7 h. ago Stephen Colbert breaks protocol to open show with urgent address about Charlie Kirk shooting

‘Political violence only leads to more political violence,’ Colbert warned ahead of his regular opening monologue

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28 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel says he's not defending democracy. But he's standing up for fellow Emmy nominee Colbert

Jimmy Kimmel says he doesn’t see himself as a defender of democracy

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29 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel blasts Republican ‘sycophants’ defending Trump over Epstein birthday book

Kimmel taunted Republicans questioning the authenticity of Trump’s signature in the disgraced financier’s birthday book

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50 h. ago Countdown champ 'unfit to stand trial' over alleged stabbing of fellow contestant

A countdown champion has been deemed unfit to stand trial for allegedly stabbing a fellow contestant at a meet up in Blackpool

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7 d. ago Denzel Washington claims everyone is STILL mispronouncing his name after five

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Oscar winner, 70, revealed the world has been mispronouncing his name - and it's all because he shares the same first name as his father.

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8 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel skewers JD Vance over reaction to Trump’s death rumors

‘Donald Trump will never die. Forget it. He’s like Dracula,’ Kimmel joked on his talk show

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9 d. ago Depardieu to stand trial over alleged rape and sexual assault of fellow actor

Judge orders case to be heard against French film star after allegations made by Charlotte Arnould about 2018 incidentsThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting the actor Charlotte Arnould at his Paris home in 2018.Depardieu, France’s biggest film star, has been under investigation in the case since 2020. A trial date has not yet been set. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Trump and the Fed: independence is no substitute for accountability | Editorial

The US president’s move against Lisa Cook shows his despotic bent, but the Fed was never democracy’s guardian. It’s time to rethink who really controls moneyDonald Trump’s attempt to sack the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, is the familiar authoritarian trick of bending institutions to serve the leader’s immediate ends. The widespread condemnation is deserved. This is not some daring experiment in popular control of monetary policy. Yet what should follow censure is reflection. For the furore over Ms Cook has revealed a peculiar reflex: to defend the Fed’s independence as though it were synonymous with democracy itself.But is independence of the Fed, or central banks generally, really that? Eric Levitz at Vox thinks so, or at least that it is close enough. He argues that Congress sets the Fed’s objectives; independence applies only to the means. Without independence, politicians would be free to game rates for votes – as Richard Nixon did in 1972, leaning on the ...

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2 w. ago Suspect in murder of Reggie Carroll was reportedly fellow comedian’s security guard

Carroll had recently toured with standup Katt Williams when he was shot and killed in Southaven, MississippiThe suspect in the recent deadly shooting of US comedian Reggie Carroll reportedly had been working as security for fellow standup comic Katt Williams, with whom the slain entertainer had toured.Tranell Marquise Williams, the man suspected of murdering Carroll on 20 August in Southaven, Mississippi, had also been on the tour in question providing his services at the time of his arrest, according to the news outlet WHBQ. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel blasts ‘nonsensical’ reports about Stephen Colbert’s show losing $40 million a year

Late-night host also addressed why he’s voting for fellow late-night host Colbert at the 2025 Emmys

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4 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in response to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ re

Late-night host says he was eligible thanks to his Italian grandmother and that president’s second term is ‘so much worse’ than he expectedJimmy Kimmel has revealed he acquired Italian citizenship due to Donald Trump’s presidency, the latest in a wave of celebrities to make contingency plans after his re-election in 2024.Speaking on The Sarah Silverman Podcast, the US late-night host confirmed the news. Italian news agency Ansa confirmed Kimmel had obtained Italian citizenship earlier this year after proving his ancestral lineage. Continue reading...

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