Stephen Colbert Gives Jon Stewart a Donald Trump Makeover

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Stephen Colbert gives Jon Stewart a Donald Trump makeover

The former Daily Show host is back on late-night tonight to again call on Congress to renew the 9/11 first responders bill, which is still being held up. But Stephen Colbert added a twist to Stewart’s cameo: A Donald Trump wig and orange Cheetos makeup.


Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller says she may miss some episodes because “I am fighting with a Producer”

Not only is Miller fighting a federal fraud indictment, but she’s also having a behind-the-scenes conflict on her Lifetime reality show.


The Simpsons characters look human in Boyhood-inspired couch gag

For Sunday’s Barthood episode, The Simpsons embraced rotoscoping.


Why is the Golden Globes so obsessed with TV newbies?

The Globes tend to ignore the old and embrace the newest shows. (Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Andy Samberg saw lots of Golden Globes love two years ago, only to be snubbed the following year.) As Billy Niles notes, “this has long been a known aspect of the HFPA’s nominating style (Hello, 2000’s nod for a young Frankie Muniz for the first season of surprise hit Malcolm in the Middle!), but with cable and streaming networks contributing to the greatest programming boom ever, the TV landscape is ripe with nomination possibilities from the farthest of left fields.” PLUS: The Globes’ idiosyncrasies are a double-edged sword.

Sanaa Lathan to star in Fox’s limited series exploring racial tensions amid police shootings

Shots Fired will reunite Lathan and her Love & Basketball director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who created the event series with her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood. Lathan will play an investigator tasked with examining racially charged shootings in small-town Tennessee.


Thursday Night Football pits John McCain vs. Al Franken

Watch the U.S. senators from Arizona and Minnesota debate on NFL Network before the Cardinals vs. Vikings game.


Is Lady Gaga the most undeserving Golden Globes nominee?

Gaga’s nomination, says Robert Rorke, “reeks of the kind of palm-greasing for which the Globes are famous.” He adds: “Gaga is not an actress. What’s she doing as the vampy Countess on AHS: Hotel is a performance, all right, but it’s the kind of voguing you might see in one her music videos. Her dialogue delivery is stilted — and that’s putting it kindly.”


Rami Malek on his Mr. Robot nomination: “I felt like it was going to explode”

“Every night I go to bed and hope that I did everything I could to make the show as powerful as it could be,” he says. “I get to take that home with me every evening. Sometimes that’s just enough for me, but to have these two awards come in and be as resounding as they are, of course it’s something that I will hold dear for quite awhile.”


Syfy to YouTube users: “Don’t skip the ad”

To promote Childhood’s End, Syfy is hoping to discourage people from skipping through the ad after 5 seconds by telling them, “Don’t skip the ad.”


Chance the Rapper films an “independent” SNL promo with Chris Hemsworth

This week’s host and musical guest also filmed an official SNL promo.


Ex-View producer offers details in her Rosie O’Donnell slander lawsuit

Jennifer Shepard-Brookman says Rosie accused of her leaking key conversations word for word to the tabloids.


Listen to Nashville star Chris Carmack’s new EP

The O.C. alum’s first EP is now streaming online before its official release on Friday.


Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors: “A TV movie like mama used to make”

The NBC movie based on Parton’s early life is unabashedly schmaltzy.