John Oliver
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John Oliver’s Viral Campaign Successfully Crowns His Favored ‘Weird Puking Bird With Colorful Mullet’ the Bird of the Century
The HBO host took up the cause for the puteketeke in a New Zealand bird contest after learning anyone could vote
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John Oliver Shreds Newsmax and Fox News ‘Dips–s’ for Saying Palestinians Elected Hamas: ‘Most Gazans Weren’t Even Born’ Then (Video)
“That election happened in 2006, and there hasn’t been one since,” Oliver explains
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John Oliver Applauds Satanic Group Offering Abortion Access Named After Justice Alito’s Mom: ‘Best ‘Your Mom’ Joke’ Ever (Video)
“Incredible. Very well played,” the HBO host says
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Conan O’Brien Pops Up on ‘Last Week Tonight’ to Scold John Oliver for ‘Staring’ at Him Like ‘a Piece of Meat’
The HBO host continually got distracted by photos of the former “Tonight Show” host
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John Oliver Figured Mike Johnson Would Have ‘Horrifying Opinions’: ‘More Surprising if He Threw in a Couple of Good Ones’
“It’s not like the new Republican speaker wasn’t going to have a laundry list” of bad takes, the HBO host says
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John Oliver Slams Suggestions Writers’ Strike Was ‘a Vacation’ for Late Night Hosts: It Was a ‘F–ing Bad Time’ (Video)
“They assume that reminding you of that might be a pleasant thing for you to hear,” the HBO host recalls
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John Oliver Slams CNN Analyst for Advocating for a ‘War Crime’ in Gaza
The HBO late night host briefly covered the ongoing Israel-Hamas war at the top of his show on Sunday
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John Oliver Explains Why ‘Last Week Tonight’ Didn’t Go In-Depth on Israel-Hamas Violence in Somber Show Opening
“I don’t really want to tell jokes about carnage right now, and I’m pretty sure that you don’t want to hear them,” the HBO host says
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John Oliver Roasts Steve Scalise for Dubbing Himself ‘David Duke Without the Baggage’: Duke Is Literally ‘All Baggage’
“Without it, he’s just a crypt keeper with a patchy bleach job,” the HBO host mocks
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Tops Post-Strike Late Night Ratings
The first telecast since the onset of the writers’ strike brought in 2.27 million total viewers
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John Oliver Says He’s ‘Immensely Proud’ of WGA in First ‘Last Week Tonight’ After Strike, ‘Furious’ at Studios
The HBO host notes that the final deal could’ve been “offered on day f—ing one”
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Late Night Returns Next Week: Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers and Oliver Are Back
“Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver is set to return this Sunday
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5 Burning Emmy Questions That’ll Take a Long Time to Answer
But don’t worry: We’ll have the answers about “Succession,” “Ted Lasso” and lots of others in January 2024
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John Oliver’s in a New Category — But Strikes Keep His Former Emmy Talk Show Competitors From Taking Advantage
The guy who always won has moved, but the nominees can’t campaign for the empty throne
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Giant Cabbage and Raining Raisins: Behind the Scenes at ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s almost hard not to get nominated with the infrastructure they set up for you,” says director Paul Pennolino
