Jon Stewart’s enemies may roast him on his final ‘Daily Show’
Jon Stewart’s enemies may roast him on his final Daily Show
According to Page Six, calls have gone out to Stewart’s biggest enemies to participate in a pre-taped segment in which they’ll be allowed their chance to “basically tell Jon to ‘f–k off.”
Jessica Capshaw signs a 3-year Grey’s Anatomy contract extension
Capshaw, whose contract expired in May, will stay aboard the ABC series through May 2018. PLUS: Jesse Williams is expecting his second child.
PETA is outraged that CBS’ Zoo is using live animals
The animal rights group said in a statement: “Lions belong in the wild, not confined to tiny cages and forced to perform tricks, often under the threat of beatings. CBS should employ only humane and versatile computer-generated imagery, as so many other productions have done. PETA hopes Zoo will be one of this summer’s first cancellations.”
NASCAR is developing a drama series with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
With the help of NASCAR’s vice president of entertainment marketing and content development, Burnett and Downey will craft stories revolving around the “by-the-bootstraps” star drivers.
Neil Gaiman will write episodes for American Gods
“Neil Gaiman is going to be writing episodes of the show,” says Bryan Fuller. “It’s going to have scope, as it should.”
Fear the Walking Dead offers a glimpse of its zombies
Watch a teaser for the new season.
True Detective’s second episode cliffhanger is problematic
If what look like happened did indeed happen, then the HBO series is screwed. If it was just a fakeout, then it’s screwed even more. PLUS: Season 2 appears to be trying to answer all of Season 1’s criticisms, Abigail Spencer says her role will expand, True Detective’s title designer speaks, and this could be a classic example of “narrative misdirection.”
Salem co-creator calls Season 2 finale death “the perfect ending to the season”
Brannon Braga also says the death is “heartbreaking.”
Watch the trailer for the Chris Farley documentary
I Am Chris Farley features interviews with SNL-ers Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers and Adam Sandler, plus Christina Applegate.
Laverne Cox meets her wax statue
The Orange Is the New Black’s star helped Madam Tussaud’s unveil her wax statue in time for the Pride Parade.
Diddy takes a tumble at the BET Awards
His fall almost looked like part of the performance.
Nurse Jackie’s series finale ending wasn’t the plan from the start of the season
Showrunner Clyde Phillips reveals the alternate ending, and says of the final episode: “I hope the show will be talked about in a healthy way for a while after it ends.” PLUS: Was Jackie Peyton ultimately good?, did Nurse Jackie end in the right way?, and Merritt Wever on the series finale.
John Oliver mocks CNN for mistaking a dildo flag for an ISIS flag
“The award for greatest moment in global Pride celebrations actually had nothing to do with gay marriage, and everything to do with the idiocy of CNN,” Oliver said on Last Week Tonight.
Anti-Donald Trump critics launch a petition for NBC to cancel Celebrity Apprentice
They also want the Peacock to dump the Trump-owned Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants. PLUS: Trump says: “NBC would love me to not be doing this.”
Amy Schumer addresses accusations she has a “large blind spot on race”
In a lengthy post on Twitter, Schumer said she won’t shy away from making jokes about race.
Dustin Diamond to appeal his prison sentence
The Saved by the Bell alum was supposed to begin his four-month prison sentence on Sunday.
