After Roseanne Barr posted a tweet Tuesday morning comparing Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape, ABC has announced it has canceled the rebooted version of Roseanne, which had been the number-one show in television. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided …
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Kanye West‘s tweets are a catalyst for death in a Saturday Night Live sketch, dubbed “A Kanye Place,” that spoofed both the horror film A Quiet Place and the rapper’s social media activities. Like the recently released movie, the five protagonists, including SNL host Donald Glover, must stay perfectly quiet …
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Stephen Colbertjoined Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a short interview and a cramp-inducing workout on The Late Show Wednesday. During a sit-down with the justice and feminist icon, Colbert brought up her famous nickname, “The Notorious RBG,” and Ginsburg was quick to explain the similarities between herself and …
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John Oliver devoted part of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to the way corporations and public figures observed International Women’s Day, which ranged from awkward to full-on appalling. Several brands tried to honor the holiday last week with female-centric wordplay: McDonald’s turned its classic golden arches upside down (“I guess the …
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Michael B. Jordan has announced his company, Outlier Society Productions, will add an inclusion rider for all its future projects, Variety reports. The announcement comes on the heels of Frances McDormand’s powerful plea during her Oscars best actress acceptance speech last Sunday. “I have two words to leave you with …
Read More »Watch Stephen Colbert Praise Florida Students for Gun Control Leadership
Stephen Colbert praised the resiliency of students from Parkland, Florida, who, following the deadly shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, became their own advocates in the fight for gun control. TheLate Showhost dedicated Tuesday’s monologue to the students’ inspiring actions. “Like you, I was sickened and heartbroken …
Read More »8 Things We Learned From David Letterman's Interview With Barack Obama
Back in May of 2015, before David Letterman ended his three decade career in late night television, President Barack Obama appeared on the Late Show for the last time. The presidential campaign was just gearing up – both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would formally announce their candidacies a few …
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On the surface – and “surfacey” is probably what MTV‘s producers were going for – Floribama Shore was marketed as trash TV in the vein of Jersey Shore: attractive millennials getting smashed and smashing things. It’s a winning formula that has worked countless times for the network, going back to …
Read More »Watch Wickedly Funny New Trailer for 'The End of the F-king World'
A murderous teen is tempered by awkward teenage love in the new trailer for Netflix‘s upcoming show,The End of the Fucking World. The show is based on Charles Forsman’s graphic novel of the same name and premieres January 5th. The End of the Fucking Worldstars Alex Lather as James, a …
Read More »'A Wrinkle in Time': Watch Sweeping, Colorful New Trailer
The trailer forA Wrinkle in Time trailer, directed by Ava DuVernay, shows a teenager, Meg (Storm Reid) attempting to locate her missing scientist father, Dr. Alexander Murray (Chris Pine) in order to save the universe from a looming “darkness” after Pine’s character rips through the space-time fabric. Like the preceding …
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