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Drew Barrymore just revealed she has a totally unexpected neighbor, and it's one of her talk show's competitors!MORE: Drew Barrymore celebrates incredible news as she announces 'it's official'The star opened up about meeting none other than John Oliver, who hosts popular late night show Last Week Tonight, for the first time, revealing that both of their talk shows actually film in the same studios.Both of the hosts talked about their meeting, and how Drew was mad at him – in fact screamed at him and called him out – for forgetting a crucial part about why she's famous.WATCH: Drew announces her show has been renewed for a third seasonMORE: Drew Barrymore reveals on her show how she met best friend Jimmy Fallon and how she's responsible for his marriageThe actress discussed their meeting on her show on Tuesday when it was announced that her iconic movie, Steven Spielberg's E.T. was officially forty years old.

Since the Oscars last week, the slap heard ’round the world has generated both an immense amount of media reaction and an unprecedented division of public opinion. Even today it seems impossible to avoid a conversation involving Will Smith or another hot take on the internet.

John Oliver dropped by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” recently, where he discussed the return of his HBO hit “Last Week Tonight”.

an escalating employee backlash at the Mouse House threatening to spoil the party.Disney is scrambling to contain the fallout over its response to a Florida bill that would bar teachers from discussing LGBTQ topics like sexual orientation or gender identity with students unless they’re in the fourth grade or higher. The issue prompted an internal battle among company employees who are divided on whether Disney should get political.Left-leaning employees staged walkouts this week, arguing the company failed the LGBT community by initially failing to denounce the bill.

Jon Stewart is happy to see comics thriving.

Jeopardy!.The actress and presenter, who is currently contracted to host the game show alongside former winner Ken Jennings until May 6, was asked about her interest in a full-time position while walking the red carpet at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (March 13).Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Bialik said: “I would love that. I like to say, I’ve lived season to season, since I was about 13 years old.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAnyone who’s tried to buy a concert ticket in the past three decades knows what a frustrating price-gouging and seemingly corrupt process it is — many major concerts are sold out literally seconds after the tickets go on sale, and the only recourse is to go the secondary market, where fans must pay exponentially more than face value, which happens even when they can get them directly, due to a battery of mysterious “fees.”Ticketmaster, the largest broker in the business, is at the center of this morass and has been essentially bulletproof for decades — in 1995, Pearl Jam, arguably the biggest band in the world at the time, assailed the high prices and tried to go on a Ticketmaster-less tour, and failed. Even Congress, often led by New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell, has gone after the company — and even after the pandemic decimated the touring industry, Ticketmaster remains as strong as ever.

“When we donate money to different political candidates, we have no idea how they’re going to vote going forward into the future,” said Disney CEO Bob Chapek at a shareholders meeting this past week.

In between a diatribe on the war in Ukraine and a detailed look into justice system, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver managed to fit in a jab at one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

EXCLUSIVE: Taskmaster, the quirky British game show, is taking another swing at the U.S. market with its own global streaming service.

Last Week Tonight, calling Vladimir Putin an “autocrat” and “a huge bitch”.Following the Russian president’s attack on the country last week, Ukraine has severed diplomatic ties with its neighbour and declared martial law, while many Ukrainians are trying to escape the warzone.As of Sunday night (February 27), Ukraine’s interior ministry reported that 352 Ukrainian civilians had been killed in the conflict so far, including 14 children, while a further 1684 people, including 116 children, had been wounded (via The Guardian).Speaking on yesterday evening’s (February 27) Last Week Tonight, Oliver played a clip of Putin in conversation with the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, where the latter becomes increasingly intimidated by the Russian president while calling for more diplomacy.“Putin is a lot of things,” Oliver replied. “He’s an autocrat.

John Oliver didn’t hold back his feelings for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday’s episode of HBO Max’s Last Week Tonight.

Coming off a three-month break, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver wasted no breath in his ninth season opener and devoted almost a half-hour to one of the most controversial topics swirling around schools today: the education of critical race theory.

John Oliver remembers the very first time he asked a girl out on a date.

John Oliver is out of the void and returning for the ninth season of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with a studio audience and a desire to tackle tricky subjects.

Naman Ramachandran Just For Laughs, the largest comedy festival in the world, is collaborating with live entertainment company AEG Presents to debut the event at London’s The O2 in 2023.The annual comedy festival, Just For Laughs London, will bow March 2-5, 2023 and will feature solo shows, live podcast recordings, in-conversation events and cast panels from U.K.-based artists and international stars.Famously, U.K. comedy icon Rowan Atkinson introduced Mr.

out of John Oliver’s book and blamed parent company AT&T.“We were a hit for that network. We were the second biggest show that network had, depending how you crunch the numbers,” Conover said on Tuesday in a TikTok video.

John Oliver decided to close this year’s season finale with fewer explosions and more star power.

In the season finale of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver opened the show by mocking a certain Jan. 6 rioter.

John Oliver isn’t an “Avatar” fan.

James Cameron needn’t worry about rushing his Avatar sequels, at least as far as John Oliver is concerned.

HBO’s John Oliver took on the topic of homelessness Sunday night, and while he identified a number of factors that contribute to the issue, he pointed out that media coverage — especially from Fox News — is significant early on.

Mitt Romney could start to take some lessons from Ted Lasso, according to John Oliver.

John Oliver took aim at senator Mitt Romney during tonight’s episode of Last Week Tonight.

Last Week Tonight.Cena came under fire in May after calling Taiwan a country during an interview. The actor, who was promoting Fast And Furious 9, said that Taiwan, an island separated from mainland China by the Taiwan Strait, would be the first “country” able to watch the film.“I made one mistake,” Cena said afterwards on Chinese social media network Weibo (as per South China Morning Post). “I love and respect China and Chinese people.

In last night’s Last Week Tonight episode, John Oliver took a jab at White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki, who at a recent press conference equated the unpredictable political process in Washington to certain fictional television shows.

In his usual form, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver wasted no time in catching up with Twitter’s latest laughing stock. This time, it was Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal.

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik.The Emmy winner took aim at the new host on his show Last Week Tonight over Bialik’s past controversial remarks about vaccines.Bialik, formerly of The Big Bang Theory, has replaced Mike Richards on the game show.

John Oliver isn’t impressed with the behind-the-scenes drama at “Jeopardy!”

John Oliver tackled voting rights as the core issue of his show Sunday night, and he had a clear message for Democrats and Republicans alike: The system is broken and Joe Biden needs to take concrete action toward fixing it.Granted, when it comes to Republicans, Oliver largely blamed them for the breakage in the first place.