Boygenius helped to celebrate the return of late-night with a performance of their emotive single “Cool About It” on The Late Show. Appearing on a darkened stage in a semi-circle, the trio—Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—gave an intimate rendition of the song as the camera swept around them. …
Read More »Kaytranada, H.E.R. Join Forces for Soulful 'Intimidated' Performance on 'Fallon'
Canadian producer Kaytranada and R&B singer H.E.R. shared the stage Tuesday for a performance of the song “Intimidated” on The Tonight Show. The track, released in November, comes off the Grammy-award winner’s eponymous EP. The three-song release also features collaborations with Thundercat and Mach-Hommy. The pair previously teamed up on H.E.R.’s …
Read More »Tom Hanks Pleas for People to Wear Masks in the COVID-19 Era
Tom Hanks recounted his COVID-19 odyssey and shared a common-sense plea for wearing a mask during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Tuesday. Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were famously the first two high-profile American celebrities to contract the virus, testing positive back in March while …
Read More »Hillary Clinton Discusses Republican Voter Suppression, Roger Stone on 'Daily Show'
Hillary Clinton spoke about her efforts to help boost voting ahead of the November election and President Donald Trump letting Roger Stone off the hook in an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show Monday. Clinton said she’s been working with the advocacy group Democracy Docket, which is focused …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Tackles Trump's Attempts to Undermine Whistleblower Rick Bright
Stephen Colbert highlighted the worrying testimony of ousted public health official Rick Bright — and President Donald Trump‘s attempts to drag the spotlight away from his depiction of how the government has handled the COVID-19 crisis — on The Late Show Thursday. Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced …
Read More »John Oliver Blasts Conservatives Touting Markets Over Lives During COVID-19 Pandemic
John Oliver examined the mounting coronavirus catastrophe and President Donald Trump‘s handling of it on a new quarantine edition of Last Week Tonight Sunday. In just a few weeks, the United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and as Oliver noted, we still don’t know just how …
Read More »Trevor Noah Talks Biden, Bernie Split, Bloomberg's Wasted Millions on Super Tuesday
Trevor Noah offered some on-the-spot analysis of Super Tuesday results on a live installment of The Daily Show, as the field narrowed to a race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders — and billionaire Michael Bloomberg failed reap any real results from his millions. Noah was able to offer a …
Read More »Paul McCartney Reminisces About Beatles, John Lennon on 'Colbert'
Paul McCartney reminisced about the Beatles during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Monday. The legendary musician, who recently released his new children’s book, Hey Grandude!, spoke of his bond with John Lennon, experiencing the fallout from the Beatles’ break up and how his dreams have …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Mocks Joe Biden's Website Gaffe in Post-Debate Live Monologue
One night after roasting the first round of Democratic presidential contenders, Stephen Colbert returned Wednesday for a second live post-debate breakdown, dubbed “This Time It’s Not All White People.” His primary target, like many of the primary participants, was former Vice President Joe Biden, who faced political “[attacks] from all …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Ponders President Donald 'Youngest Person' Trump
Stephen Colbert poked fun at Donald Trump‘s attempts to lie his way past the natural passage of time on The Late Show Monday. With fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden entering the 2020 presidential race, a reporter recently asked Trump how old was too old to be president, prompting him to reply, …
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