The 2024 Emmys were filled with big wins, incredible speeches, glamorous red-carpet looks — and, of course, awkward moments. Here are 10 that happened during the show. Sofía Vergara appeared to ignore someone seemingly trying to get her off the red carpet to take selfies. “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder’s mom tweeted, “FUCK. THE. BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” after … Read more
As John Oliver was accepting the Emmy for Scripted Variety Series for his late night show, “Last Week Tonight,” Sunday night, he started by thanking his staff at HBO. Then he shouted out his wife, his kids ― and his family dog. “I also want to thank — this is going to be very silly … Read more
John Oliver mocked Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday over how he responded to a Michigan reporter’s joyous question at a campaign event. The “Last Week Tonight” host said Donald Trump’s running mate “continues to underwhelm” before tossing to a clip of what he described as the “worst possible answer” to a “pretty easy question.” … Read more
The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership, better known as Project 2025, isn’t exactly new, but it’s been getting a lot more attention ever since “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” released an excellent episode highlighting how cartoonishly awful this blueprint for a theoretical Trump second term actually is. While the main goal may be to … Read more
Screenshot: Last Week Tonight Corn is a problem. Or rather, America’s growing reliance on government corn subsidies to power our everyday lives. Beef is artificially inexpensive because farmers feed corn to cows, even though their digestive systems aren’t designed to process it. Sweet foods are artificially inexpensive because high fructose corn syrup is replacing cane … Read more
As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed voters. That’s why our journalism is free for everyone, even though other newsrooms retreat behind expensive paywalls. Our journalists will continue to cover the twists … Read more
Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court justice who loves road trips in his RV almost as much as he loves stripping people of their rights, got himself into some hot water recently when the New York Times revealed the money for the RV came from a wealthy friend who later forgave the loan. Thomas reportedly made … Read more
Screenshot: Last Week Tonight There’s an awful lot of unexplained shit in the sky, and we deserve some answers. Hundreds of reports have been filed about people seeing stuff flying around that they can’t explain, including Navy pilots, governors, and even former U.S. Presidents. For decades the government has hidden information about these unidentified aerial … Read more
Doordash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and a dozen others are abject failures of the Silicon Valley venture capital-funded wasteland of “gig economy” apps. These apps make it easier to get cold and disappointing food delivered right to your house at ridiculous expense. The companies themselves are having a hard time figuring out a profitability model, despite … Read more
When asked how Boeing’s recent door plug incident came about, company CEO Dave Calhoun cryptically explained “a quality escape occurred.” That kind of corporate doublespeak is indicative of the problem at hand. Boeing used to have quality, but it escaped, apparently sometime around when it merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. ‘The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei … Read more
