Seth Meyers Roasts the Hell Out of Trump’s ‘Face-Melt’ Photo
NBCSeth Meyers returned to Late Night this Wednesday after taking a week off to recover from his second bout of COVID. And while he couldn’t cover everything he missed while he was away, he was not going to let the opportunity go by to make some brutal jokes about a photo of Donald Trump looking a little worse for wear during his recent Saudi-sponsored golf tournament.In the middle of an unrelated bit about Trump’s double “ERIC” endorsement in Missouri’s GOP Senate primary, Meyers noted that bot
news.yahoo.comTina Fey, Seth Meyers Among ‘SNL’ Alums Who Allegedly Witnessed Horatio Sanz Assault Underage Fan
Dana Edelson/GettyThe plaintiff suing NBC and Horatio Sanz has spoken out once more, this time in an affidavit naming several Saturday Night Live cast members who allegedly witnessed Sanz sexually assaulting her as a 17-year-old minor at a 2002 SNL afterparty.Jane Doe sued Sanz and NBC last summer, alleging that the comedian groomed her from the age of 15 and sexually assaulted her at an SNL afterparty when she was 17. The complaint also quotes messages in which Sanz allegedly wrote that should
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Brutally Mocks Ivanka Trump’s Coup Texts
NBCThere has been a lot of talk this week about the new trove of text messages to and from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, but there was one in particular that stood out to Seth Meyers.Two days after her father lost the 2020 election, Ivanka Trump texted a group of his closest advisers, “You are all WARRIORS of epic proportions! Keep the faith and the fight!”“She’s trying to overturn the results of an election with the tone of a Peloton instruction,” the Late Night host joked Mon
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Drags Ignorant ‘Dick’ Ron DeSantis for Scolding Masked Kids
NBCOn Thursday night, one day after fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel dragged Republican troll-representatives Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene for heckling Joe Biden while he was speaking about his dead Iraq War vet son during the State of the Union address, Seth Meyers aimed his ire at another shameless, Trump-appeasing politician: Ron DeSantis.“[Trump] just goes from town to town holding his one-man WrestleManias where he just loudly whines and rants, and his crowd yells, ‘Lock the
news.yahoo.comElaine May to receive PEN award named for Mike Nichols
Elaine May is this year’s recipient of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, a $25,000 prize established in 2019 to honor the legacy of Nichols, whose many achievements included his work with May as one of the leading comedy duos of the late 1950s and early ’60s.
Whoopi Goldberg apologizes after criticism for her Holocaust comments on “The View”
Talk show host Whoopi Goldberg is under fire for her comments about the Holocaust on “The View.” She appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Monday night and said she understood the criticism, but she still seemed to stand by her initial comment.
news.yahoo.comDavid Letterman to appear on ‘Late Night’ for show’s 40th anniversary
David Letterman is coming back to “Late Night” -- for one night. >> Read more trending newsLetterman, 74, the original host of “Late Night” when it debuted on Feb. 1, 1982, will appear on the program’s 40th-anniversary show, Entertainment Weekly reported. Current “Late Night” host Seth Meyers announced Letterman’s appearance in a video on Tuesday. Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon and Meyers followed Letterman as “Late Night” hosts over the show’s four decades. And if it wasn’t for David Letterman, I wouldn’t be here.
wftv.comSeth Meyers Returns from COVID to Destroy Ted Cruz’s ‘Pathetic’ Tucker Carlson Groveling
NBC“Well, here we are again,” Seth Meyers said from his fifth remote location since the beginning of the pandemic on his latest episode of Late Night. After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, Meyers abruptly canceled several shows before returning to work while still under quarantine Monday night.The host went on to joke that when he tested positive, “I tried to get my hands on some of that horse paste, but they were out of it at my local feed store,” referring to ivermectin. So instead he
news.yahoo.comCoronavirus: James Corden tests positive, cancels ‘Late Late Show’ episodes
Tested positive: James Corden said he tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to cancel tapings for the next few days. (Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images)Late-night television host James Corden on Thursday announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 as tapings of program, “The Late Late Show,” were shelved for the next few days. >> Read more trending newsCorden, 42, announced his diagnosis in a social media post, saying “I just tested positive for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/DIssDUuNzD — The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) January 6, 2022Jimmy Fallon, the host of “The Tonight Show,” said that he had tested positive during a holiday break, the newspaper reported. “The Late Late Show,” will air repeat broadcasts through Jan. 17, the Times reported.
wftv.comCoronavirus: Seth Meyers tests positive for COVID-19
Seth Meyers Host Seth Meyers can be seen on the set of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" on January 3, 2021. (Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, File)Seth Meyers, host of NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” announced Tuesday that the show will be canceled through the end of the week after he tested positive for COVID-19. — Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) January 4, 2022“Late Night” is the latest show to be impacted by a rising number of COVID-19 cases reported nationwide, fueled by the arrival of the omicron variant. >> Related: Coronavirus: Total US COVID-19 cases top 56 millionOfficials have confirmed 56.6 million COVID-19 infections and reported more than 828,000 deaths nationwide, according to numbers compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 294.1 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide, resulting in over 5.4 million deaths, according to the university.
wftv.comTV host Seth Meyers contracts COVID-19, show dark this week
TV Seth Meyers This image released by NBC shows Seth Meyers on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in New York on Dec. 16, 2021. This week’s remaining episodes have been scrapped after the Meyers tested positive for COVID-19. Meyers tweeted Tuesday his positive result but said he felt fine, thanking the vaccine and a booster. (Lloyd Bishop/NBC via AP) (Lloyd Bishop)NEW YORK — (AP) — This week’s remaining episodes of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have been scrapped after the host tested positive for COVID-19. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” is just the latest TV show to grapple with the new surge in the pandemic.
wftv.comCandidates for Virginia governor use national issues to appeal to voters
Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are neck-and-neck in the polls and each trying to appeal to voters on national issues. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined CBSN to discuss this closely watched race.
news.yahoo.comElection Day arrives for high-stakes Virginia governor's race
Election Day is the final day for Virginians to cast a vote for governor for either former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe or first-time candidate Republican Glenn Youngkin. More than 1.1 million Virginians have cast early ballots. Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Mary Washington, breaks down the latest.
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Mocks Fox News Host Judge Jeanine Pirro for Accidentally Calling Trump a Criminal
clipAs a “judge,” you would think Fox News host Jeanine Pirro would know the difference between a “kingmaker” and a “kingpin,” but during an interview with former President Donald Trump over the weekend, she mixed them up. Neither she nor Trump seemed to notice.But Seth Meyers did, sharing the clip with his viewers during Monday night’s “A Closer Look” segment on Late Night. After Pirro asked Trump if he sees himself as a “kingpin for elections going forward,” he replied, “If I endorse somebody,
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers Embarrasses Trump for Boring His Own Rally Crowd
NBCFor the first time since March 2020, Seth Meyers welcomed a live studio audience to Late Night on Monday. And he used the opportunity to mock Donald Trump for apparently boring the hell out of his own rally crowd over the weekend.“I’m thrilled to be back in front of an audience,” the host said during his latest “A Closer Look” segment. “And I’m just hoping that my audience is a little more enthusiastic than Trump’s audience.”Noting that Trump went to Iowa on Saturday to hold a rally in which
news.yahoo.comBear and Hare: Seth Meyers picture book is an animal tale
Books-Seth Meyers This image provided by Penguin Random House, shows the cover of the childen's book “I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared!”, by Seth Meyers. (Penguin Random House via AP) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — Seth Meyers has dreams beyond hosting his own talk show. “I’ve long wanted to write a story about a bear and am grateful that Penguin gave me the opportunity," Meyers said in a statement Monday issued by the Penguin Random House imprint Flamingo Books, which announced that Meyers' picture story “I'm Not Scared, You're Scared!” will be published March 15. According to Flamingo, Meyers' book is an adventure about a frightened bear and a calmer rabbit and how they each learn the real meaning of bravery. “I'm Not Scared, You're Scared!” features illustrations by Rob Sayegh Jr., and will also come out in an audio edition narrated by Meyers, whose status as a children's book author is shared by such late night television peers as Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon.
wftv.comFor one night, TV comics focus their shows on climate change
NEW YORK — (AP) — Sewage treatment, sea turtles and a depressing condom ad all came up when late-night television hosts united for one night to turn their comic lenses to climate change. “We're all focused on this topic tonight. But thanks to climate change, it's not.”Kimmel called his audience to action, opening his show with a montage of politicians and preachers in clips downplaying science. He showed a 2003 clip of the late Sen. John McCain trying to convince his colleagues that climate change was important. That led to a series of jokes about overworked male sea turtles.
wftv.comSeth Meyers Nails Tucker Carlson for COVID Mandate Contradiction
NBC“Several polls, including one by Fox News itself, have now shown that President Biden’s vaccine requirements and other COVID measures are widely popular,” Seth Meyers noted at the top of his latest “A Closer Look” segment Monday night. “So Republicans and right-wing pundits have been forced to come up with increasingly insane arguments against them.”The Late Night host was referring to a new Fox News poll conducted this month that found a wide swath of Americans not only believe vaccines and
news.yahoo.comSeth Meyers, late night's "Mr. Nice Guy"
The "Saturday Night Live" alum who has hosted "Late Night with Seth Meyers" since 2014 talks about leaving his COVID-lockdown attic and returning to the TV studio, and about whether his sunny reputation hides a dark side. (Spoiler alert: it doesn't!)
cbsnews.comSeth Meyers, late night's "Mr. Nice Guy"
The "Saturday Night Live" alum who has hosted "Late Night with Seth Meyers" since 2014 talks about leaving his COVID-lockdown attic and returning to the TV studio, and about whether his sunny reputation hides a dark side. (Spoiler alert: it doesn't!)
cbsnews.comLate-night hosts react with shock, anger to Capitol attack
(CBS/NBC/NBC/ABC via AP)NEW YORK – Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol, offering somber monologues that pleaded for unity even as some aimed pointed barbs at those they held responsible for the mobs' actions. “It was a terrible day in the history of this country,” said Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC show Wednesday. “If my grandfather were alive today and saw what was happening in the country that he fought for, he’d be disgusted," said Jimmy Fallon on NBC. "After five years of coddling this president’s fascist rhetoric, guess whose followers want to burn down the Reichstag?” he said. I assure you there are more good people than there are bad, and good will prevail,” Fallon said.
As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
President Donald Trump speaks during an "Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit" on the White House complex, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. It was part of a fundraising pitch tied to Senate races in Georgia and to Trump’s unsupported claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” the presidential election he lost. But Trump's three-minute internet address hailing the vaccine made no mention of the toll the virus has taken. It's not just Trump who is fazed by how best to acknowledge the toll of the virus.
As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
President Donald Trump speaks during an "Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit" on the White House complex, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. It was part of a fundraising pitch tied to Senate races in Georgia and to Trump’s unsupported claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” the presidential election he lost. But Trump's three-minute internet address hailing the vaccine made no mention of the toll the virus has taken. It's not just Trump who is fazed by how best to acknowledge the toll of the virus.
New this week: 'Enola Holmes,' Public Enemy and Bonnaroo
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES— “Enola Holmes”: It’s somewhat fitting that “Stranger Things” breakout Millie Bobby Brown gets her first starring role in a Netflix film, “Enola Holmes,” coming to the streamer Wednesday. — The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was supposed to take place in June in Tennessee but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, though, the festival is launching Virtual ROO-ALITY, a three-night live broadcast featuring new performances as well as content from the Bonnaroo archive. The two-hour film will be available at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday at pbs.org/frontline and on YouTube at 9 p.m. EDT.
Dolly Parton, Justin Bieber among virtual TV festival stars
LOS ANGELES Dolly Parton, Cate Blanchett and Justin Bieber are part of the virtual edition of the Paley Centers annual festival celebrating TV programs and their makers. PaleyFest LA, responding to pandemic restrictions, taped socially distanced discussions with stars and producers that began streaming free this week on the Paley Centers YouTube channel. The showcased series includes Dolly Partons Heartstrings; Justin Bieber: Seasons; Late Night with Seth Meyers; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Mrs. Blanchett is part of the Mrs. America panel that includes Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba and Sarah Paulson,___Online:https://www.youtube.com/user/paleycenter
New York late-night shows will ditch live audiences in an effort to prevent coronavirus from spreading
Comedian Seth Meyers during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on November 18, 2019Late-night TV shows filmed in New York will now be taped without a live audience as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. Andrew Cuomo announced 39 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the state's total to 212. The largest cluster of cases remains in Westchester where there are 121 confirmed cases, followed by 48 total cases in New York City. The show uses a live audience for both its rehearsals and broadcast, but is not scheduled to air again until March 28. Los Angeles-based late-night shows "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Late Show with James Corden" and "A Little Late with Lilly Singh" have so far not decided to remove audiences.
cnbc.comOn 'Irishman,' teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger
This image released by Netflix shows Robert De Niro, kneeling center, on the set of "The Irishman" as movement coach Gary Tacon, right, looks on. Tacon had to help the film's aged stars move like they were decades younger. (Niko Tavernise/Netflix via AP)
On 'Irishman,' teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger
This image released by Netflix shows Robert De Niro, kneeling center, on the set of "The Irishman" as movement coach Gary Tacon, right, looks on. (Niko Tavernise/Netflix via AP)NEW YORK, N.Y. – Would you have the gumption to tell Al Pacino to act his age? Scorsese, who had waited decades to direct Pacino, wasn’t inclined to start off by telling Pacino to get younger, fast. At the film’s premiere at the New York Film Festival, Scorsese told the same story about Tacon and Pacino. After that film, Tacon fell in with famed stunt director Victor Magnotta.