Fifty-five celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Joaquin Phoenix, Jon Stewart, and Michael Stipe, have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden asking him to “call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost.” Specifically, they would like to see an end …
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Jon Stewart is bowing out early from Apple. The weekly talk series The Problem With Jon Stewart will not be moving forward with a third season on the streaming service,the New York Times first reported. Plans for an eight-episode third season were abandoned amid creative differences between the former Daily …
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“I want to make one thing clear off the bat: Not a fan. Not a fan of the podcast,” offered Jon Stewart. “Tried to get through the first one. Not a fan.” Yes, the seventh episode of Strike Force Five, a Spotify podcast featuring late-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, …
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Fire Island, Jon Stewart, We’re Here and Maren Morris were among the winners and honorees at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards in New York Saturday, an event that doubled as a show of solidarity with the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Fire Island and Anything’s Possible both shared the …
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Pete Davidson’s new sitcom, Bupkis, opens with a scene where his mother, Amy, played by Edie Falco, walks in on him while he’s masturbating to VR porn. That episode closes with him physically helping an old friend of the family, played by Brad Garrett, have sex with a prostitute after …
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There’s nothing like the arrest and arraignment of a former president — especially if that former president is Donald Trump — to get every late-night host and writer outrageously giddy. Hell, the excitement was so palpable and pervasive after Trump appeared in court to plead not guilty to the 34 …
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Jon Stewart and writer/comedian Kasaun Wilson railed against the sensationalized way news networks have been broadcasting the bodycam footage of the police killing of Tyre Nichols on the latest installment of The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast. The discussion began as Wilson — who works as a writer on the …
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How do you say goodbye to a late-night show redefined by your presence? Well, if you’re listening to the advice of Comedy Central executives, Paramount Global boardrooms, and the entire Daily Show staff— you don’t. But for Trevor Noah, who stepped behind the Daily Show desk for the last time …
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Jon Stewart defended Dave Chappelle’s controversial Saturday Night Live monologue — where the comedian was accused of “normalizing and popularizing” antisemitism by the Anti-Defamation League — during an appearance on The Late Show. Stewart has been friends with Chappelle for over two decades, dating back to at least when they …
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Jon Stewart is going into the most pressing issues facing America today in the new season of The Problem With Jon Stewart. On Tuesday, Apple TV+ released the trailer for the late-night show’s second season, and it captures Stewart as he traverses politics and social issues, including facing off against …
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