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John Oliver: ‘Putting people in solitary is torture, so let’s stop’

The Last Week Tonight host condemns the use of solitary confinement, a practice deemed torture by the UN, in US prisons

The Guardian - US

John Oliver ‘riskily’ taunts Disney by using Mickey Mouse as Last Week Tonight’s mascot

’I’m sure Disney have some legal arguments up their sleeve,’ comedian said

The Independent UK

John Oliver on timeshares: ‘Lying is a key strategy’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the predatory industry of vacation timeshares and the equally bad industry of timeshare exit companies.

The Guardian - US

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John Oliver on US state welfare: ‘Politicians have been relentlessly abusing the system’

The Last Week Tonight host discussed TANF – a system meant to assist families in need but now mired in bias and corruption

The Guardian - US

‘If that is true: Wow!’ John Oliver blasts Ron DeSantis’s ‘bizarre dating tactic’

Florida governor deliberately misprounced Thai food on first dates because ‘he didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him’

The Independent UK

John Oliver on Ron DeSantis: ‘A petty autocrat and a bully’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the political career of Ron DeSantis, Trump’s presumed rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

The Guardian - US

John Oliver tells OJ Simpson why people want to know his thoughts on Alex Murdaugh trial

‘Last Week Tonight’ host pointed out why Simpson keeps being asked about the subject

The Independent UK

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Companies scramble to incorporate generative AI in products

Microsoft, Meta, Google, Snapchat and more are trying to weave chatbots and other AI features into their offerings.

Axios

John Oliver on new AI programs: ‘The potential and the peril here are huge’

The Last Week Tonight host examines the risks and opportunities associated with AI, following the popularity of programs such as ChatGPT

The Guardian - US

Australia 'not prepared' for fire risk of lithium-ion batteries used in e-scooters, bikes, cars, say firefighters

Australia is "not prepared" for the risk posed by lithium-ion batteries used in e-scooters, cars and bikes, which have been linked to hundreds of blazes across the country, a firefighters' union warns.

ABC News

How to fix late-night political comedy

The Jon Stewart model of mockery has seen it's day. What's needed now is a style that can effect change

Salon

So Dramatic Has Revealed Why Tony Armstrong ‘Pulled Out’ Of This Year’s Bachelor Last Minute

Why would he need The Bachelor if he's dating me??

Pedestrian.tv

From Skepta to David Bowie – the celebrities who turned down New Year’s Honours

Whether for political, personal or professional reasons, not everyone considers the annual awards an 'honour'

The Independent UK

The Mix: Things to do in Chicago Dec. 22-Jan. 4

Concerts by Robbie Fulks, Michael McDermott and Straight No Chaser, “Cirque Dreams Holidaze” and comedy by John Oliver and Cameron Esposito are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Countdown to 2023: 10 Chicago New Year’s Eve events

From hotel parties to bar pop-ups and comedy shows to concerts, here’s a guide to some of the events to ring in the new year on Dec. 31.

The Guardian - US

Final goodnight: Trevor Noah bids farewell to The Daily Show

The South African comic brought texture and nuance to the position and leaves late-night comedy in a different place than when he started

The Guardian - US

How should late-night comedy handle a third Trump candidacy?

Two years after an escape hatch from the Trump attention loop, late-night shows are again confronted with the question of how to cover him

The New Daily

‘He’s a fraud’: ABC News Breakfast fact-checks John Oliver

The ABC News Breakfast team has playfully fact-checked John Oliver after the comedian claimed he had gotten a hold of Tony Armstrong's scarf.

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The ABC Brekkie Show Fact Checked John Oliver’s Claim That He Has Tony Armstrong’s Mum’s Scarf

"Cop that John."

Pedestrian.tv

John Oliver Shouted Out Tony Armstrong’s Socceroos Celebrations Said He Has His Mum’s Scarf

Finally the world is getting to meet our boy Tony.

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on Qatar: ‘No reason to believe Fifa will ever do the right thing’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the costs – in dollars, suffering and human life – behind Fifa’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar

The Independent UK

John Oliver takes aim at ‘logically inexplicable’ Qatar World Cup in blistering Last Week Tonight monologue

‘I won’t say that Qatar definitely got the World Cup through bribery, but I won’t say that they didn’t. And I will say that they did,’ comedian quipped

Salon

"Last Week Tonight" versus The Crown

In last Sunday's scathing episode, John Oliver questions our defense of British royalty and all wealth worship

The Independent UK

The Horne Section TV Show review: Alex Horne’s magpie-ish meta comedy delight

He’s the ‘Taskmaster’ lackey no more – this funny, self-aware show makes Alex Horne a star in his own right

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on British monarchy: ‘Like an appendix. We’ve long evolved past needing them’

The Last Week Tonight host goes in on the British royal family, from their vast private wealth to their refusal to reckon with their colonial history

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