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SNL Rolls Out 2 Big Guns–De Niro, Baldwin–for Robert Mueller Cold Open

Keith GirardMarch 31, 2019

SNL rolled out its biggest guns–Robert De Niro and Alec Baldwin–for a double-barrel blast at Donald Trump over the Robert S. Mueller III investigation in its first cold open marking its return to live television. ...

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Trump Falsely Claims Russia Exoneration; Late Night Calls Him Out on It (Watch!)

Keith GirardMarch 26, 2019

Donald Trump falsely claimed he “complete and total exoneration” as a result of Robert Mueller’s report on Russian collusion, but he wasn’t off the hook as far as late night comedians were concerned. ...

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Stormy Daniels Cringeworthy Comedy Debut Irks 1 Key Audience–Comedians

Keith GirardMarch 22, 2019

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star best known for her sex tryst hush-money payoff from Donald Trump, made her debut as a stand-up comic and managed to irk one key audience demographic–other stand-up comedians....

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Tucker Carlson Tries to Defend Indefensible Hate Speech; Colbert Takes Him Down

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2019

Tucker Carlson has decided to go the Nixonian limited hangout route to defend sexist, mysogynistic remarks he made on a radio show a decade ago, but Stephen Colbert artfully dismantled him last night....

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Ivanka’s Hair Set on Fire in Scorching John Oliver Takedown on ‘Last Week Tonight’

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2019

Ivanka Trump has always been a daddy's girl. (Photo: Instagram) Ivanka Trump is thought to be a moderating force on dad Donald, but John Oliver's takedown ...

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Howard Schultz Rivals Donald Trump as Butt of Hilarious Late Night Jokes (See!)

Keith GirardFebruary 1, 2019

Donald Trump is still the undisputed king of Late Night jokes, but Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz scored some points last night in the funny sweepstakes. Schultz sparked political frisson this week by announcing plans to explore an independent campaign for president....

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Miley Cyrus Blasts ‘Santa Baby,’ Adds Her Own Bomb #MeToo Words on Fallon

Keith GirardDecember 21, 2018

Miley Cyrus stepped up on Jimmy Fallon last night with a solution to this year’s Christmas conundrum, the overtly sexist lyrics in the 1953 holiday chesnut “Santa Baby.” My how things have changed! ...

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