Bad Bunny will be returning to his native Puerto Rico in May to host the upcoming “Backlash” event for WWE.
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John Oliver has fired the first shot at his new Emmy rival Saturday Night Live – six months before his show Last Week Tonight will go head-to-head in a new awards category.
The British comedian, whose show returns for its tenth season on February 19, posted a hosting announcement to his social media channels that looks an awful lot like the ones that Saturday Night Live posts when they make a score a new host.
In the past, this wouldn’t have got any attention but given the fact that Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series for the last seven years, will now compete directly against SNL, which has won the Emmy for Variety Sketch Series for the past six years, it feels like shots fired.
Whether he’ll actually have a horse on the show is anyone’s guess, but don’t rule it out.
The HBO show and the NBC series will now compete in September for the Scripted Variety Series Emmy after the TV Academy, in December, replaced the existing categories – Variety Talk and Variety Sketch Series.
The move comes as the number of late-night talk shows and variety series continues to diminish.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which was axed by the new Warner Bros. Discovery regime, and The Late Late Show with James Corden, which is ending this spring and being replaced by a reboot of @midnight, were both shows that regularly scored Emmy nominations, while Desus and Mero seemed on the verge of being nominated before the pair broke up.
Similarly, SNL has only really competed with HBO’s The Black Lady Sketch Show in recent years thanks to a drought of variety shows.
It makes for an interesting battle between Oliver and SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who have both had long winning streaks, one of
Bad Bunny will be returning to his native Puerto Rico in May to host the upcoming “Backlash” event for WWE.
Bad Bunny is bringing one of his passions to his home of Puerto Rico. He’ll serve as host of WWE’s “Backlash,” one of the sport’s most famous and viewed live events. The show will be hosted on May 6th, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan.
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial took part in a full training session at Carrington on Wednesday afternoon.
William Earl Music superstar Bad Bunny is set to host the live WWE event “Backlash” in his native Puerto Rico. It will take place on Saturday, May 6, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan. It’s the first live WWE event taking place in Puerto Rico since 2005. “In 2005 when I was a kid, I wasn’t able to attend New Year’s Revolution at el Coliseo,” Bad Bunny said in a statement. “Finally, 18 years later WWE returns to the island with a massive event and this time I won’t miss it.” Bad Bunny is no stranger to the world of the WWE. In 2021, he performed “Booker T” at that year’s Royal Rumble event, and then started appearing on Monday Night Raw. He eventually won the WWE 24/7 Championship that year. In 2022, he appeared at the Royal Rumble as a contender, advancing past noted wrestlers Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler to make the final five. He will also be a character in the upcoming wrestling video game “WWE 2K23.”
purported dating tactics, to his new book.“By the way, I have a little gift for our studio audience. Look under your seats, the gift is — it isn’t there!” Oliver joked.
Funeral For A Friend will embark on a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation’ later this year.The album, which Funeral For A Friend will play in full, features singles such as ‘Juneau’, ‘She Drove Me To Daytime Television’ and ‘Rookie Of The Year’ and launched the Welsh rockers to popularity back in 2003.The band previously played ‘Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation’ in full on their ‘Last Chance To Dance’ farewell tour in 2016. It also made up a large part of the setlist of their reunion tour last year, alongside material from 2005’s ‘Hours’ and 2007’s ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’.“It feels pretty surreal to be celebrating 20 years of ‘Casually Dressed…’ already, but we’re looking forward to diving back into the record that changed everything for us, and to performing it front to back across the U.K.
John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight Sunday by briefly recapping a couple of the biggest headlines of the past week, including the verdict in the trial of Alex Murdaugh who was found guilty of killing his wife and son.
Rebel Wilson this week said she met Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the first time on a recent trip to Santa Barbara, California noting that he "could not have been nicer." Meghan, however, wasn’t as friendly, the comedian told Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live." "Meghan was not as cool," she revealed, as fellow guest John Oliver cracked up while sitting next to her. "She wasn’t as naturally warm." The "Pitch Perfect" actress mused that the duchess’ frostiness may have been because "my mom being Australian just asked her all these slightly rude questions like ‘Where are your kids?’ And things like that.
The Weeknd continues to break records.
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A woman and an inmate have both been convicted after being caught out during a visit to see him in Forest Bank.
was officially ousted from the organization this month, and for John Oliver, it’s certainly not hard to bid farewell to “alt-right Borat.”Facing allegations of mistreating his employees and misusing company funds funds — to the point that Project Veritas is at risk of losing its non-profit classification — O’Keefe resigned on Feb. 20, posting a 45-minute resignation video online (something that Oliver had a good laugh at based on the length of it alone).Still, while the “Last Week Tonight” host dubbed O’Keefe “basically alt-right Borat,” Oliver pointed out that conservative hosts and pundits are sticking with O’Keefe, and expressing their outrage over his ouster.
John Oliver started off Last Week Tonight roasting Fox News for the second week in a row. The HBO Max host showed started off by noting that Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg attended the train derailment in Ohio.
Charna Flam John Leguizamo will receive the Miami Film Festival‘s Impact Award on March 11. Leguizamo’s new MSNBC series, “Leguizamo Does America,” will screen ahead of the award presentation.
Sharing her story. Bachelor Nation alum Sarah Herron has been open and honest with fans about her fertility struggles for years.
Jason Mraz is embracing a brand new pop sound.And if the jubilant lead single “I Feel Like Dancing” from his upcoming album “Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride” is any indication, audiences will too.Thankfully, they can join Mraz when he takes off on his nationwide tour from March through August where he’ll debut his lively, new record and play all the hits you know and love like “I’m Yours,” “Lucky” and “I Won’t Give Up.”For New Yorkers that are hoping to see the Virginia native live, make sure to circle Aug. 17 on your calendars too — that’s the date of Mraz’s final show of his 23-concert tour at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium where he’ll be accompanied by the New York Pops.The special show will feature a career-spanning set from Mraz arranged for the full symphony orchestra.
Pep Guardiola has explained that he is playing Bernardo Silva at left-back because he helps Manchester City control games and be less predictable in their attacking play.
amended counterclaim on Thursday, and a Fox spokesperson said that Dominion “cherry-picked quotes stripped of key context” for their original filing.“There will be a lot of noise and confusion generated by Dominion and their opportunistic private equity owners,” Fox News said in a statement. “But the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which are fundamental rights afforded by the Constitution and protected by New York Times v.
Paul Weller has announced the support acts for his Forest Live 2023 gigs – find details below and purchase tickets for the gigs here.As announced last month, the Modfather will play three outdoor gigs this June, performing on Thursday, June 8 at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, Friday, June 9 at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire and Saturday, June 17 at Thetford Forest, Suffolk.Speaking about the upcoming dates in a statement, Weller said: “I am very happy to be playing the Forest Live gigs again as they are always such great shows with such a great audience! See you there.”Now, it’s been confirmed that he will be supported by Far From Saints, the new band of Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones, and Manchester singer-songwriter Seb Lowe.Paul is very happy to announce the amazing guest artists that will be supporting him for the Forest shows this Summer! The brilliant @Seb_lowe_music will be supporting, and joining as a very special guest at the shows is Kelly Jones' band @farfromsaints! pic.twitter.com/ZrufobkhZ4— Paul Weller (@paulwellerHQ) February 20, 2023Following the Forest Live gigs, Weller will headline Y Not Festival this July. The festival will return to Pikehall in Derbyshire from July 28-30, with Royal Blood topping the bill on the Friday night.
John Oliver returned with Last Week Tonight after a three-month hiatus and it wasn’t long before he started taking swipes at Fox News.