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Donald Trump Can’t Escape Truth on Late Night TV: Putin Owns Him (Watch)

Keith Girard
Donald Trump has gotten himself in another fine mess. If there was any doubt before, it’s clearly evident now: Vladimir Putin owns him. Now the only question is why? Despite all the TV news talking heads, late-night comedians, once again, seemed to put their fingers on the problem. “Why so bad?” Stephen Colbert asked. “Well, he was asked about Russian meddling about our election and whether he believed all our intelligence people or Putin,” he said....
COMEDYPOLITICS

Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel Trade Lies: One Fib Involves Fried Chicken (watch!)

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is the lyingest president in history. He’s told more than 3,000 whoppers since taking office. But what’s it like being on the other end of a Trump lie? Jimmy Kimmel found out over the holidays and dished up a whopper of his own. During Trump’s free-for-all rally in front of a baying South Carolina audience, he related an anecdote about a supposed appearance on Kimmel’s show that portrayed the host as an obsequious glad-hander....
COMEDY

Miley Cyrus, Always a Fickle Lover, Hasn’t Given Up Romancing the Bud (watch!)

Keith Girard
Miley Cyrus swore off smoking marijuana ll months ago as part of an image overhaul. But the always fickle lover says she hasn’t stopped romancing the bud. She calls weed “the most magical, amazing thing.” It’s her “first and true love,” she says. Miley says she’d like to go back to her old habit, but no, she’s not toking at the moment. “I am very focused on what I’m working on right now,” she told Jimmy Kimmel....
CELEBRITIES

Now People Who Know Best, Late-Night Comics, Weigh In on Michelle Wolf (See!)

Keith Girard
Michelle Wolf, who stood the White House Correspondent’s Dinner on its ear with her biting monologue, has no regrets about what she said. “I mean, I’m honestly—I wouldn’t change a single word that I said. I’m very happy with what I said, and I’m glad I stuck to my guns,” she said. Probably the funniest part of her bit was the reaction afterward from right-wing media led by Fox News. Talking heads threw themselves into a frenzy of of shock–shock!–over her comments....
COMEDY

Late Night Unravels Sean Hannity Secret; He’s Trump Hush Money Fixer Client (see!)

Keith Girard
Sean Hannity, the sanctimonious conspiracy mongerer and all-round Donald Trump sycophant on Fox News, had a secret. That is, until a court judge forced Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to reveal that Hannity was Cohen’s mystery client. Late night was, understandably, apoplectic. Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel all tackled the controversy in their late-night monologues....
COMEDY

Jimmy Kimmel Gets Lowdown on Trump Junk: It’s Made in China (watch!)

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel went on a shopping spree on Donald Trump’s new merchandise Web site. He was looking for America. Instead, he found China. The president talks a good game about buying American, but when it comes right down to it… he’s lying. “Trump, as you know, wants to focus on America…American made products and goods. So, I wondered–because I agree with that–how things were going on his family Web site, TrumpStore.com,” he said....
COMEDY

Trump Gets No Relief From Late Night Comedians; Watch Them Take Him Apart

Keith Girard
Donald Trump at least had part of a day to celebrate his Republican Congressional cover-up on Russia. By nightfall, however, he was the fall guy again on late night television. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Myers and Trevor Noah all took him apart. So much material, so little time. Stormy Daniels, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Trump himself provided the fodder for a cavalcade of puns, quips, and very pointed asides....
COMEDY

Jimmy Kimmel Schools Trump on Oscars Ratings; Not About You Donnie (see!)

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t resist snapping back at Donald Trump’s Tweet about the Oscars’ television ratings. He schooled the president and reminded him that, hey, it’s not about you. Trump apparently couldn’t wait to comment on the show. “Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!” he Tweeted at 8:25 am yesterday (Mar. 6)...
COMEDY

Just Kidding! Jimmy Kimmel Rips Trump, Pence at Oscars; Fox News Squeals

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel promised a kinder, gentler Oscars. But the host still had a few barb comments about President Trump, Vice President Pence and even Fox News viewers, causing the network’s right-wing commentators to squeal about liberal Hollywood bias. Hey, he was just kidding! Fox News talking head Michelle Malkin slammed celebrities for “lecturing” on gun control while being protected by a “phalanx” of armed guards at the 90th Academy Awards....
FILM

Colbert, Other Late Night Hosts Return With Powerful Gun Control Message (See!)

Keith Girard
Stephen Colbert proved once again that late night comedians are one of the few sources of sanity in today’s culture. The talk show host spelled out the future of gun control and it begins and ends with the kids. “I hope these kids don’t give up, because this is their lives and their future,” Colbert said. “Someone else may be in power, but this country belongs to them.”...
ENTERTAINMENT

Alt-Right Smears Parkwood Survivors, While Late Night Indicts Gun Lobby

Keith Girard
David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting is now being targeted by alt-right commentators and conspiracy theorists, in an effort to minimize fallout from the attack. But late night comedians are putting the focus where it belongs–the gun lobby. Hogg has been one of the most visible students who are calling for new gun controls in the wake of the shooting, which left 17 students dead and dozens wounded....
CULTURE

Jimmy Kimmel Calls Out Donald Trump Over Florida School Shooting (watch!)

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel goes right to the source of the problem in the Florida school shooting. Simply it’s President Trump, who has failed once again to do anything more than offer condolences after 14 students were murdered and more than 50 wounded by a loner with an assault rifle. While Fox News talking-heads, right-wing propaganda sites and Russian twitter trolls want to turn schools into quasi-prisons, the real bear in the room as always is guns....
TELEVISION

Jimmy Kimmel Has Special Guest To Make Plea for CHIP Program (Watch!)

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel marked his return to late night with a special guest last night, his toddler son Billy. A week before he underwent heart surgery. Kimmel used the moment to call for renewal of CHIP, a children’s health insurance program. The 50-year-old talk show host has been a leading advocate of Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has provided health insurance to more than 20 million people....
TELEVISION

Gal Gadot Fields Mean Tweets on Kimmel: What No Titties? (Watch!)

Keith Girard
Gal Gadot was stellar in the new blockbuster “Wonder Woman” movie, but you wouldn’t know it by some of the Tweets about her. Last night, she got a chance to read one in particular on Jimmy Kimmel’s mean Tweets segment. Guess what it was about. Gadot was joined by Emma Watson, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jim Parsons and Kristen Bell....
COMEDY

Jimmy Kimmel Shuts Down GOP Over Healthcare Bill Deceptions (watch!)

Keith Girard
Jimmy Kimmel is taking the latest fight over healthcare legislation personally. He put GOP bill sponsor Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on blast for lying about the nature of the bill and poked fun at the way he’s being attacked by Fox News and other critics in response. Last night’s monologue was the latest in a sparring match between Kimmel and Cassidy. ...
COMEDY

Whoa! Call Off the Hounds: Robert Pattinson Was Joking About Dog Sex!

Keith Girard
Call off the dogs, already. Robert Pattinson says his story about doggie sex on the set of his new movie “Good Time,” was just a joke. It never really happened, at least not the way he told it. Way to cover, Rob! Pattinson obviously didn’t realize the incident he described on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” had potentially criminal implications. ...
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