Like his fellow HBO host Bill Maher, John Oliver dedicated the opening portion of his hit show “Last Week Tonight” with a takedown of President Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series celebrating America’s 250th birthday that initially boasted a lineup of not-so-relevant acts like Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory and Milli Vanilli. “It is a stacked […]

Back after a brief holiday hiatus last week, John Oliver returned to his desk to roast the botched rollout of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration, which has seen myriad cancellations since various scheduled performers like Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Morris Day, Young MC and The Commodores dropped out after discovering the fete was not apolitical in nature. “It […]

John Oliver wasted no time getting into the headlines during the evening’s Last Week Tonight episode, addressing one of the big pieces of news over the weekend: the continuing fallout of CBS News’ ousting of longtime correspondent Scott Pelley. “CBS News fired Scott Pelley for the crime of: being too cool in a meeting,” the […]

The comedian shares two kids with his wife Kate Norley