There’s a two-hour celebrity pickleball tournament coming to CBS and the 16 contestants set to compete have been revealed!
27.09.2022 - 08:57 / thewrap.com
Noted Tolkien expert Stephen Colbert was bummed a little during his monologue on Monday with the news that Italy’s new neo-fascist Prime Minister is apparently really, really into “the Lord of the Rings.”And in explaining why it doesn’t make sense for extreme right wingers to love Tolkien’s legendarium, he nerded out so much even his own camera started to drift off.“The part that hurts the most for me personally,” Colbert said after explaining the situation, “is that Meloni, who leads a party that has often been described as neo-fascist, claims to be a big Tolkien fan, who used to dress up as a hobbit.”“No! No! Or, as they say in Italian, no. Don’t you ruin the ‘Lord of the Rings.’ No self-respecting adult dresses like a hobbit.
Unless you’re on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.” Of course, at this point the cover of EW on which Colbert did just that appeared onscreen.“Now I get why an Italian politician might like Tokien. The trilogy is full of Italian characters,” Colbert said, at which point edited footage of Ian McKellen in the “You shall not pass” scene, but with dialogue in an exaggerated Italian accent, popped up onscreen.“You gotta love the soundtrack by Howard Shore,” Colbert continued, singing, ‘when you see a big eye flaming up in the sky, that’s a-Sauron.”“But, Meloni takes her fandom to the extremes, saying ‘I don’t consider the Lord of the Rings fantasy,’ adding that to her, it’s ‘a sacred text.’ I’ve never said these words to anyone,” Colbert said with a solemn tone of voice.
“But I think you’re taking the ‘Lord of the Rings’ too seriously.”“Even worse, this isn’t just confined to Meloni. In Italy, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ has been a central pillar of the hard-right identity,” Colbert added, quoting a New
.There’s a two-hour celebrity pickleball tournament coming to CBS and the 16 contestants set to compete have been revealed!
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Each weeknight, Stephen Colbert takes the stage at CBS “Late Show” to find the lighter side of the latest headlines. In November, he’ll be doing something similar with sports. The comedian will host a two-hour pickleball tournament, “Pickled,” that will feature 16 celebrities competing for a coveted “Colbert Cup” and benefit the non-profit Comic Relief U.S. “If you love pickleball and you love celebrities and you love helping people, you’re going to love watching these celebrities help people by playing pickleball,” said Colbert in a prepared statement. “Pickled” will debut on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. Celebrities taking part in “Pickled” include Jimmie Allen, Murray Bartlett, Dierks Bentley, Jaime Camil, Will Ferrell, Max Greenfield, Luis Guzman, Phil Keoghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tig Notaro, June Diane Raphael, Kelly Rowland, Paul Scheer, Aisha Tyler and Emma Watson. Cari Champion, John Michael Higgins and Bill Raftery serve as announcers and add commentary.
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Baseball fans have been following New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge as he made history with his 61st home run, which he hit during a game against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday to tie Roger Maris for the home run record.
George Clooney joked that he’s had enough of his friend Julia Roberts after the pair filmed “Ticket to Paradise” in Australia together.
said, “We are ‘Ready for Ron’ because we’re ready to defeat socialism – before it’s too late.”As the discussion continued, Behar didn’t lighten up on the Florida governor, arguing that “he could use some of that money that he used to get those migrants to Martha’s Vineyard” for something as monumental as Hurricane Ian. At that, Hostin agreed and noted that this disaster will be “a test for him.”That said, Behar did say that she thinks, one way or another, DeSantis will figure out how to handle everything. Meanwhile, moderator Whoopi Goldberg was baffled by the governor praising Biden and his administration for helping out as the hurricane approached.“He’s the President of the United States.
He continued: “Dr. Oz has been trailing in the polls for the whole race behind Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and half-finished Willie Willie, John Fetterman.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are here to answer your “Wolverine” questions.
A gang threw dozens of packages containing drugs, phones and tobacco over the walls of Forest Bank jail after they'd been ordered by serving prisoners. Police claim they have now dismantled an organised criminal gang behind the smuggling of contraband into the Salford prison, after two men were locked up for their part in the plot.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has promoted Matt Lappin.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has promoted Matt Lappin to serve as co-executive producer of the late night show. In his new role, Lappin will help oversee the show’s daily creative direction; his promotion was announced on Tuesday by executive producers Stephen Colbert and Tom Purcell. Lappin was most recently senior supervising producer. As co-executive producer, he’ll be part of a team that also includes co-EPs Denise Rehrig and Tanya Michenvich Bracco. Together, they’re all helping Colbert and Purcell run the ship in the absence of former executive producer Chris Licht, who departed “The Late Show” earlier this year to take over CNN as its CEO.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are two of the creative leaders honored for Variety‘s 2022 Power of Women. For more, click here. Hillary and Chelsea Clinton were blunt when speaking to Variety about the Clinton family’s impact on right-wing media. “We were the reason that Fox News was created. Because Rupert Murdoch recognized a great market opportunity,” Chelsea said during her Variety Power of Women interview. Both Clintons also spoke to the danger of the network when it comes to societal issues like climate change and COVID.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy on Monday took a sharp turn towards the right as Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, emerged as big winners in the country’s national elections. Final results on Monday showed Meloni and her party winning roughly 26% of the vote and the center-right coalition she leads scoring 44% of parliamentary preferences, while Matteo Salvini’s anti-immigrant League won nearly 9% and former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia took 8%. Meloni’s closest challenger, with some 19.3% of the vote, is the center-left Democratic Party headed by Enrico Letta, who has announced his resignation. Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement — which had won the vote in Italy’s 2018 parliamentary elections — saw its support halved to some 15% this time around.
Another day, another news story about the drama surrounding “Don’t Worry Darling.” Is anyone else sick of hearing about the rumors swirling around this movie? Well, director Olivia Wilde is now sick of it too, and she said as much during her recent interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show.” READ MORE: ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Olivia Wilde Goes The Mystery Box Route With ‘The Stepford Wives’ Meets ‘The Matrix’ [Venice] Variety reports that Wilde touched upon almost everything in her interview with Colbert.
J. Kim Murphy Olivia Wilde has taken the time to further address the swirl of rumors of off-screen drama around her new release “Don’t Worry Darling,” touching on a popular internet theory that her leading man, Harry Styles, spit on his co-star, Chris Pine, during the Venice Film Festival premiere for the thriller. “Harry did not spit on Chris, in fact,” Wilde tells Stephen Colbert in a clip from Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show,” released online a few hours before the full interview broadcasts on CBS.“People will look for drama anywhere they can. Harry did not spit on Chris, in fact.” — @oliviawilde on #spitgate More tonight on @CBS at 11:35/10:35c. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/RQS54WJH0G The late-night host joshes the director a little bit, responding with a hurried whisper: “Only time will tell. We shall see.” The interaction brings Wilde into a laughing fit.