Jon Stewart ditches the comedy to deliver a somber monologue on the Charleston shooting

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Jon Stewart ditches the comedy to deliver a somber monologue on the Charleston shooting
Stewart apologized Thursday for not doing his usual Daily Show, in response to the South Carolina tragedy. “I honestly have nothing,” said Stewart, “other than just sadness once again that we have to peer into the abyss of the depraved violence that we do to each other and the nexus of a just gaping racial wound that will not heal that we pretend doesn’t exist.” After his emotional monologue, Stewart went straight to interviewing his guest, Malala Yousafzai.

Brian Williams embarks on an “apology tour”
The former NBC Nightly News anchor spent Thursday afternoon apologizing to NBC News staff in New York. Then he traveled to Washington, D.C. to do the same at the local NBC News bureau. PLUS: Rachel Maddow welcomes Williams back to MSNBC.

Nat Geo is developing a limited drama series based on the Chernobyl disaster
Scott Rudin is producing the National Geographic limited series based on the book The Invisible Enemy: The Untold Story Of The Battle Of Chernobyl.

James Corden and Iggy Azalea wear wedding dresses for Carpool Karaoke
Corden helped the Australian rapper go wedding dress shopping. PLUS: Corden introduces Talking Hawaii Five-0.

What is Emilia Clarke doing on crutches?
The Game of Thrones star was spotted on crutches Thursday while promoting Terminator: Genisys in London.

Jimmy Fallon plays True Confessions with the True Detective stars
Watch Colin Farrell admit to Vince Vaughn he was once brought in for questioning in an attempted murder case.