New Orleans City Councilmember Oliver Thomas conceded the mayor’s race Saturday night, but not without throwing a few final punches. Speaking before a crowd of supporters at the Maison Blanche event venue on the Interstate 10 Service Road in New Orleans East, Thomas, who came in third place with 19% of the vote, said that Moreno’s win was the result …
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‘9-1-1’ star Oliver Stark on Buck and Eddie drama in season 9 premiere: ‘He loves Eddie’
Oliver Stark reflects on how Buck reacts to Eddie (Ryan Guzman) growing closer to Hen (Aisha Hinds). The actor shares why his character opens up to a baby in the season 9 premiere of his ABC drama. He teases what’s to expect from the next episodes of 9-1-1, including Buck’s “new role.” Change is never easy — especially for Buck. …
Read More »John Oliver Applauds Bad Bunny Super Bowl News, Slams ICE Raids
John Oliver has made it clear where he stands amid controversy over Bad Bunny being tapped for next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. While running down recent headlines during Sunday night’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver quipped: “The NFL ‘controversially’ gave the Super Bowl Halftime Show to one of the hottest, most commercially successful people alive.” The announcement last …
Read More »John Oliver Praises Bad Bunny’s Appointment As Halftime Show Performer
While Fox News and other right-wing outlets decried the NFL decision to have Bad Bunny perform at next year’s Super Bowl Halftime show, one media personality — John Oliver — is a big fan, praising the superstar Latin trap artist while addressing recent headlines on tonight’s installment of Last Week Tonight. “The NFL controversially gave the Super Bowl Halftime show …
Read More »‘Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver Calls Out FCC Over Kimmel
Following his big night at last weekend’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, where he won Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, John Oliver had his work cut out for him on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The comedian pulled no punches as he called out Nexstar and Sinclair, claiming they had to get Brendan Carr‘s “dick out …
Read More »John Oliver Defends Jimmy Kimmel in Wake of Suspension
John Oliver used the main segment of his HBO show Sunday night addressing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Last week, Disney suspended the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following the ABC late-night host’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The dramatic move followed Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr threatening to take action against ABC affiliates in the wake …
Read More »John Oliver Kept His Emmys Speech Short ‘To Cost Nate Bargatze Money’
John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live after earning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver recounted how he managed to thank everyone in only 19 seconds after the Emmys host, Nate Bargatze, kicked off a long-running (and much-maligned) bit where money was deducted from …
Read More »What Did John Oliver, Hannah Einbinder Say When Bleeped at Emmys 2025
For an awards show hosted by clean comedian Nate Bargatze, who avoids using foul language in his stand-up sets, the 2025 Emmys featured a surprisingly high number of f-bombs. The CBS telecast of Sunday night’s awards ceremony had its sound cut out multiple times for home viewers as a number of winners peppered their acceptance speeches with curse words. At …
Read More »Bills’ Ed Oliver out for Week 2, T.J. Sanders expected to join starting lineup against Jets
Following their 41-40 last-second victory over the Ravens, the Bills made it their mission to take steps to fortify their defense ahead of their Week 2 matchup with the Jets. After a mid-week injury, they’ll now have to try to do it without their best defender from Week 1. Starting defensive tackle Ed Oliver, who made several critical plays for …
Read More »Latest on the injury suffered by DT Ed Oliver
Coming off one of the best games of his NFL career, defensive tackle Ed Oliver is apparently injured heading into Week 2 and was spotted requiring a walking boot to get around the Buffalo Bills’ facility on Thursday, per The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia. Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks has everything you need to know on the status of Buffalo’s talented …
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