John Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert Murray. The judge in the case in West Virginia’s second judicial circuit, Jeffrey Cramer, wrote: “I find the arguments set forth in the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with John Oliver about how Donald Trump wants a military parade (“I will say this: It won’t make him happy, and I think it’s important that he knows that”) plus Oliver’s thoughts on the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. “They’re […]
Continue ReadingDavid Baddiel, Andy Zaltzman, Richard Herring and other comics on fame, failure and friendship
In 1978, the year before the film 10 made a Hollywood star of Dudley Moore, the comedian appeared alongside his long-standing double-act partner, Peter Cook, on the Saturday-night chatshow Parkinson.
“Do you find some difficulty working together?” asked Michael Parkinson, the host.
He probably didn’t, ultimately, want to be in a double act. But I’d put all my eggs in that basket
We had been friends but the double act destroyed that friendship
When he fell down stairs really slowly, just to get a laugh, I felt a jolt of something close to love
Unfathomably, he chose to work on a leading satirical TV show rather than speak to 30 people in a tiny room in Edinburgh
Continue ReadingIf you’re getting impatient waiting for your John Oliver fix, hang in there, because the wait is almost over. In a new trailer released today, HBO confirmed that Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will return with new episodes on Sunday, February 18th at 11:00pm. Back in September, HBO renewed the series for three more […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers chats with fellow late night host John Oliver about their shared struggle of covering the constant onslaught of terrible Trump news. “5:30 on a Thursday — at that point you have dealt with the fire hose of bullshit to the extent that you can, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers chats with fellow late night host John Oliver about their shared struggle of covering the constant onslaught of terrible Trump news. “5:30 on a Thursday — at that point you have dealt with the fire hose of bullshit to the extent that you can, […]
Continue ReadingWyatt Cenac is heading to HBO next year with his own late night show. The network announced today it’s ordered a 10-episode comedic docu-series starring Cenac with Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America), John Oliver, Diane Fitzgerald (Last Week Tonight) and Hallie Haglund (Daily Show) – who will also serve as head writer — attached […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver breaks down the “it’s part of our history” argument against taking down Confederate monuments by people who try to equate the Confederacy with fighting for anything aside from keeping slaves. “If the Confederacy was not about slavery, somebody should really go back in […]
Continue ReadingLast Week Tonight with John Oliver is sticking around at HBO. The network just announced that it’s renewed the late night series for three more seasons (30 episodes each), which will keep it on the air through 2020. “We are thrilled to have John Oliver as an integral part of the HBO family and to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver explores the implications of Trump choosing to use his first presidential pardon on so-called “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and early Trump supporter Joe Arpaio from Arizona, who has a long, well-documented history of humiliating and abusing the inmates in his jails and being a […]
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