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Posted Friday 2/21/20 at 2:51AM EST
Michael Bloomberg to appear in his first CNN town hall
The Democratic presidential candidate, who's expected to appear on Tuesday's CBS debate after a disappointing showing Wednesday, is scheduled to...
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Posted Tuesday 2/11/20 at 1:19PM EST
John Oliver recalls "utterly nerve-wracking" U.S citizenship test
“It’s incredibly nerve-wracking, and the first question they asked me was, ‘What is your phone number?’” the Last Week Tonight...
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Posted Tuesday 2/11/20 at 12:29AM EST
New American citizen John Oliver gets a special patriotic entrance on The Late Show
The Last Week Tonight host officially became an American during his hiatus.
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Posted Wednesday 1/29/20 at 1:34PM EST
John Oliver became a U.S. citizen during his Last Week Tonight hiatus
"On Friday Dec.
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Posted Wednesday 1/15/20 at 2:21PM EST
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns in mid-February
Last Week Tonight's Season 7 premiere on Feb.
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Posted Monday 11/11/19 at 2:23PM EST
John Oliver stars in a Last Week Tonight dance number with a giant squirrel telling a coal executive to "eat sh*t"
Oliver revealed that the lawsuit filed by a coal executive over a 2017 Last Week Tonight segment is finally over.
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Posted Monday 10/14/19 at 9:38AM EDT
John Oliver makes a mock promo for HBO Max: "HBO Max — it's not HBO, it's just TV"
"There's nothing more cringe-worthy than watching someone forced to engage in promotional bullsh*t to appease the whims of their parent...
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Posted Friday 10/11/19 at 1:16PM EDT
Amy Sedaris and John Oliver take over The Late Show to interview Stephen Colbert
The "Flipped Interview" format -- which was taped in advance as Colbert was flying to New Zealand yesterday -- allowed...
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Posted Wednesday 10/09/19 at 11:05PM EDT
Last Week Tonight pays tribute to Rip Taylor
John Oliver's HBO show today posted a 2015 segment in tribute to Taylor, who died Sunday at age 84.
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Posted Monday 10/07/19 at 12:51PM EDT
John Oliver calls his animated doppelgänger in China "basically a copyright infringement"
The Chinese government has a family planning PSA featuring an animated character who bares as striking resemblance to Oliver.
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Posted Monday 9/30/19 at 12:36PM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about repeatedly losing Emmys to John Oliver in a Last Week Tonight cameo
Kimmel joined Kristen Bell, David Schwimmer, Michael Bolton, Method Man and "Jack Bauer" (Kiefer Sutherland) in a segment on compounding...
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 11:41AM EDT
John Oliver slams Jimmy Stewart as a "bad actor"
The Last Week Tonight host showed a clip last night of Stewart's Oscar-nominated performance in Mr.
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Posted Monday 8/19/19 at 11:05AM EDT
John Oliver gets Wanda Sykes and Larry David for Last Week Tonight segment on bias in medicine
For the segment, Last Week Tonight created a "What's Larry's Problem?" website where patients can play clips of David demanding...
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Posted Monday 8/12/19 at 9:42AM EDT
John Oliver bakes a large marble cake to call out the Guinness World Records' connection with authoritarian governments
On Last Week Tonight, Oliver pointed out how “authoritarians love getting Guinness World Records” as they help earn publicity and...
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John Oliver gets emotional pleading for something to be done in wake of mass shootings
The Last Week Tonight host began Sunday's show with a cold open before his opening theme song that gave him...