Gary Busey was sentenced to two years probation Thursday after previously pleading guilty to charges stemming from an incident where the actor purposely groped a woman’s buttocks at a New Jersey horror convention in 2022. The initial incident occurred at the semi-annual Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in …
Read More »Steve Martin Cancels Virginia Shows With Martin Short Due to Covid
Steve Martin and Martin Short have canceled their comedy shows this weekend in Virginia after the former caught Covid. “Dear Virginia Beach and Richmond. Sadly, I have come down with Covid,” Steve Martin wrote on social media. “I can’t possibly do the shows that you deserve. So Marty and I …
Read More »Bill Maher Defends 'Compatriot' Jimmy Kimmel, Slams ABC: 'Stands for Always Be Caving'
Bill Maher joined the chorus of late-night voices defending Jimmy Kimmel Friday on the latest episode of HBO’s Real Time. “Well, I guess you all heard Jimmy Kimmel, my friend, my compatriot, he’s canned by ABC for comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s assassin,” Maher said of the controversy. “The …
Read More »Jon Stewart Mocks Trump in Song to the 'Dear Leader' After Kimmel Suspension
Jon Stewart stepped behind the Daily Show desk on Thursday, breaking with the show’s usual schedule of Stewart hosting on Mondays only. Following news of fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC, Stewart delivered a stinging glimpse of what a Trump administration-controlled comedy show may look like. Appearing against …
Read More »Late-Night Hosts Rally After Kimmel Suspension: Can't Give an 'Autocrat' an 'Inch'
As ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! continues, Kimmel’s fellow late-night hosts took to their own monologues to mock the Trump administration on Thursday evening. The network pulled Kimmel off the air Wednesday over the comedian’s comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination during his monologue on Monday night. …
Read More »'HIM' Is a Fourth-Down Horror-Movie Fumble
Ever since he was a little boy, Cameron Cade wanted to be the quarterback of the San Antonio Saviors. He remembers him and his dad watching the Super Bowl back in the day, when their star quarterback, Isiah White (Marlon Wayans), led the team to a last-minute victory before sustaining …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel's Next Move: Brooklyn or Bust?
As the entertainment community rallies behind Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of ABC’s sudden yanking of his late-night show at the behest of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, pressing questions remain about his immediate future on the network. Namely, whether the show’s upcoming residency at the Brooklyn Academy of …
Read More »'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' Is the 21st-Century Version of a Quirky Nineties Movie
Ah yes, the late 1990s — back when whimsy was a form of currency, gorgeous people being weird meant instant cult-film-canon status (or even Oscar nominations), and you could make a movie about, say, two people going on a magical road trip involving random doors in fields and be part …
Read More »Jay Leno, Marc Maron, Wanda Sykes Raise Free-Speech Warnings After ABC Cans 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Marc Maron and Wanda Sykes were among the many to raise serious concerns about the threat to free speech after ABC’s decision to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration. Sykes was set to be a guest on Kimmel on Wednesday night, but ABC made its …
Read More »David Letterman Slams 'Ridiculous' Decision to Pull 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
David Letterman denounced ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration, saying, “This is misery,” during a panel at the Atlantic Festival on Thursday, Sept. 18 (via Variety). “We see where this is all going, correct?” Letterman said. “It’s managed media. And it’s no good. …
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