Insulted town names sewage plant after John Oliver

Peter White Television EditorLast Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its dominance in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category.The HBO comedy show beat TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert to win the award for the fifth year in a row.The British comedian accepted the award on behalf of his team using one of his son’s “creepy” toys in lieu of an actual Emmy.“I’d like to thank my writers, obviously, who work

Will Thorne Staff WriterJohn Oliver will be bringing his biting satire to HBO for at least three more years.The premium cabler has announced it has renewed “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” for three more seasons, taking the British comedian’s run through 10 seasons and through the year 2023.News of the pickup comes around two weeks after Oliver aired his last episode on the Republican National Convention and the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Pau Gasol gave his baby girl a name he knows she’ll live up to. The NBA player revealed on Instagram on Sunday that he and his wife, Catherine McDonnell, named their newborn daughter Elisabet Gianna Gasol, with her middle name honouring Gianna Bryant. Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died in a helicopter crash alongside seven others in January.

Pau Gasol is honoring his late friend Kobe Bryant.

Pau Gasol, 40, has welcomed his first child with wife Catherine McDonnell, 30. The Lakers alum paid tribute to his late friend and teammate Kobe Bryant, as well as his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, in the sweetest way.

Gianna Bryant.

The war of words between Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Danbury, Connecticut MayorMark Boughton may finally be coming to a close. On Saturday,Boughton saidhe would accept Oliver’s challenge to name the city’s sewage plant after the HBO host following Oliver's offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.

admitted he was just joking.Also Read: John Oliver Rips 'America's Most-Laminated Prince' Jared Kushner for 'Infuriating' Reaction to NBA Strike (Video)Oliver revisited the subject on the August 30 episode, first congratulating Danbury for a truly good insult, then mocking it for not following through. “You had the first good idea in your city’s history and you chickened out on the follow-through.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn what could be the greatest — and most hilariously friendly — feud of 2020, John Oliver has been putting the city of Danbury, Connecticut on blast for the past couple of weeks on Last Week Tonight. During one episode while unpacking the racial disparities when it came to jury selection process in Connecticut, the host said “If you’re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f*** Danbury!” There was really

John Oliver on Sunday used the entirety ofLast Week Tonight to discuss the incendiary rhetoric from Donald Trump and others during the Republican National Convention, which the host tied to the deadly shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLast Week Tonight With John Oliver wasted no time in diving right into two major stories that happened last week: the RNC and the events of Kenosha, Wisconsin.First off, John Oliver pointed out the main theme of the RNC was “telling lies in front of flags” as it was four days of “full-throated denial of objective reality.”  RNC speakers painted a misleading portrait of Biden saying that he would be controlled by environmental extremists and that there

Local officials in Danbury, Connecticut have named a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S.

It was supposed to be the Democratic Convention – so why were so many “Never Trump” Republicans participating? That’s what comedian John Oliver wanted to know during Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight.” The host questioned the Democratic National Committee’s strategy of inviting Republican critics of President Trump -- such as John Kasich, Meg Whitman and Colin Powell -- to address voters during the party’s four-night nominating event last week.

Comedian John Oliver has long used his “Last Week Tonight” platform to mock government agencies and public officials. Now the tables have turned.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt’s become normal that John Oliver starts every episode of Last Week Tonight by saying “A lot happened this week” because it is wildly accurate. It seemed that this week he was speaking a mile-a-minute in order to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show.First on the list was the Democratic National Convention which many were calling an “unconventional” convention, thinking that they were the ones that coined that phrase.