Seth Meyers Roasts the Hell Out of Trumpโs โFace-Meltโ Photo
NBCSeth Meyers returned to Late Night this Wednesday after taking a week off to recover from his second bout of COVID. And while he couldnโt cover everything he missed while he was away, he was not going to let the opportunity go by to make some brutal jokes about a photo of Donald Trump looking a little worse for wear during his recent Saudi-sponsored golf tournament.In the middle of an unrelated bit about Trumpโs double โERICโ endorsement in Missouriโs GOP Senate primary, Meyers noted that bot
news.yahoo.comTina Fey, Seth Meyers Among โSNLโ Alums Who Allegedly Witnessed Horatio Sanz Assault Underage Fan
Dana Edelson/GettyThe plaintiff suing NBC and Horatio Sanz has spoken out once more, this time in an affidavit naming several Saturday Night Live cast members who allegedly witnessed Sanz sexually assaulting her as a 17-year-old minor at a 2002 SNL afterparty.Jane Doe sued Sanz and NBC last summer, alleging that the comedian groomed her from the age of 15 and sexually assaulted her at an SNL afterparty when she was 17. The complaint also quotes messages in which Sanz allegedly wrote that should
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Brutally Mocks Ivanka Trumpโs Coup Texts
NBCThere has been a lot of talk this week about the new trove of text messages to and from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, but there was one in particular that stood out to Seth Meyers.Two days after her father lost the 2020 election, Ivanka Trump texted a group of his closest advisers, โYou are all WARRIORS of epic proportions! Keep the faith and the fight!โโSheโs trying to overturn the results of an election with the tone of a Peloton instruction,โ the Late Night host joked Mon
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Drags Ignorant โDickโ Ron DeSantis for Scolding Masked Kids
NBCOn Thursday night, one day after fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel dragged Republican troll-representatives Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene for heckling Joe Biden while he was speaking about his dead Iraq War vet son during the State of the Union address, Seth Meyers aimed his ire at another shameless, Trump-appeasing politician: Ron DeSantis.โ[Trump] just goes from town to town holding his one-man WrestleManias where he just loudly whines and rants, and his crowd yells, โLock the
news.yahoo.comElaine May to receive PEN award named for Mike Nichols
Elaine May is this yearโs recipient of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, a $25,000 prize established in 2019 to honor the legacy of Nichols, whose many achievements included his work with May as one of the leading comedy duos of the late 1950s and early โ60s.
Whoopi Goldberg apologizes after criticism for her Holocaust comments on โThe Viewโ
Talk show host Whoopi Goldberg is under fire for her comments about the Holocaust on โThe View.โ She appeared on โThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertโ Monday night and said she understood the criticism, but she still seemed to stand by her initial comment.
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Returns from COVID to Destroy Ted Cruzโs โPatheticโ Tucker Carlson Groveling
NBCโWell, here we are again,โ Seth Meyers said from his fifth remote location since the beginning of the pandemic on his latest episode of Late Night. After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, Meyers abruptly canceled several shows before returning to work while still under quarantine Monday night.The host went on to joke that when he tested positive, โI tried to get my hands on some of that horse paste, but they were out of it at my local feed store,โ referring to ivermectin. So instead he
news.yahoo.comCandidates for Virginia governor use national issues to appeal to voters
Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are neck-and-neck in the polls and each trying to appeal to voters on national issues. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN to discuss this closely watched race.
news.yahoo.comElection Day arrives for high-stakes Virginia governor's race
Election Day is the final day for Virginians to cast a vote for governor for either former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe or first-time candidate Republican Glenn Youngkin. More than 1.1 million Virginians have cast early ballots. Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Mary Washington, breaks down the latest.
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Mocks Fox News Host Judge Jeanine Pirro for Accidentally Calling Trump a Criminal
clipAs a โjudge,โ you would think Fox News host Jeanine Pirro would know the difference between a โkingmakerโ and a โkingpin,โ but during an interview with former President Donald Trump over the weekend, she mixed them up. Neither she nor Trump seemed to notice.But Seth Meyers did, sharing the clip with his viewers during Monday nightโs โA Closer Lookโ segment on Late Night. After Pirro asked Trump if he sees himself as a โkingpin for elections going forward,โ he replied, โIf I endorse somebody,
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Embarrasses Trump for Boring His Own Rally Crowd
NBCFor the first time since March 2020, Seth Meyers welcomed a live studio audience to Late Night on Monday. And he used the opportunity to mock Donald Trump for apparently boring the hell out of his own rally crowd over the weekend.โIโm thrilled to be back in front of an audience,โ the host said during his latest โA Closer Lookโ segment. โAnd Iโm just hoping that my audience is a little more enthusiastic than Trumpโs audience.โNoting that Trump went to Iowa on Saturday to hold a rally in which
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Nails Tucker Carlson for COVID Mandate Contradiction
NBCโSeveral polls, including one by Fox News itself, have now shown that President Bidenโs vaccine requirements and other COVID measures are widely popular,โ Seth Meyers noted at the top of his latest โA Closer Lookโ segment Monday night. โSo Republicans and right-wing pundits have been forced to come up with increasingly insane arguments against them.โThe Late Night host was referring to a new Fox News poll conducted this month that found a wide swath of Americans not only believe vaccines and
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers, late night's "Mr. Nice Guy"
The "Saturday Night Live" alum who has hosted "Late Night with Seth Meyers" since 2014 talks about leaving his COVID-lockdown attic and returning to the TV studio, and about whether his sunny reputation hides a dark side. (Spoiler alert: it doesn't!)
cbsnews.comSeth Meyers, late night's "Mr. Nice Guy"
The "Saturday Night Live" alum who has hosted "Late Night with Seth Meyers" since 2014 talks about leaving his COVID-lockdown attic and returning to the TV studio, and about whether his sunny reputation hides a dark side. (Spoiler alert: it doesn't!)
cbsnews.comLate-night hosts react with shock, anger to Capitol attack
(CBS/NBC/NBC/ABC via AP)NEW YORK โ Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol, offering somber monologues that pleaded for unity even as some aimed pointed barbs at those they held responsible for the mobs' actions. โIt was a terrible day in the history of this country,โ said Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC show Wednesday. โIf my grandfather were alive today and saw what was happening in the country that he fought for, heโd be disgusted," said Jimmy Fallon on NBC. "After five years of coddling this presidentโs fascist rhetoric, guess whose followers want to burn down the Reichstag?โ he said. I assure you there are more good people than there are bad, and good will prevail,โ Fallon said.
As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
President Donald Trump speaks during an "Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit" on the White House complex, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. It was part of a fundraising pitch tied to Senate races in Georgia and to Trumpโs unsupported claims that Democrats are trying to โstealโ the presidential election he lost. But Trump's three-minute internet address hailing the vaccine made no mention of the toll the virus has taken. It's not just Trump who is fazed by how best to acknowledge the toll of the virus.
As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
President Donald Trump speaks during an "Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit" on the White House complex, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. It was part of a fundraising pitch tied to Senate races in Georgia and to Trumpโs unsupported claims that Democrats are trying to โstealโ the presidential election he lost. But Trump's three-minute internet address hailing the vaccine made no mention of the toll the virus has taken. It's not just Trump who is fazed by how best to acknowledge the toll of the virus.
New this week: 'Enola Holmes,' Public Enemy and Bonnaroo
Hereโs a collection curated by The Associated Pressโ entertainment journalists of whatโs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIESโ โEnola Holmesโ: Itโs somewhat fitting that โStranger Thingsโ breakout Millie Bobby Brown gets her first starring role in a Netflix film, โEnola Holmes,โ coming to the streamer Wednesday. โ The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was supposed to take place in June in Tennessee but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, though, the festival is launching Virtual ROO-ALITY, a three-night live broadcast featuring new performances as well as content from the Bonnaroo archive. The two-hour film will be available at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday at pbs.org/frontline and on YouTube at 9 p.m. EDT.
Dolly Parton, Justin Bieber among virtual TV festival stars
LOS ANGELES Dolly Parton, Cate Blanchett and Justin Bieber are part of the virtual edition of the Paley Centers annual festival celebrating TV programs and their makers. PaleyFest LA, responding to pandemic restrictions, taped socially distanced discussions with stars and producers that began streaming free this week on the Paley Centers YouTube channel. The showcased series includes Dolly Partons Heartstrings; Justin Bieber: Seasons; Late Night with Seth Meyers; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Mrs. Blanchett is part of the Mrs. America panel that includes Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba and Sarah Paulson,___Online:https://www.youtube.com/user/paleycenter
Larry Wilmore, Amber Ruffin anchor weekly late-night shows
FILE - Larry Wilmore attends the 2019 Writers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 17, 2019. Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Wilmore and Amber Ruffin. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin to focus on current events. We cant wait to write sketches, songs and jokes about this terrible time we call now!" Ruffin said in a statement Monday announcing the The Amber Ruffin Show." The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore's series and nine for Ruffin's, Peacock said.
New York late-night shows will ditch live audiences in an effort to prevent coronavirus from spreading
Comedian Seth Meyers during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on November 18, 2019Late-night TV shows filmed in New York will now be taped without a live audience as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. Andrew Cuomo announced 39 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the state's total to 212. The largest cluster of cases remains in Westchester where there are 121 confirmed cases, followed by 48 total cases in New York City. The show uses a live audience for both its rehearsals and broadcast, but is not scheduled to air again until March 28. Los Angeles-based late-night shows "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Late Show with James Corden" and "A Little Late with Lilly Singh" have so far not decided to remove audiences.
cnbc.comSeth Meyers' new Netflix comedy special 'Lobby Baby' will let you skip his political jokes
That won't stop you from enjoying Seth Meyers' new comedy special on Netflix. The comedian and late night host's new special "Lobby Baby" will feature a "skip politics" button, allowing viewers to opt out of his political jokes. If viewers click the button, they will miss about 10 minutes worth of Meyer's comedy special. Meyers' "Lobby Baby" special won't just focus on politics, however. Netflix said the comedy special will also tackle "family, fatherhood, and why you should never take your girlfriend to Paris for her birthday."
cnbc.comSeth Meyers' new Netflix special lets you skip Trump jokes
(CNN) - Seth Meyers thinks some comedy fans may be burned out by DC politics, so he asked Netflix to help him do something about it. The Trump jokes continue to be a regular feature on "Late Night," which Meyers started hosting in 2014. With Trump taking up so much of the news, does Meyers need his own "skip politics" button in real life? The skip button is not meant to be taken seriously, according the Meyers, calling it "another joke in the special." And he doesn't think viewers of "Lobby Baby" will actually skip over his Trump jokes.
Allison Williams defends dad Brian Williams
Allison Williams defends dad Brian Williams Allison Williams, daughter of embattled NBC anchor Brian Williams, defended her dad during an interview at New York's 92nd Street Y with Seth Meyers. CBSN's Nancy Cordes and Elaine Quijano show us what she said about her father's scandal.
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