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How to fix late-night political comedy

The Jon Stewart model of mockery has seen it's day. What's needed now is a style that can effect change

Salon

So Dramatic Has Revealed Why Tony Armstrong ‘Pulled Out’ Of This Year’s Bachelor Last Minute

Why would he need The Bachelor if he's dating me??

Pedestrian.tv

From Skepta to David Bowie – the celebrities who turned down New Year’s Honours

Whether for political, personal or professional reasons, not everyone considers the annual awards an 'honour'

The Independent UK

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The Mix: Things to do in Chicago Dec. 22-Jan. 4

Concerts by Robbie Fulks, Michael McDermott and Straight No Chaser, “Cirque Dreams Holidaze” and comedy by John Oliver and Cameron Esposito are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Countdown to 2023: 10 Chicago New Year’s Eve events

From hotel parties to bar pop-ups and comedy shows to concerts, here’s a guide to some of the events to ring in the new year on Dec. 31.

Chicago Sun-Times

Final goodnight: Trevor Noah bids farewell to The Daily Show

The South African comic brought texture and nuance to the position and leaves late-night comedy in a different place than when he started

The Guardian - US

How should late-night comedy handle a third Trump candidacy?

Two years after an escape hatch from the Trump attention loop, late-night shows are again confronted with the question of how to cover him

The Guardian - US

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‘He’s a fraud’: ABC News Breakfast fact-checks John Oliver

The ABC News Breakfast team has playfully fact-checked John Oliver after the comedian claimed he had gotten a hold of Tony Armstrong's scarf.

The New Daily

The ABC Brekkie Show Fact Checked John Oliver’s Claim That He Has Tony Armstrong’s Mum’s Scarf

"Cop that John."

Pedestrian.tv

John Oliver Shouted Out Tony Armstrong’s Socceroos Celebrations Said He Has His Mum’s Scarf

Finally the world is getting to meet our boy Tony.

Pedestrian.tv

John Oliver on Qatar: ‘No reason to believe Fifa will ever do the right thing’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the costs – in dollars, suffering and human life – behind Fifa’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar

The Guardian - US

John Oliver takes aim at ‘logically inexplicable’ Qatar World Cup in blistering Last Week Tonight monologue

‘I won’t say that Qatar definitely got the World Cup through bribery, but I won’t say that they didn’t. And I will say that they did,’ comedian quipped

The Independent UK

"Last Week Tonight" versus The Crown

In last Sunday's scathing episode, John Oliver questions our defense of British royalty and all wealth worship

Salon

The Horne Section TV Show review: Alex Horne’s magpie-ish meta comedy delight

He’s the ‘Taskmaster’ lackey no more – this funny, self-aware show makes Alex Horne a star in his own right

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

John Oliver on British monarchy: ‘Like an appendix. We’ve long evolved past needing them’

The Last Week Tonight host goes in on the British royal family, from their vast private wealth to their refusal to reckon with their colonial history

The Independent UK

John Oliver compares the royal family to ‘Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland’

The US talk show presenter was mocking the family on the latest episode of his show ‘Last Week Tonight’

Los Angeles Times

'About time': Chris Evans' fans approve his Sexiest Man Alive 2022 vote

Chris Evans — best known as a Marvel superhero, dog lover and Twitter politico — is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive this year, but he had to wrest the title away from John Oliver and Dwayne Johnson.

Tribune News Service

‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans named People’s sexiest man alive

Captain America is the incredible hunk.

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Evening Standard

'Absolutely yes': Internet reacts to Chris Evans named Sexiest Man Alive

Chris Evans has been voted an ‘incandescent supernova of hotness’ - but what does Twitter have to say?

The Independent UK

John Oliver in hysterics as Stephen Colbert jokes Liz Truss’s curtsy ‘killed the Queen’

‘The Queen looked at Liz Truss, thought, “You know what, I don’t want to do this anymore” and died. That’s what happened,’ Oliver responded

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on Republicans and voting: ‘If I lose, it’s rigged, if I win, it’s fine’

The Last Week Tonight host examines election denialism, GOP attempts at election subversion and the fragility of American democracy

Salon

The real "problem" with Jon Stewart

As predicted, the "Daily Show" veteran got his mojo back. If only his show were on a platform more can see

The Guardian - UK

The Horne Section TV Show review – this riotously fun sitcom is an utter delight

Taskmaster’s Little Alex Horne’s boundless energy and likability is captured in a charming show that sits somewhere between Flight of the Conchords and The Goodies

Salon

Don Jr. mocks Pelosi attack with meme

Right-wingers are trying to turn an assault on an 82-year-old man into a joke

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on US bail: ‘Arbitrary, destructive and criminalizes poverty’

The Last Week Tonight host examines the broken cash bail system in the US and GOP efforts to discredit local reform efforts

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