Showing 151 - 165 of 260 articles tagged "John Oliver"

• Posted Tuesday 2/25/20 at 3:48PM EST

  John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode on India Prime Minister Narendra Modi blocked on Disney-owned Indian streaming service

  Disney-owned Indian streaming service Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service with more than 300 million subscribers, has blocked this...

• Posted Friday 2/21/20 at 2:51AM EST

  Michael Bloomberg to appear in his first CNN town hall

  The Democratic presidential candidate, who's expected to appear on Tuesday's CBS debate after a disappointing showing Wednesday, is scheduled to...

• Posted Tuesday 2/11/20 at 1:19PM EST

  John Oliver recalls "utterly nerve-wracking" U.S citizenship test

  “It’s incredibly nerve-wracking, and the first question they asked me was, ‘What is your phone number?’” the Last Week Tonight...

• Posted Tuesday 2/11/20 at 12:29AM EST

  New American citizen John Oliver gets a special patriotic entrance on The Late Show

  The Last Week Tonight host officially became an American during his hiatus.

• Posted Wednesday 1/29/20 at 1:34PM EST

  John Oliver became a U.S. citizen during his Last Week Tonight hiatus

  "On Friday Dec.

• Posted Wednesday 1/15/20 at 2:21PM EST

  Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns in mid-February

  Last Week Tonight's Season 7 premiere on Feb.

• Posted Monday 11/11/19 at 2:23PM EST

  John Oliver stars in a Last Week Tonight dance number with a giant squirrel telling a coal executive to "eat sh*t"

  Oliver revealed that the lawsuit filed by a coal executive over a 2017 Last Week Tonight segment is finally over.

• Posted Monday 10/14/19 at 9:38AM EDT

  John Oliver makes a mock promo for HBO Max: "HBO Max — it's not HBO, it's just TV"

  "There's nothing more cringe-worthy than watching someone forced to engage in promotional bullsh*t to appease the whims of their parent...

• Posted Friday 10/11/19 at 1:16PM EDT

  Amy Sedaris and John Oliver take over The Late Show to interview Stephen Colbert

  The "Flipped Interview" format -- which was taped in advance as Colbert was flying to New Zealand yesterday -- allowed...

• Posted Wednesday 10/09/19 at 11:05PM EDT

  Last Week Tonight pays tribute to Rip Taylor

  John Oliver's HBO show today posted a 2015 segment in tribute to Taylor, who died Sunday at age 84.

• Posted Monday 10/07/19 at 12:51PM EDT

  John Oliver calls his animated doppelgänger in China "basically a copyright infringement"

  The Chinese government has a family planning PSA featuring an animated character who bares as striking resemblance to Oliver.

• Posted Monday 9/30/19 at 12:36PM EDT

  Jimmy Kimmel jokes about repeatedly losing Emmys to John Oliver in a Last Week Tonight cameo

  Kimmel joined Kristen Bell, David Schwimmer, Michael Bolton, Method Man and "Jack Bauer" (Kiefer Sutherland) in a segment on compounding...

• Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 11:41AM EDT

  John Oliver slams Jimmy Stewart as a "bad actor"

  The Last Week Tonight host showed a clip last night of Stewart's Oscar-nominated performance in Mr.

• Posted Monday 8/19/19 at 11:05AM EDT

  John Oliver gets Wanda Sykes and Larry David for Last Week Tonight segment on bias in medicine

  For the segment, Last Week Tonight created a "What's Larry's Problem?" website where patients can play clips of David demanding...

• Posted Monday 8/12/19 at 9:42AM EDT

  John Oliver bakes a large marble cake to call out the Guinness World Records' connection with authoritarian governments

  On Last Week Tonight, Oliver pointed out how “authoritarians love getting Guinness World Records” as they help earn publicity and...