John Oliver

John Oliver explains how his comedy will change after President Donald Trump leaves the White House.

What started out as a potty joke has turned into a positive impact for many in Danbury.  According to Mayor Mark Boughton, comedian John Oliver has pledged over $50,000 to help the community. This is in exchange for having his name put on the city’s sewage plant. In an 18 – 1 vote Thursday night, Danbury Town Council agreed to…

After some good-natured ribbing between John Oliver and the City of Danbury, the mayor announced the city has officially named its sewage treatment plant after the show host.

The Danbury City Council voted to rename the city’s sewer plant after John Oliver, according to Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton. Oliver previously vowed to donate $55,000 to charity if officials followed through on the joke to rename its sewage treatment plant after him. The back and forth between the two started when Oliver took some shots at Boughton on his…

A Connecticut city won’t waste an opportunity to get a sizable donation from comedian John Oliver over a weekslong joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said in a video posted on his Facebook page Sunday that the city would accept Oliver’s challenge. Boughton said the city would rename the...

Comedian John Oliver has upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to rename its sewage treatment plant after him.

Trevor Noah says Kimberly Guilfoyle’s GOP convention speech was so loud that Canada called the cops.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is firing back at John Oliver a week after the comedian took some shots at Danbury on his HBO show “Last Week Tonight.” During a segment on his August 16 show on racial disparities in the jury selection process, Oliver mentioned issues that years ago accidentally left residents of Hartford and New Britain off jury pool…

John Oliver discusses what it means to defund the police and how protesters removed a monument of a slave trader in Bristol, United Kingdom.

John Oliver saw something special in Joe Exotic before the popular show “Tiger King” came to Netflix.

John Oliver says the silent Japanese mascots never once broke character during the two days they spent together.

Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen hit the stage together to help raise over $5.7 million at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families.

Two New Jersey icons — Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart — will once again headline this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families. The comedy and musical event will also feature John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng. It will be held Nov. 4 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New...

Not everyone was amused by the John Oliver send-up of a picture book by the wife and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” in which the Pence’s family bunny turns out to be gay, was among the books most objected to in 2018 at the...

Appearing on the same stage where months earlier Dustin Hoffman faced repeated questions about alleged sexual harassment, Bill Murray praised the actor as a “really decent person.”

Neil Rosen shares his Emmy predictions. Watch the Emmys on Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC 4 New York.

The current “Weekend Update” anchors need to find a way to distinguish themselves, beyond their usual patter (singing is probably a non-starter).

The 70th edition of the TV awards show offers competitive races spanning comedy to drama. Here’s a quick guide.

Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the U.S. The stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night and reopen Tuesday for video liquidation sales through the end of August, said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.

The Emmy Awards nominations announcement Thursday underscored that the fierce competition in drama (“Game of Thrones” scored a top 22 nominations) and comedy alike (“Saturday Night Live” notched 21 nods) is no laughing matter.