Jon Batiste is exiting the show and will be replaced as Band Leader by longtime “The Late Show” band member Louis Cato. “We’ve been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAcademy and Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste is leaving “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” after seven seasons, Colbert announced Thursday night on the show. He’s exiting to “pursue personal and professional interests.” Louis Cato, who has served as interim bandleader this summer, will take over on a permanent basis — and the Colbert’s band, which previously had been called “Stay Human” under Batiste’s direction, will be renamed “The Late Show Band.”Cato will take over permanently when the show returns for its eighth season on Tuesday, Sept.
The world depicted on Apple TV+’s hit series “Severance” is already pretty bleak, but as it turns out, it could be even bleaker — all you need is the biggest jerk version of Stephen Colbert dropped into the madness.Colbert proved this on Thursday’s episode of “The Late Show” with a fun clip in which he becomes an employee of Lumen and we see what his workplace version is like. (The frame joke is that he actually did join the show, but all his scenes were cut, in case you’re curious.)Of course you know the premise, but for those who don’t, on “Severance,” the company Lumen has devised a procedure that allows people to literally separate their work and home lives completely.
Seth Meyers was trying to avoid being disappointed in front of his children on Emmy nomination morning, so he went for a run around New York City. He needn’t have worried. For the first time since he took the reins, Late Night with Seth Meyers earned a spot on Emmy’s Outstanding Variety Talk Series ballot.
Comedian Stephen Colbert and Emmy-award-winning actress Mindy Kaling joked about their alleged beef during a Monday night segment of "The Late Show." Colbert started off by reading out loud a list of headlines detailing their rumored feud that included "Mindy Kaling mercilessly roasts Stephen Colbert after his Apple watch cuts her off," "The controversial reason Stephen Colbert had to apologize to Mindy Kaling," and "Does Mindy Kaling have beef with Stephen Colbert?" The pair laughed off the suggestions that there was any tension between them. "Mindy, let's settle that last one. Do you and I have beef?" asked Colbert. "We're the new Kanye-Pete," she replied, jokingly comparing herself to Kanye West because she is the "troubled genius." Kaling later added, "I mean, if I had to really examine it, I do think there have been things that you've done," to which Colbert interjected, "Well they didn't say anything about you talking s--t about me at the Emmys last year! You called me a messy b---h on stage at the Emmys last year!" "Wait, that's true," Kaling said.
Stephen Colbert took aim at a regular punching bag of his – Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz – when he broke down the political race in the state on Thursday night’s “The Late Show.”After explaining the matchup on the Governor side of things, the “Late Show” host turned his attention to the fight between Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman who is facing off with Dr. Oz in the November election for senator.“Polls show Fetterman leading by double digits, which might be because Pennsylvanians want to have a Senator who is actually from Pennsylvania,” Colbert joked.“Dr.
a bunch of right wing extremists who support Trump winning nominations.But he did get to spend some time on the least depressing outcome of the night: The resounding victory for abortion rights in Kansas.See, in 2019 the Kansas Supreme Court confirmed that the right to an abortion is enshrined in the state’s constitution. So this year, Republicans — Kansas is overwhelmingly Republican — introduced a ballot initiative to change the state’s constitution to outlaw abortion instead. Supporters of the bill even rolled out some rather innovative (and unsubtle tactics) to push the bill over the finish line.
Kate Winslet has found her latest HBO limited series.
The nominations for this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have been announced.
Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow and Lil Nas X lead the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with seven each, MTV announced today. Closely following the top three are Doja Cat and Harry Styles (6 nominations each), and Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (5 each).
the mockery of Senator Josh Hawley for fleeing rioters on January 6.As part of last Thursday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, a video was teed up by Rep.
Amazon Series brought Hall H down this morning with their reported $1 billion series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, complete with an orchestra and operatic chorus led by composer Bear McCreary. Oh, and J.R.R. Tolkien devotee Stephen Colbert moderated the session. All of this sent the immediate message to LOTR fans just how high stakes this new adaptation is, and how serious Prime Video is about it.
outpouring of mockery for Josh Hawley on Friday, after video footage emerged of him running away from the same Jan. 6 rioters he made a point of publicly supporting.