‘I’m a black lesbian woman’: Sam Jay looks to disrupt late-night TV comedy | TV comedy
[ad_1] When Sam Jay got a deal with HBO for her own talkshow, she was clear on what Pause, her six-episode, half-hour series premiering this Friday, would not include: no desk and no straight-to-camera monologue. Those staples of late-night television, one of the most consistent – and consistently white, straight and male – genres in […]
Kimmel: Capitol attack commission to ‘look into what we saw happen with our own eyes’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel opened on Wednesday with ominous legal developments for Donald Trump, as the New York attorney general’s office announced a criminal investigation into the former president’s business activities. “They’re looking now at bank fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud – it’s starting to look like the guy who ran a fraudulent charitable […]
Vampires, naked apes and free booze! The 20 wildest Eurovision performances ever | Television
[ad_1] At Eurovision, you have three minutes to impress the world. While an unforgettable song and stonking vocals are key to getting douze points, how else can you make your performance stand out? With bewildering stunts, surreal lyrics and distracting props, of course! With the biggest event in europop returning this week, let’s revisit some […]
Trevor Noah: ‘Unemployment checks are not subsidizing laziness’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] Trevor Noah On Tuesday’s Daily Show, Trevor Noah discussed the difficulty restaurants across the country have faced in finding enough workers as business gets back to pre-pandemic speed. The shortage of job applications is largely down to workers finding better pay, hours and benefits in other jobs. But that hasn’t stopped numerous commentators on […]
Charles Grodin, star of Midnight Run and Beethoven, dies at 86 | Movies
[ad_1] The actor Charles Grodin has died at the age of 86. Grodin, best known for films such as Midnight Run, The Heartbreak Kid and Beethoven, died of bone marrow cancer, his son, Nicholas, told the New York Times. His career saw him on big and small screens as well as on the stage while […]
Colbert: ‘Americans are seeing friends again, instead of bingeing Friends’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] Stephen Colbert A semblance of social normal returned to the US this weekend, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised that vaccinated Americans can socialize without masks or distancing. “Finally, Americans are seeing friends again, instead of bingeing Friends again,” quipped Stephen Colbert on Monday’s Late Show. Colbert also discussed the multibillion-dollar […]
Mare of Easttown: terrifying, riveting TV that’s a wonder to witness | Television
[ad_1] Warning: this article contains spoilers to episode five of Mare of Easttown on Sky Atlantic/HBO. Please don’t read on if you haven’t watched I get through so much television that my twist-spotting abilities are now at full fitness. I am a spoiler athlete, trained and ready for the viewing olympics. I roll my eyes […]
Halston review – sex, cocaine and Ewan McGregor | Television & radio
[ad_1] Ewan McGregor had not heard of Halston before he agreed to play him, and he may not be alone. This elegant Netflix miniseries is the latest to give a fashion designer the biopic treatment – and in this case, Roy Halston’s glamorous life and spectacular fall gives McGregor plenty of meat to gnaw on. […]
Saturday Night Live: Keegan-Michael Key’s Michael Jordan a dunk, rest of show… dank | Saturday Night Live
[ad_1] Saturday Night Live opens with a special message from Dr Anthony Fauci, played by Kate McKinnon. “The patron saint of Purell” attempts to answer the public’s questions about the loosening of masking protocols: questions such as “What does that mean? “What the hell are you talking about?” “Is this a trap?” Fauci has assembled […]
John Oliver on ‘stand your ground’ laws: ‘Rosetta Stone for justified homicides’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discussed one corner of endemic gun violence and the influence of the gun lobby in the US: so-called “stand your ground” laws, which provide legal cover for shootings in which the perpetrator claims justified fear. Stand your ground laws, which have proliferated in numerous states in the past […]
