WGA Petitions TV Academy To Reinstate Writing Categories In Emmys Telecast With Letter From John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert & More

Nearly nine months after James Corden said goodbye to The Late Late Show, CBS has finally dated his replacement.

Benny Safdie is late. Frantic and a bit sweaty, he arrives at Westside Restaurant 40 minutes past our 10 a.m.

Writers from late-night shows including Last Week Tonight, The Daily Show and The Late Show among others are heading to the Primetime Emmys after the Television Academy performed a U-turn on its decision to exclude a key writing category from the main awards.

The Mean Girls movie musical is just days away and the full tracklist has been revealed!

It’s hard to believe The Big Bang Theory first hit TV screens over 16 years ago!

It’s been almost 30 years since Everybody Loves Raymond first debuted on CBS!

Jack Antonoff is opening up about his collaborations with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey!

Ellise Shafer During the final “Last Week Tonight” episode of the year, John Oliver devoted an entire 30-minute segment to rehashing the past 12 months in the life of Elon Musk, billionaire and CEO of X (formerly known as Twitter). Musk has had a particularly fraught 2023, which started with the removal of verified status from legacy blue-check holders and ended with him telling advertisers, who began to pull their spending from X when Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory, to “go fuck yourself.” Oliver began his roast by calling Musk “a man who can pull off pretty much any bad-guy-in-a-movie look.” As different images of Musk flashed by on the screen, Oliver threw out some comparisons.

John Oliver decided to focus on Elon Musk on Last Week Tonight‘s last new episode of 2023. The comedian roasted the billionaire by recounting all the controversies he’s been involved in this past year and said he “could pull off any bad guy in a movie.”

Christmas card after several eagle-eyed royal watchers noticed that Prince Louis, 5, is missing a middle finger. “A Christmas photo released by the royal family features a bad Photoshop job where Prince Louis’ finger appears to be missing,” “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost said Saturday.“And this is sweet,” added Jost, 41. “Meghan Markle said she has a finger they can use if they need it.” The punchline was met with a loud outburst of laughter, forcing Jost to crack a grin.

Colin Jost had to put his wife Scarlett Johansson on blast during a skit on the December 16 episode of Saturday Night Live, and it was all because of Michael Che.

“The Young and the Restless” was honored for outstanding writing team.Kelly Clarkson earned her third consecutive trophy for a daytime talk series and won as daytime talk host. The singer, who didn’t attend, moved her syndicated show from Los Angeles to New York this year.“It’s a pleasure to work with her.

ousted from Congress by his peers following a damning report that alleged he engaged in ethical and financial wrongdoing.He initially started charging $75 per video, with his fee rising to $500 per video.Kimmel, eager to exploit Santos’s story for laughs, announced a new segment during Friday’s show called, “Will George Santos Say It?”In it, he pranks Santos by sending in requests, using anonymous names, for the gay Republican to respond to questions, offer well-wishes, or read various messages aloud.The first video in the series, “Jimmy Kimmel Pranks George Santos on Cameo,” brought in 1.4 million views on YouTube.

Grammys, marking the fourth year in a row in which he has hosted.The former Daily Show host helmed the music awards ceremony back in 2021, 2022 and 2023, following Alicia Keys‘ run as a host in both 2019 and 2020. The 67th Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.“I think it’s also important to acknowledge something.

IF, the new fantasy film written, directed by and starring John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds, might be a dream come true for fans of that TV series that brought Krasinski to fame: The film’s large cast includes the director’s old Office-mate ‘s Steve Carell.

Trevor Noah has a very exciting announcement!

Dua Lipa and Seth Meyers are going on an afternoon drinking session.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association displayed a fair amount of consensus with the Recording Academy when it unveiled its first Golden Globe nominations for Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, giving nominations to such recently Grammy-nominated comedians as Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes and Sarah Silverman.

John Oliver is taking on CNBC’s Jim Cramer, again.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday unveiled the films eligible for consideration for the 2024 Oscars in the categories of Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film.