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New York Times
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Late Night Comedians Revel in the Latest Trump-Epstein Development
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Quelle Surprise On Wednesday, it was reported that President Donald Trump had been informed back in May about his name appearing multiple times in the Jeffrey Epstein files. 'But he said he hardly knew the guy!' Stephen Colbert said, feigning surprise. 'You know how they say, 'There's no such thing as bad publicity'? They're not talkin' about this.' — STEPHEN COLBERT 'You're best friends with a pedophile for 10 years one time, and the world never forgets it.' — JOSH JOHNSON 'This new reporting is on top of what we learned last night, when CNN's The KFile released new, never-before-published photos of Trump and Epstein. Good job, I guess, but do we really need more evidence that these guys were best buds? [imitating reporter] 'This just in from CNN: Shocker! Frog and Toad are friends.' — STEPHEN COLBERT '[imitating Trump] I mean, I can't believe — I was only friends with him for, what, 15 years?' — SETH MEYERS 'But, yeah, this whole time, Trump already knew he was in the Epstein files, which is a good reminder that if someone's acting guilty, they're probably guilty. No one's ever like, 'Don't look at my browser history — you'll see all the charities I volunteer for!'' — JOSH JOHNSON The Punchiest Punchlines (The Happy Couple Edition) 'Well, guys, the big story continues to be President Trump's handling of the Epstein files, and now newly uncovered footage shows that Jeffrey Epstein attended Trump's second wedding in 1993. Yeah, it was nice — you had the bride, the groom, the groomer.' — JIMMY FALLON 'And this was odd. At the end of his vows, Trump turned to Epstein and said, ''Till suspicious death do us part.'' — JIMMY FALLON 'O.J. Simpson was also at Trump's wedding. Jeffrey Epstein and O.J. Simpson. Trump's ex-wife was like, 'OK, so in hindsight, maybe there have been a couple red flags there.' Apparently, Jeffrey Dahmer couldn't make it because he had a bar mitzvah that day.' — JIMMY FALLON 'But Rosie O'Donnell was also at the wedding. Honestly, I feel like Trump is more upset that that got out.' — JIMMY FALLON Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Late Night TV Hosts on Trump's 'Big Stupid Birthday Parade': 'Almost Makes Me Feel Bad for Him'
If we're being charitable, Donald Trump's military parade on Saturday was extremely underwhelming. So it was easy pickings for late night comedians, who took great delight in finding yet another thing to clown the president about. Amid grim news at home and abroad — including ICE raids, soldiers on the streets of Los Angeles, the Israel-Iran conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza — Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Jon Stewart took the chance for a small bit of joy at Trump's misery attending his poorly attended parade and compared the event to the millions who marched at Saturday's 'No Kings' protests that were held across the U.S. More from The Hollywood Reporter Trump Family Announces Launch of New Mobile Phone Service 'Daily Show' Staffer on Triumph at Pedro Pascal Lookalike Contest: "It's Been Insane" (Exclusive) Sandra Oh Urges Dartmouth Graduates to Dance in "Destabilizing Times" as She Talks DEI and 'Grey's' Changes She Fought For On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Kimmel dove straight into the parade at the top of his monologue. The parade, which was ostensibly to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army but also happened to land on Trump's birthday, was a layup for Kimmel, who described the event as a 'G.I. Joe-themed birthday party. 'After all the hype and money, and somewhere around $50 million, it was boring,' said Kimmel. 'It was basically a $50 million version of when a 5-year-old shows you every car in his Hot Wheels collection.' Kimmel added, 'We paid for most of it. But he brought in some corporate sponsors, including the UFC, a crypto company and Scott's Miracle Grow — which is the product Trump uses on his head. There were flyovers. There were combovers.' After showing a clip of Trump falling asleep during the parade, Kimmel said, 'There's Sleepy Don taking it all in. And in fairness, that's as close as he gets to be able to sleep with his wife, so he took the opportunity.' Lining up another clip of Trump and first lady Melania Trump's cold body language at the parade that saw them awkwardly try to hold hands, Kimmel added, 'This almost makes me feel bad for him, almost. So it's his birthday, and well, there's no good reason for us to be paying to celebrate it, you'd think his wife might celebrate it, right? They're married and well, watch this, look at his hand as he makes a little move to lock pinkies and … uh, nope! That's known as the 'Slovenian snub.'' A jubilant Colbert also gleefully dunked on the president on The Late Show. 'I am in agreat mood tonight because this weekend was Father's Day and Daddy got just what he wanted — no one came to Trump's big stupid birthday parade.' Colbert cited White House claims that 250,000 people turned up in Washington, D.C., for the parade, and countered with plenty of photos and video evidence that showed the opposite: 'Apparently, a quarter of a million people looks like this. They must be really good at hide and seek. MAGA stands for 'Make America Grass Again,' I guess.' Colbert, like Kimmel, zeroed in on Trump's body language during the parade. 'It looked like nobody was having a good time at this thing, not even Donald Trump,' Colbert said, describing the glum-looking president as 'one sad sack of potatoes.' He added, 'It was such a long day that the birthday boy seemed to fall asleep during the fireworks.' Along with Trump's latest grift with Trump Mobile, Meyers talked at length about the president's parade during his 'Closer Look' segment on Late Night. 'I'll tell you why this cheered me up,' Meyers said as he focused on a picture of Trump looking miserable. 'Because this image right here, this is the essence of America. You can be the president of the United States. You can have an entire political party and a global media apparatus at your disposal. You can cow the media and the wealthy into obedience. You can command an army and deploy troops and have unlimited wealth and power. But you still can't force people to come to your fucking birthday party. And what is more American than that?' The usually apolitical Fallon also didn't miss the opportunity to dunk on the president on The Tonight Show. 'Seriously, it looked like even Trump was bored by his own parade. You know it's bad when the person who looks most happy to be there is Melania.' Fallon joked, 'The White House is now claiming that over 250,000 people attended the parade. Yeah, it was an estimate, give or take 250,000.' On The Daily Show, Stewart only devoted a few minutes to Trump's parade, revealing that they originally had more jokes but other terrible events, including the worsening situation in the Middle East, the shocking assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and sickening behavior of 'edgelord' Utah Sen. Mike Lee changed things. 'We were going to come out here [and talk about little Kim Jong Trump and his big military parade/quinceañera and how it meant that we all live in North Korea now,' said Stewart. 'And all the hyperbole of this massive display of American military power really butted up against what the parade actually was, which was this,' said Stewart as a clip of the now infamous squeaky tank played onscreen. 'Was that tank squeaking?' asked an incredulous Stewart. 'We have a trillion-dollar budget for the military. Nobody's got WD-40? Nobody?' Added Stewart, 'This was less a show of overwhelming force and more like a military museum getting in its steps.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Late Night Is Glad President Trump Has Left the Country
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Lock Him Out! President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first stop of a four-day Middle East trip. Stephen Colbert celebrated, saying, 'Yes, Donald Trump left the country today, so I got another birthday wish.' On 'The Daily Show,' Jordan Klepper suggested that 'someone lock the [expletive] doors.' The Punchiest Punchlines (From Shady to Sus Edition) The Bits Worth Watching Blake Shelton and Jimmy Fallon put their friendship to the test on Tuesday's 'Tonight Show.' What We're Excited About on Wednesday Night Alanis Morissette will be the musical guest on Wednesday's episode of 'Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.' Also, Check This Out The Tony Award nominee Audra McDonald's turn as Rose in 'Gypsy' has changed the way some audience members experience the classic musical.
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Late Night Celebrates the First American Pope
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. 'New Pope, Who Dis?' Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope on Thursday, becoming the first American pope. 'We have an American pope and a Russian president,' Jimmy Kimmel said. 'Isn't it incredible?' The Punchiest Punchlines (Another Leo Edition) The Bits Worth Watching The Colombian superstar Shakira played 'Box of Lies' with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday's 'Tonight Show.' Also, Check This Out An all-Black cast stars in the new Netflix series 'Forever,' adapted from Judy Blume's 1970 novel of the same name.
