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On "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," the comedian and HBO host talked about the current debt crisis in Puerto Rico, as things look grim for this US Caribbean territory. To better explain the situation the island is facing, Oliver brought in arguably the most famous man with Puerto Rican ancestry working right now: Lin-Manuel Miranda, the man behind Broadway smash, "Hamilton." Read More »
John Oliver, the host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," is tackling the 2016 elections and he's kicking it off by talking about the most controversial figure in the race: Donald Trump. In his latest monologue, Oliver doesn't only tear down Trump's candidacy but he's also starting a new campaign, #MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain, to have the former "Celebrity Apprentice" host change his last name back to that of his ancestors -- Drumpf. Read More »
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is well aware that he has some haters. But instead of letting them get the best of him, he decided to use them as material for the Season 3 promo of his HBO series. Read More »
John Oliver's HBO series Last Week Tonight is still out on holiday, but the Daily Show alum popped in a new promo to discuss New Year's resolutions for 2016, with one simple and useful piece of advice: lower your expectations! Read More »
Comedian John Oliver kicked off his weekly HBO series Last Week Tonight on Sunday mentioning the act of terror that went down last week in Paris. The host's comments echoed many that were swirling around the country, and were spoken in a way that certainly made everyone on network news insanely jealous. Read More »
Over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took to Twitter to explain that he recently declined an offer to appear on John Oliver's HBO program, Last Week Tonight. Trump claimed that he ultimately refused due to the show being poorly rated and "very boring." Once the show heard about it, they released a statement, also via Twitter, to basically note that Donald Trump is a liar. Read More »
It seems that no matter what comedian John Oliver discusses on Sunday night's Last Week Tonight, it makes headlines on Monday morning. And, well, today is no different. Oliver tackled the heavy subject of the Oregon shooting on Sunday night's episode, specifically the conversation that typically follows: mental illness and gun control. To him, however, it seems that talk of the former is significantly trumping the latter. Read More »
After tackling heavy subjects such as sex education in schools and televangelism, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is setting their sights on gay discrimination. While it's now legal for the LGBT community to get married in the United States, Oliver notes that it is still legal to discriminate against gay people. Which, for those who cannot comprehend "everyone is created equal," is pure crazy talk. Read More »
It looks like if you're looking to make some money as a televangelist, you might have to pay taxes – some day. It's being reported that comedian John Oliver's recent segment on his HBO program Last Week Tonight, which mocked "prosperity gospel" and those minsters making money by promoting their religion on television, has actually left many people pressuring the IRS to start taxing televangelists. Read More »
It's April Fools' Day. What that means is that throughout this entire 24-hour period most of us will be tiptoeing around certain stories, hearsays, rumors and more, just in case we find ourselves the unfortunate victim of an April Fools' Day hoax or prank. And while we all pretend to love the day, the truth is that sometimes its just plain annoying... and mean. Luckily, HBO's Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is prepared to take the faux-holiday down a peg. Read More »
Watch John Oliver compare New Year's Eve to the death of a family pet and explain how to be in bed by 11.45 having watched all five 'Die Hard' movies. Read More »
With Halloween quickly approaching this coming Friday, it appears safe to say that we’re all gearing up by purchasing large quantities of candy that we’ll plan to dole out to the many trick-or-treaters that come our way… or, of course, just eat them alone on our couches. And while everyone knows the damage too much sugar can do on your, it seems that during this holiday we just … don’t care. Well, thanks to John Oliver and this newest video from Last Week Tonight, that may change -- after a brief take down of Playboy’s “Sexy John Oliver” and “Sexy Louis CK” costumes, of course. Read More »
With the fall season upon us, it seems that everyone goes gaga over the flavor of pumpkin – pumpkin, cookies, pumpkin pie and, of course, pumpkin spice lattes! But apparently not everyone is thrilled with the craze. Former Daily Show correspondent turned HBO Last Week Tonight host John Oliver delivered a hilarious segment during last night’s episode (Sunday, Oct. 12), slamming the hell out of everyone’s favorite fall-time drink: the pumpkin spice latte. Read More »
