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Joaquin Phoenix apologizes for awkward Letterman appearance
Joaquin Phoenix apologizes for awkward Letterman appearance On Tuesday's episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' actor Joaquin Phoenix talked about his awkward interview with David Letterman in 2009, in which he appeared in-character as himself from his mockumentary, 'I'm Still Here.' 01:08 - Source: CNN Automated CNN Shorts 11 videos Joaquin Phoenix apologizes for awkward Letterman appearance On Tuesday's episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' actor Joaquin Phoenix talked about his awkward interview with David Letterman in 2009, in which he appeared in-character as himself from his mockumentary, 'I'm Still Here.' 01:08 - Source: CNN Medics perform surgery during earthquake Video shows medics in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia continuing a surgery on a patient despite a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's far eastern coast on July 30. 00:47 - Source: CNN Therapist treating Epstein victims says Trump's language 'dehumanizes' CNN's John Berman speaks with Randee Kogan, a therapist for victims of Jeffrey Epstein, about President Donald Trump saying Epstein "stole people that worked for me" and possibly pardoning Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. 01:12 - Source: CNN Tsunami warnings triggered after major earthquake The strongest earthquake on the planet since 2011 has triggered tsunami warnings for parts of Russia, Japan, and Alaska, as well as all of Hawaii. CNN's Will Ripley reports on the 8.8-magnitude quake. 00:41 - Source: CNN Delta announces generative AI ticketing CNN Business editor-at-large Richard Quest breaks down Delta's announcement that the airline will deploy large-scale, advanced artificial intelligence towards ticket pricing — and what that means for the price of your next flight. 01:31 - Source: CNN Democratic senators' heated debate on law enforcement benefits legislation Democratic Senators Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Amy Klobuchar got into a heated debate on the Senate floor over law enforcement benefits legislation, as Booker alleged that jurisdictions in blue states will have trouble accessing the benefits due to their resistance to the Trump administration's immigration agenda, and railed on Democrats for folding rather than fighting back against the president. 02:01 - Source: CNN Cuomo on Mamdani: 'You don't play politics with public safety' After the recent mass shooting in New York City, Former Governor Andrew Cuomo reveals why he doesn't think his mayoral opponent, Zohran Mamdani, has what it takes to keep New Yorkers safe. 02:05 - Source: CNN Israeli settler kills activist who worked on Oscar-winning film Odeh Hathalin, a prominent Palestinian activist who had worked on an Oscar-winning documentary, was killed on Monday during an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to local journalists and officials. CNN's Jeremy Diamond explains video circulated on social media that shows the gunman firing a hand gun in the vicinity of where Hathalin was said to be killed. 01:36 - Source: CNN What you need to know about CTE CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is in the news after sources say the Midtown Manhattan gunman cited the brain disease in a suicide note. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta addresses some of the questions you may have. 01:34 - Source: CNN Remembering the 4 NYC shooting victims A New York police officer, a 'beloved' security guard, a Rudin Management employee and a senior executive with investment firm Blackstone were among four people killed when a lone gunman stormed a sprawling office tower in Midtown Manhattan and opened fire. CNN's Brynn Gingras remembers the victims of the shooting. 01:15 - Source: CNN Trump and Netanyahu spar over starvation claims President Trump told reporters that the imagery out of Gaza was 'real starvation' and that 'you can't fake that' in a rare rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who claimed over the weekend that there is 'no starvation in Gaza.' A recent UN-backed agency alert, meanwhile, warned that the 'worst-case scenario of famine' is unfolding in Gaza. 01:12 - Source: CNN
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16 hours ago
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Samantha Bee Says Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show' Was ‘Hemorrhaging Money' and ‘People Aren't Tuning In': It's a ‘No-Brainer' to Cancel Amid Paramount-Skydance Merger
Former late-night host Samantha Bee is giving her take on CBS cancelling 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.' During a recent appearance on the 'Breaking Bread with Tom Papa' podcast, Bee said she believes that ending Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' was a 'financial decision,' as cited by CBS, but also thinks it was in part to 'curry favor with the president' amid the merger between Paramount, CBS' parent company, and Skydance. More from Variety Seth Meyers Says the Future of Late-Night Is 'Outside of My Control,' Worries About Himself 'Mental Health-Wise' if His Show Is Canceled: 'It Is Such a Time We're Living In' Piers Morgan: 'No Wonder' Stephen Colbert Got Canceled When Most Late Night Hosts Are 'Activist Hacks for the Democrats' David Letterman Blasts CBS and Skydance on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation: 'This Is Pure Cowardice' 'I think both things are true,' she said. 'It definitely was hemorrhaging money. These legacy shows are hemorrhaging money with no real end to that…in sight, people are just not tuning in.' Bee added, 'People are literally on their phones all the time for one thing, so they actually don't necessarily need a recap of the day's events. They're very well-versed in what has happened.' She went on to explain that while hosting her TBS show 'Full Frontal,' which ran for seven seasons from 2016 to 2022, not stirring controversy during network mergers was a 'constant source of conversation.' From her experience, it seemed like a 'no-brainer' for CBS to end 'The Late Show.' 'It's so much easier for them to cut it loose with this merger coming down the pike,' Bee said. 'It makes the decision such a no-brainer, and probably the most agonizing decisions they were having were about how do we float this? How do we not get a lot of blowback? I'm sure they knew it was happening a long time ago.' Although blunt about the fate of Colbert's 'Late Show,' she still thinks the sudden cancellation was 'awful.' 'I love Stephen,' she said. 'I consider him to be a friend. I think he's amazing. I'm shocked, not surprised.' Best of Variety What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
Los Angeles Times
18 hours ago
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This year's Emmys are on CBS. A Stephen Colbert win would be sweet revenge
When I interviewed Stephen Colbert eight years ago, Donald Trump was in Year 1 of his first term in office and Colbert was finishing his second year of hosting his CBS late-night show. 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' had gotten off to a bumpy start as Colbert struggled to adapt to a new form and find his own voice after playing a 'well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot' for a decade on Comedy Central's late-night news satire 'The Colbert Report.' 'I was not indulging my own instincts,' Colbert told me of his tentative early days at CBS, adding later that he had 'stepped away from politics to a fault.' When we spoke, Colbert's program was the No. 1 late-night talk show on the air by a wide margin. Now, eight years later, déjà vu: Donald Trump is in Year 1 of his second term, and 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' still reigns as the late-night ratings champ. But there's one difference. As of next May, Colbert will no longer have a job with CBS, the network having canceled his show last month. That abrupt move has led to all manner of anger (CBS' statement saying it was 'purely a financial decision' seems dubious) and hand-wringing (RIP late night). Colbert was the first to mock his newfound sainthood status. Noting that Trump had posted on social media that he absolutely loved that Colbert was fired, Colbert read Trump's follow-up post: 'I hear Jimmy Kimmel's next.' 'Absolutely not, Kimmel,' Colbert said. 'I am the martyr. There's only room for one on this cross and I gotta tell you, the view is fantastic. From up here, I can see your house.' 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' has never won a series Emmy, routinely bested in its early years by 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' until Oliver's wins became so routine that the Television Academy created an entirely new category, outstanding scripted variety series. Shuttling Oliver's show accomplished two things: It allowed some other program to take talk series (so far it's only been 'The Daily Show') and gave voters an easy out to finally stop voting for 'Saturday Night Live.' But even if Colbert was competing this year against his fellow 'Daily Show' alum and old friend Oliver, you'd have to think that Emmy voters would be seizing the moment and giving Colbert's show its first Emmy, an award that would be well earned — and also make for a delicious piece of theater. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater. The ceremony rotates among the four broadcast networks, and this year that broadcast partner happens to be CBS, whose parent company, Paramount Global, just landed Federal Communications Commission approval for its $8-billion merger with Skydance Media. That FCC thumbs-up came less than a month after Paramount paid $16 million to settle Trump's lawsuit against CBS News and a few days after CBS canceled Colbert (again, 'purely a financial decision'). This means that when (not if) 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' wins the talk series Emmy, Colbert will take the stage with his team and, one would presume, have something interesting to say. I'm curious where he'll go. Colbert is gracious and polite, keeping a quote from the French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin — 'Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God' — affixed to his computer and remembering the quote his parents would often invoke from French philosopher Léon Bloy, who said that the only sadness is not to be a saint. 'That's the great sadness, not to be perfect, meaning not to be a saint, not to see the world the way God does,' Colbert says. 'Which is that everyone is going through a battle you know nothing about.' But Colbert also relishes a good fight and can't resist a verbal poke-in-the-eye when he feels it's warranted. 'How dare you, sir,' Colbert responded on air to Trump celebrating his show's demise. 'Could an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?' Pause. 'Go f— yourself.' When Trump was first elected, Colbert told viewers, 'We drank too much of the poison' and that Americans needed to focus on what we have in common. Arguably, you could say that he has done just that in the ensuing years. Shouldn't we all share a common distaste for ever-widening income inequality, masked federal agents snatching people off our streets with no criminal convictions and rewriting history in the name of patriotism? (I could go on.) But Colbert has also fallen short of his ideals. 'That poison cup, man,' he told me. 'It's very hard not to drink from. It's very tasty.' Some say if Colbert didn't indulge so often in a taste (or, let's be real, a chug-a-lug) from that poison cup, his ratings would be better. 'Why shoot for just half an audience all the time? You know, why not try to get the whole?' former 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno recently told Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Chief Executive David Trulio. 'I don't understand why you would alienate one particular group. I'm not saying you have to throw your support or whatever, but just do what's funny.' Was Leno ever funny on 'The Tonight Show'? That's a question for another time. But, yes, the politicization of late-night shows hasn't helped their ratings, though the dominance of the internet and social media have played more of a role in the format's decline, a fact Colbert acknowledged after the cancellation. 'Some people see this show going away as a sign of something truly dire,' he said. 'And while I am a big fan of me, I don't necessarily agree with that statement. Because we here at 'The Late Show' never saw our job as changing anything other than how you felt at the end of the day, which I think is a worthy goal — or, rather, changing how you felt the next morning when you watched on your phone, which is why broadcast TV is dying.' And, yes, I watched that clip not on my television in real time, but on my phone the next day.
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20 hours ago
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Seth Meyers Says the Future of Late-Night Is ‘Outside of My Control,' Worries About Himself ‘Mental Health-Wise' if His Show Is Canceled: ‘It Is Such a Time We're Living In'
Seth Meyers is opening up about his future in late-night. On a recent episode of 'Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,' Meyers said the future of his show, 'Late Night With Seth Meyers,' is 'outside of my control,' and that he worries the entire TV 'ecosystem' eventually 'might not support' evening talk shows altogether. The 'Armchair Expert' Instagram account noted that the interview was recorded before the news that 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' was canceled. More from Variety Piers Morgan: 'No Wonder' Stephen Colbert Got Canceled When Most Late Night Hosts Are 'Activist Hacks for the Democrats' David Letterman Blasts CBS and Skydance on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation: 'This Is Pure Cowardice' Stephen Colbert Hails 'South Park' Premiere's Naked Trump as 'Important Message of Hope for Our Times' When asked by host Dax Shepard if he had any 'fear' that his show could 'end tomorrow,' Meyers said, 'I do. I mean, only because it is such a time we're living in, as far as the entertainment industry. There is this weird thing that I feel like I shifted from fearing that I wouldn't be good enough. And now my fear is weirdly more outside of my control, which is … just at some point, the ecosystem might not support [late-night].' Meyers added that despite the urge to worry, he tries to focus on the job and trust that his team has his back. 'That's the only part they're paying you to do. It's the only part you're good at,' Meyers said. 'All the other problems, we have people that are as good at that as you are at the thing you do — and don't mess around with it.' Later in the interview, Meyers was asked by co-host Monica Padman about his financial stability if 'Late Night' was canceled. He explained he was more worried about his mental well-being than his bank account. 'I would worry about myself, like, mental health-wise,' he said. 'But I put a lot of thought into diversifying my skill set. Certainly, financially, I could have been fine just doing the show for the last eleven years. But then it was like, oh, you know what? I feel like there's something to trying to build a stand-up career and trying to do other things.' He added, 'It's more like, try to find something that makes you as happy as late night's making you, but it's not just to have busy work or anything. It's like, oh, I like these things, too. And there's no one entity that can take everything away at once, and I think that's the scariest situation to be in.' The long-struggling late-night industry has been put on notice ever since CBS abruptly canceled Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show.' While the network cited the move as a 'financial decision,' some have wondered if it was to appease a Donald Trump-controlled FCC amid a pending merger between Paramount, CBS' parent company, and Skydance. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples Solve the daily Crossword
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Samantha Bee Says Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show' Was ‘Hemorrhaging Money' and ‘People Aren't Tuning In': It's a ‘No-Brainer' to Cancel Amid Paramount-Skydance Merger
Former late-night host Samantha Bee is giving her take on CBS cancelling 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.' During a recent appearance on the 'Breaking Bread with Tom Papa' podcast, Bee said she believes that ending Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' was a 'financial decision,' as cited by CBS, but also thinks it was in part to 'curry favor with the president' amid the merger between Paramount, CBS' parent company, and Skydance. More from Variety Seth Meyers Says the Future of Late-Night Is 'Outside of My Control,' Worries About Himself 'Mental Health-Wise' if His Show Is Canceled: 'It Is Such a Time We're Living In' Piers Morgan: 'No Wonder' Stephen Colbert Got Canceled When Most Late Night Hosts Are 'Activist Hacks for the Democrats' David Letterman Blasts CBS and Skydance on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation: 'This Is Pure Cowardice' 'I think both things are true,' she said. 'It definitely was hemorrhaging money. These legacy shows are hemorrhaging money with no real end to that…in sight, people are just not tuning in.' Bee added, 'People are literally on their phones all the time for one thing, so they actually don't necessarily need a recap of the day's events. They're very well-versed in what has happened.' She went on to explain that while hosting her TBS show 'Full Frontal,' which ran for seven seasons from 2016 to 2022, not stirring controversy during network mergers was a 'constant source of conversation.' From her experience, it seemed like a 'no-brainer' for CBS to end 'The Late Show.' 'It's so much easier for them to cut it loose with this merger coming down the pike,' Bee said. 'It makes the decision such a no-brainer, and probably the most agonizing decisions they were having were about how do we float this? How do we not get a lot of blowback? I'm sure they knew it was happening a long time ago.' Although blunt about the fate of Colbert's 'Late Show,' she still thinks the sudden cancellation was 'awful.' 'I love Stephen,' she said. 'I consider him to be a friend. I think he's amazing. I'm shocked, not surprised.' Best of Variety What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Solve the daily Crossword
