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Stephen Colbert condemned the shooting of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Late Show.” His statement came in a pre-taped segment that aired before the opening credits ran as normal. “Good evening, everybody,” a solemn Colbert said. “After our scripts for tonight’s show were finished, we learned that Charlie Kirk, a prominent right-wing

Two days ago, feminist news and opinion site Jezebel ran a story with the headline, “We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk.” After Kirk, a prominent MAGA influencer, was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at an event at a Utah university, Jezebel added a note at the top of the article condemning

The Americana Music Honors & Awards handed out its top competitive trophies to Sierra Ferrell, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, I’m With Her, MJ Lenderman and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings in a ceremony Wednesday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Ferrell won the artist of the year prize from the Americana Music

Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a network source. During MSNBC’s coverage of Kirk’s shooting, anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens.” Dowd responded with the following about Kirk: “He’s been

Bowen Yang is praising his “Saturday Night Live” co-star Heidi Gardner after her exit from the series after eight seasons. “You are one of the greats. You will go down in history,” Yang said of Gardner on “Las Culturistas,” his podcast with Matt Rogers, who also offered effusive praise for the comedic actor. Yang’s return

With Spinal Tap, the joke never gets old, even if the hilarious-as-ever heavy metal trio is now bordering on geriatric. Well into their 70s, hall-of-fame improv talents Michael McKean and Christopher Guest are the same age as real-life rockers Alice Cooper and Steven Tyler, while slightly older Harry Shearer has made it up to 70-11.

“We weren’t aiming for a star-studded cast,” says Kim Heewon about Disney+’s new spy thriller “Tempest.” “Rather, I believe something truly lucky happened, something that can only be described as a stroke of fortune.” That fortune brought together Gianna Jun, Gang Dongwon, John Cho, Lee Misook and Park Haejoon for the streamer’s most ambitious Korean

Kathy Bates wasn’t about to let a long day of work on “Matlock” get in the way of her Variety interview to grace the cover of our annual pre-Emmy Awards issue. On the latest episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Michael Schneider, Variety‘s television editor, details his experience spending a day observing Bates at work on

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler has issued an apology for analyst Matthew Dowd’s remarks during coverage of the shooting of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. “During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable,” Kulter said in a statement shared

HarbourView Equity Partners has led a $30 million investment in Lion Forge Entertainment, the indie outfit that specializes in kid and family entertainment. The investment comes as Lion Forge is scaling up its content production activities. The Los Angeles-based company is home to HBO Max/Cartoon Network animated series “Iyanu,” which was recently renewed for a