Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently revealed that he has Italian citizenship and insinuated a potential move to Europe to escape President Trump&#8217;s “unbelievable” second term.
The 57-year-old host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” made the revelation during a recent episode of comedian Sarah Silverman’s podcast. Silverman mentioned that “a lot” of people she knows are trying to get citizenship. 
“I do have … I did get Italian citizenship… I do have that,” Kimmel replied.
“What’s going on is … as bad as you thought it was gonna be, it’s so much worse. It’s just unbelievable. I feel like it’s probably even worse than [Trump] would like it to be,” he added.
Kimmel also claimed that some of Trump’s former supporters are questioning his decisions. 
“There are a lot of people … now you see these clips of Joe Rogan saying, ‘Why’s he doing this? He shouldn’t be deporting people.’ People go, ‘F*** you, you supported him.’ I don’t buy into that. I don’t believe ‘F*** you, you supported him,&#8217;” he told Silverman. 
“I think everybody has to… the door needs to stay open. If you want to change your mind, that’s so hard to do. If you want to admit you were wrong, that’s so hard and so rare to do. You are welcome.”
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The new episode comes on the heels of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show being canceled on CBS. President Trump reacted to the news by predicting that other partisan-driven, late-night programming would also be axed, including Kimmel’s show.
“The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-is-next-trump-keeps-pouring-salt-into-open-wound-after-colbert-ouster">posted</a> on social media last month. 
“These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!”

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals He Got Italian Citizenship In Case He Needs To Escape Trump

Jimmy Kimmel Says He Has Italian Citizenship, Laments Trump's 'Unbelievable' Second Term

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George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS, discussed the cancellation of “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert at a press conference on Thursday. His statements come on the same day that Paramount Global and Skydance Media finalized their $8.4 billion merger.
“The challenge in late night is that the advertising marketplace is in significant secular decline,” Cheeks said following the deal closing, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/08/cbs-george-cheeks-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-cancelation-1236481494/">Deadline</a>. “We are huge fans of Colbert, we love the show, unfortunately the economics made it a challenge for us to keep going.”
“I know [Skydance] is going to invest, but they’re going to invest cautiously and wisely, so for me, managing this business is really important for me to double down the area’s road in broadcast intriguing, which really is primetime and sports,” the CBS exec continued.
Despite speculation from mainstream media and Colbert himself that the cancellation was politically motivated, Cheeks said it all came down to money.
He didn’t give the exact amount that “The Late Show” was losing, but said during the press conference that it was a “significant” amount in the “tens of millions of dollars.”
“At the end of the day, it just wasn’t sustainable to continue,” Cheeks concluded.
Last month, Paramount Global agreed to a $16 million settlement in a lawsuit Trump had brought that accused the media outlet of election interference. The lawsuit stemmed from an interview CBS News’s “60 Minutes” conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris one month before the 2024 election. The lawsuit alleged that the interview was edited to make it seem more coherent than it really was.
“People have been speculating about the timing of this decision from Paramount, and they’re pointing out that last Monday, just two days before my cancellation, I delivered a blistering monologue in which I showed the courage to have a mustache,” Colbert said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/go-f-yourself-colbert-unleashes-anti-trump-tirade-amid-report-his-show-loses-40m-annually?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Go+F***+Yourself%E2%80%99%3A+Colbert+Unleashes+Anti-Trump+Tirade+Amid+Report+His+Show+Loses+%2440M+Annually">during an episode</a> that aired just after news of the upcoming cancellation dropped. “When obviously CBS saw my upper lip and boom, canceled. Coincidence? Oh, I think not. This is worse than fascism. This is stashism.”
“They clarified that the cancellation was purely a financial decision. But how could it purely be a financial decision if ‘The Late Show’ is number one in ratings? A lot of folks are asking that question, mainly my staff’s parents and spouses,” Colbert went on. 
He also accused CBS insiders of leaking financial details to justify the cancellation.
“Over the weekend, somebody at CBS followed up their gracious press release with a gracious anonymous leak saying they pulled the plug on our show because of losses pegged between $40 million and $50 million a year. $40 million is a big number. I could see us losing $24 million, but where would Paramount have possibly spent the other $16 million? Oh, yeah,” he said, seemingly referencing the amount of the settlement.

Stephen Colbert

CBS Exec Comments On ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Said It ‘Wasn’t Sustainable’

CBS CEO Comments On 'Late Show' Cancellation, Said It 'Wasn't Sustainable'

Kelley Mack, an actress best known for her role on the popular zombie apocalypse series “The Walking Dead,” has died at the age of 33 from a rare form of cancer.
&#8220;Such a bright, fervent light has transitioned to the beyond, where we all eventually must go,&#8221; her sister Kathryn shared via Mack’s Instagram account on Tuesday.
“Kelley passed peacefully on Saturday evening with her loving mother Kristen and steadfast aunt Karen present. Kelley has already come to many of her loved ones in the form of various butterflies,” the post said. “She will be missed by so many to depths that words cannot express.”
Mack’s sister went on, “She would want you all to know how much she loves you. And as her sister, I want you all to know how brave that tough SOB was, especially when she decided to make the leap to be reunited with God. I’m so f***ing proud of her.”
In a previous Instagram post last year, Mack explained that she experienced &#8220;persistent lower back pain&#8221; and thought she had slipped a disc. Weeks later, she had &#8220;neuropathic itching in my right quad&#8221; followed by &#8220;shooting pains&#8221; in her legs and back that caused her to begin sleeping in a recliner because lying down &#8220;was too painful.&#8221;
At the time, she said she was receiving radiation treatment.
&#8220;I am very grateful to have such a supportive and loving family and boyfriend, who have been with me every second of this process. It has been a very emotional and challenging time, truly testing my mental fortitude, faith, and physical strength,&#8221; Mack wrote at the time. &#8220;This experience has brought me closer to God, and I am leaning on him and trust his plan for me.&#8221;
She ended the post with a Bible quote. “The light shines in the darkness; and the darkness has not overcome it. -John‬ ‭1‬‬:‭5‬”
Mack appeared in season 9 of &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221; from 2018 to 2019 as Addy. According to her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2965015/">IMDb</a> profile, she was also in &#8220;Chicago Med&#8221; and an episode of &#8220;9-1-1,&#8221; in addition to the films &#8220;Mr. Manhattan&#8221; and &#8220;Delicate Arch.&#8221; 
&#8220;Kelley was known for her warmth, creativity, and unwavering support for those around her. She cherished time with her family and friends, finding joy in collaboration and storytelling. Her infectious enthusiasm and dedication to her work inspired countless others in the industry and beyond,&#8221; her obituary <a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/site/6451e011-c862-11ef-980b-a99707f7715d?utm_source=website_share&amp;utm_medium=share_button&amp;utm_content=link_share_button&amp;utm_campaign=private_home_page&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadoqN8PEDtYh62RXpVKatcRM0OMX2agymc-974ElFP3cf1hBOaKDjXQ_cbiyQ_aem_PO3igutqrlSYXAMmGZpiEQ">said</a> in part.

Kelley Mack

‘Walking Dead’ Actress Dies At 33 After Battling Rare Cancer

‘The Walking Dead’ Actress Dead At 33 After Rare Cancer Battle

Death

A new show imagines how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would transpire — and what consequences it would have.
“Zero Day Attack” —  a 10-part series that draws its <a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/zero_day_attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">name</a> from a cyber attack that takes advantage of an unknown system vulnerability — premieres in Taiwan this week. The show, which is funded in part by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture, highlights <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/with-future-at-risk-taiwan-prepares-citizens-to-resist-potential-chinese-invasion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing concerns</a> that the country is not prepared for a war with China.
Some hope it will serve as a wake-up call to the Taiwanese public.
“Presenting such a situation (of conflict) can lead to more discussion about what we should do if it really turns into reality one day,” said Blair Yeh, a 35-year-old engineer, after watching the first episode at the Taipei premier last week.
The show’s 17-minute <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAnZdVG041Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preview</a>, which was released last year, depicts a multi-staged hybrid attack by China. It begins when the disappearance of a Chinese plane over Taiwanese waters prompts the People’s Liberation Army to blockade the island.
Stock markets crash, and foreign governments start to evacuate their citizens. Small-scale civil war breaks out as citizens disagree on whether to fight or accede to annexation by China. China pressures jails into releasing criminals and recruits them to serve as a “fifth column.” Utter chaos follows before Chinese troops finally land on the island, formally beginning a war.
Taiwanese producers were long unwilling to tackle the subject, fearing retaliation and boycotts from China. And apprehensions remain: more than half of the show’s crew opted to remain anonymous, and some, including a director, pulled out at the last minute.
Producer Cheng Hsin-mei told the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/nightmares-of-a-chinese-invasion-inspire-taboo-breaking-entertainment-in-taiwan-d67764d9?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a> that she conceived “Zero Day” years ago, but felt the social climate wasn’t right at the time. She says the war in Ukraine pushed her to bring the show to air.
“On the surface, Taiwanese people may not seem to feel the threat, but in reality, that fear exists,” she said of a shift in the public psyche.
The premiere comes as China sends increased signals that it is preparing to attack the island, which it considers its own territory. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href="https://theweek.com/news/world-news/asia-pacific/954343/what-would-happen-china-attempt-invade-taiwan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the 2025 Shangri-la Dialogue Defense Summit that a Chinese invasion of the island “could be imminent.”
Per the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the United States is committed to providing arms for Taiwan to defend itself against possible attacks from China. However, it does not require the United States to use force on Taiwan’s behalf.
Nevertheless, the United States and 19 allied countries are conducting joint <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/papering-over-strains-us-allies-prep-taiwan-war-2025-07-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military exercises</a> in the Pacific to build military readiness and to serve as a deterrent for Chinese aggression, in what are “the largest and most sophisticated military drills held in the Pacific since the end of World War Two.”
Speaking at the summit, Hegseth <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071xm4x7g7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmed</a> that “We do not seek to dominate or strangle China, to encircle or provoke. We do not seek regime change… but we must ensure that China cannot dominate us or our allies and partners.”
“We will not be pushed out of this critical region,” he added.
“Zero Day Attack” will begin streaming for American audiences on Amazon Prime on August 15, the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II.

Taiwan Flags

New Taiwanese Show Imagines A Chinese Invasion

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Around a decade ago, Chip and Joanna Gaines remained mostly silent after Buzzfeed published a hit piece condemning them for attending a church that believed in a biblical definition of marriage in 2016.
This year, the couple cast a gay couple with adopted twin boys in a show on their Magnolia Network.
Now, the couple’s conservative supporters are wondering: what happened?
It would be an understatement to say that the Gaines family of 2016 is nothing like the entertainment powerhouse couple they’ve become today. Chip and Joanna have built a sprawling lifestyle empire, including a retail brand and emporium, partnerships with major brands like Target, a sit-down restaurant in their hometown of Waco, a renovated hotel, and most significantly, the Magnolia Network, a television channel all their own.
This success all goes back to the couple’s big break, with the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.” Prior to being discovered by the lifestyle network, Joanna said she and Chip were “broke.”
“I remember when we first got married the only money we had was what was in Chip’s pocket,” Joanna <a href="https://people.com/home/hgtv-chip-joanna-gaines-were-broke-before-fixer-upper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> People in 2020. “He always had a wad of cash, but we were broke. If I needed to go grocery shopping it’s whatever was in his pocket. That’s how we paid the bills.”
After “Fixer Upper” debuted in 2013, everything changed. America couldn’t get enough of the loving, wholesome couple living on a Texas homestead and teaming up to tackle renovation projects in the Lone Star State. And while they didn’t openly evangelize on the show, viewers were able to draw a few conclusions about their faith based on both their lifestyle and where they went to church. Soon, they’d amassed a huge audience among Christian conservatives.
It also didn’t escape notice that while HGTV mainstays such as “House Hunters” frequently included same sex couples, “Fixer Upper” never did. All of this helped make the Gaineses poster children of conservatives seeking woke-free, kid-friendly content to watch with the whole family.
Buzzfeed hit back against the couple’s rising popularity in 2016 by insinuating that Chip and Joanna were unrepentant bigots.
“Their church, Antioch Community Church, is a nondenominational, evangelical, mission-based megachurch. And their pastor, Jimmy Seibert, who described the Gaineses as ‘dear friends’ in a recent video, takes a hard line against same-sex marriage and promotes converting LGBT people into being straight,” reporter Kate Aurthur <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/chip-and-joanna-gaines-church-same-sex-marriage?utm_term=.cpdX61PGe#.uc324KnVY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in the piece.
Aurthur said she reached out to Antioch representatives so they could clarify their stance, only to find herself directed to the church’s <a href="https://antiochwaco.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> for clarification. That’s where the teaching still says, “Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God since both are created in God’s image.”
The author also quoted a sermon Seibert delivered in 2015 following the legalization of gay marriage.
&#8220;This is a clear biblical admonition. So if someone were to say, &#8216;Marriage is defined in a different way,&#8217; let me just say: They are wrong,&#8221; the pastor told his congregation at the time. &#8220;God defined marriage, not you and I. God defined masculine and feminine, male and female, not you and I.&#8221;
Following the publication of the Buzzfeed piece, HGTV was quick to say they supported and affirmed same sex relationships.
“We don’t discriminate against members of the LGBT community in any of our shows. HGTV is proud to have a crystal clear, consistent record of including people from all walks of life in its series,&#8221; a rep for the network said.
But the Gaineses didn’t release a statement directly for either side of the argument. Instead, at the time, they alluded to being hurt by the allegations and issued vague statements about “loving everyone” while remaining neutral on the main point of contention.
Two months after the BuzzFeed News article was published, Chip appeared to reference the controversy in a since-deleted blog post on the Magnolia Market website.
“It’s not about what color your skin is, how much money you have in the bank, your political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender, nationality, or faith,” he wrote. “That’s all fascinating, but it cannot add or take away from the reality that we’re already pulling for you. We are not about to get in the nasty business of throwing stones at each other, don’t ask us to cause we won’t play that way.&#8221;
Then, during a 2021 <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/chip-joanna-gaines-fixer-upper-magnolia-network-1234975027/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The Hollywood Reporter, Joanna said she was sick of constantly being dragged by leftists.
“The accusations that get thrown at you, like you’re a racist or you don’t like people in the LGBTQ community, that’s the stuff that really eats my lunch — because it’s so far from who we really are,” she told the outlet. “That’s the stuff that keeps me up.”
Everything exploded earlier this month when the Gaineses featured Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs on their Magnolia Network series “Back to the Frontier.” The married men appear on the show with their 10-year-old twin sons, Ethan and Lucas.
The men said they chose to go on the show to help normalize their family structure.
“We’ve always felt it to be important that we try to be an example for same-sex couples,” Hanna said during an <a href="https://www.queerty.com/these-dads-fought-to-be-legally-recognized-as-parents-now-theyre-blazing-new-trails-on-back-to-the-frontier-20250711/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with the outlet Queerty. “And so we’re super honored that, when they were choosing three modern day families, they did choose the same size couple as a modern-day family — because we are; we’re your neighbors, and your coworkers. And so it was this amazing opportunity to [continue to] normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families.”
The inclusion of Hanna and Riggs may have had leftists feeling smug. But conservatives and Evangelicals who had looked to the Gaineses as role models over the years felt betrayed.
Ed Vitagliano, vice president of the American Family Association, publicly called out the couple for disappointing their fan base.
“This is sad and disappointing, because Chip and Joanna Gaines have been very influential in the evangelical community,” Ed Vitagliano, vice president of the American Family Association, said on X.  “In the past, they have stood firm on the sanctity of marriage regardless of the personal cost that has entailed.”
Franklin Graham, son of the famed evangelist Billy Graham, also posted about the controversy on X, calling it “very disappointing.”
“While we are to love people, we should love them enough to tell them the truth of God’s Word. His Word is absolute truth. God loves us, and His design for marriage is between one man and one woman. Promoting something that God defines as sin is in itself sin,” he <a href="https://x.com/Franklin_Graham/status/1944182299630645553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The backlash was swift and fierce, which prompted Chip to issue a response on social media.
“Talk, ask [questions], listen.. maybe even learn. Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never,” he shared with his followers just after the show premiered. “It’s a sad sunday when ‘non believers’ have never been confronted with hate or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian.”
The response caused even more anger among the Gaineses&#8217; former fan base. Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro laid out why that might be.
“Many of the followers of Chip and Joanna Gaines are not only upset with the fact that the show is featuring this sort of stuff, they’re upset with the fact that Chip is now sneering at them, looking down his nose at them, and suggesting that the real problem here is not that he has violated his own faith standards by promulgating a set of values that is unChristian, but that he believes that Christians themselves, by objecting to that promulgation, are thus demonstrating that they’re intolerant and vicious and mean by objecting to the normalization of what Christians consider to be sinful,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chip-and-joanna-gaines-sell-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“That is not mean or intolerant,” Shapiro added. “That is simply saying there is a standard, and if you purport to be an upholder of that standard, you should abide by it.”
Finally, Seibert — still the pastor at Antioch Church — issued a new statement reiterating his position on the issue. While he didn’t mention the Gaineses specifically, his timing couldn’t have been more obvious.
“In Genesis 1, the Scripture says that God created us male and female. He created us in His image and He blessed us. There’s two genders – male and female. We’re to celebrate that and honor that,” Seibert said in a <a href="https://x.com/JonnyRoot_/status/1946621963847516412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> posted July 19.
“Secondly, in Genesis 2, we see that marriage is between one man and one woman in covenant for life, and that children are to be born in that context of covenantal marriage, and that out of that to be loved, blessed, and cared for.”
He says if anyone finds themselves “in a different perspective,” they should go back to Jesus and “realign to God’s design of covenantal marriage between one man and one woman for life.”
Seibert notes that the church’s position hasn’t changed in 25 years, and that the message is one of “compassion” and of “clarity.”
Chip and Joanna Gaines adapted to mainstream culture when many of their fans celebrated them for doing the exact opposite. Only time will tell whether or not this shift will cut into their commercial success.

TODAY – Season 73

Will Chip And Joanna Gaines Pay The Price Of Compromise?

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Marriage

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Tuesday responded to the leftist uproar over CBS canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&#8221; pointing out that the negative reactions to the program&#8217;s demise are one-sided.
&#8220;The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing,” Carr wrote on X. “They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics.” 
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The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing.
They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics.
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Many commenters on the social media platform agreed. 
“They ARE losing a loyal spokesperson. They don&#8217;t care about the economics, they care about the messaging,” one account <a href="https://x.com/JeffMarshalek/status/1947965661474414814">replied</a>.
“Socialists don’t understand economics,” another <a href="https://x.com/jackfarrington/status/1947652185497444580">wrote</a>.
“Their desperation is pathetic and (Trump Derangement Syndrome) is terminal,” a third commenter <a href="https://x.com/DogRightGirl/status/1947636188266877113">chimed in</a>.
CBS announced last week that it was canceling “The Late Show” after the upcoming season, which has inspired outsized reactions from the Left. The network described the move as a “purely financial decision.” A recent report stated that the program was losing $40 million annually. 
Colbert went off on an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/go-f-yourself-colbert-unleashes-anti-trump-tirade-amid-report-his-show-loses-40m-annually">expletive-laced tirade</a> during his monologue Monday night, blasting President Donald Trump and CBS. Colbert mentioned how the network’s parent company, Paramount Global, paid Trump a $16 million settlement earlier this month after being accused of election interference. 
“People have been speculating about the timing of this decision from Paramount, and they’re pointing out that last Monday, just two days before my cancellation, I delivered a blistering monologue in which I showed the courage to have a mustache,” said Colbert. “When obviously CBS saw my upper lip and boom, canceled. Coincidence? Oh, I think not. This is worse than fascism. This is stashism.”
“They clarified that the cancellation was purely a financial decision. But how could it purely be a financial decision if ‘The Late Show’ is number one in ratings? A lot of folks are asking that question, mainly my staff’s parents and spouses,” Colbert went on. 
Next, he accused CBS insiders of leaking financial details to justify the cancellation.
“Over the weekend, somebody at CBS followed up their gracious press release with a gracious anonymous leak saying they pulled the plug on our show because of losses pegged between $40 million and $50 million a year. $40 million is a big number. I could see us losing $24 million, but where would Paramount have possibly spent the other $16 million? Oh, yeah,” he said, seemingly referencing the amount of the settlement.
Trump has since said that he anticipates an additional $20 million in advertising and public service announcements after new owners take control of Paramount.

Brendan Carr

FCC Chief Mocks Left’s Colbert Meltdown: It’s ‘Like They’re Losing A Loyal DNC Spokesperson’

FCC Chair Reacts To Leftist Outrage Over Colbert Cancellation: 'Quite Revealing'

Late-night host Stephen Colbert went on a lengthy tirade against President Donald Trump during Monday night&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Late Show,&#8221; addressing a <a href="https://puck.news/how-hollywood-is-processing-the-colbert-cancellation/">report</a> that his program loses $40 million per season.
Several comedians and fellow hosts showed up for the latest episode to support Colbert and bash Trump. 
At one point, Colbert responded to Trump&#8217;s celebratory social media post about the show being canceled, in which the president taunted Colbert, saying, &#8220;His talent was even less than his ratings.&#8221;
&#8220;How dare you, sir,&#8221; Colbert said. &#8220;Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself!&#8221;
&#8220;Cancel culture has gone too far,&#8221; Colbert said during his monologue. &#8220;Last week, we learned that &#8216;The Late Show&#8217; will be ending in May. I want to thank everybody who reached out to me over the weekend, including one text from an unknown number, offering a high-paying IT work-from-home job for only two to three hours a day. Yes, I am very interested and I will be sending you my routing number in May. Daddy needs a job.&#8221;
The host mentioned how it&#8217;s now sunk in that CBS is &#8220;killing&#8221; his show. 
&#8220;But they made one mistake. They left me alive. Now, for the next 10 months, the gloves are off. I can finally speak unvarnished truth to power and say what I really think about Donald Trump. I don&#8217;t care for him. Doesn&#8217;t have the skillset to be president,&#8221; Colbert continued.
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Earlier this month, Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-16m-payout-from-paramount-after-exposing-deceptively-edited-kamala-interview">agreed to a $16 million settlement</a> in a lawsuit Trump had brought accusing the media outlet of election interference. The lawsuit stemmed from an interview CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; conducted with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris one month before the 2024 election. The lawsuit alleged that the interview was edited to make it seem more coherent than it really was.
&#8220;People have been speculating about the timing of this decision from Paramount, and they&#8217;re pointing out that last Monday, just two days before my cancellation, I delivered a blistering monologue in which I showed the courage to have a mustache,&#8221; said Colbert. &#8220;When obviously CBS saw my upper lip and boom, canceled. Coincidence? Oh, I think not. This is worse than fascism. This is stashism.&#8221;
&#8220;They clarified that the cancellation was purely a financial decision. But how could it purely be a financial decision if &#8216;The Late Show&#8217; is number one in ratings? A lot of folks are asking that question, mainly my staff&#8217;s parents and spouses,&#8221; Colbert went on. 
Next, he accused CBS insiders of leaking financial details to justify the cancellation.
&#8220;Over the weekend, somebody at CBS followed up their gracious press release with a gracious anonymous leak saying they pulled the plug on our show because of losses pegged between $40 million and $50 million a year. $40 million is a big number. I could see us losing $24 million, but where would Paramount have possibly spent the other $16 million? Oh, yeah,&#8221; he said, seemingly referencing the amount of the settlement.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, died on Sunday at 54 during a family vacation in Costa Rica.
Warner was swimming at a beach in Cocles de Limón when a current pulled him into deeper waters, and he drowned, Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department stated, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-drowning-costa-rica/">per</a> CBS News.
&#8220;He was rescued by people on the beach,&#8221; according to an initial report, but first responders were unable to revive him.
The Costa Rican National Police reported asphyxia as the official cause of death, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/malcolm-jamal-warner-former-cosby-show-star-dead/story?id=123932998">reported</a>.
Warner is most known for playing Theo on &#8220;The Cosby Show,&#8221; a sitcom that aired from 1984-1992 and centered around the Huxtables, an upper-middle-class black American family living in Brooklyn, New York. He was nominated for an Emmy in 1986 for his role as supporting actor in the series.
The show’s reputation was tainted after Bill Cosby, who played Cliff Huxtable, the father, and also co-produced the show, was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault.
Despite this, Warner told <a href="https://people.com/malcolm-jamal-warner-cosby-show-dead-54-11775980">People</a> in 2023 that he is still proud of his work: &#8220;Regardless of how some people may feel about the show now, I&#8217;m still proud of the legacy and having been a part of such an iconic show that had such a profound impact on — first and foremost, Black culture — but also American culture,&#8221; Warner said.
Speaking of his fellow cast members, he said that &#8220;We share a unique experience that keeps us lovingly bonded no matter how much time goes between seeing or hearing from each other.”
Warner paired up with comedian Eddie Griffin to produce his own sitcom &#8220;Malcolm and Eddie,&#8221; which lasted from 1996 to 2000. More recently, he starred as Chuck Cooper in &#8220;Major Crimes,&#8221; as Julius Rowe in &#8220;Suits,&#8221; and as AJ Austin in &#8220;The Resident.&#8221;
His latest venture was a podcast he launched in 2024 alongside cohosts Weusi Baraka and Candace Kelley titled Not All Hood, discussing cultural trends and issues relevant to Black Americans.
“It&#8217;s been an interesting experience for me, because it&#8217;s a place where I feel safe enough to be able to be as vulnerable as I allow myself to be,” he told PEOPLE.
Fans are paying tribute on social media. “That man gave us one of the greatest scenes in the history of television. I cannot even believe this. I am over here SOBBING! Rest in poetry, Malcolm Jamal Warner,” one X user <a href="https://x.com/PettyLupone/status/1947351205086204408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">posted</a>.
“RIP to the great Malcolm Jamal Warner, my generation grew up on him,” another <a href="https://x.com/Finalbossjimmy/status/1947349396519018870">said</a>.
Warner is survived by his wife and daughter.

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Leftists are reacting to the news that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will broadcast its last episode in May 2026.
Many comments on social media responded to Colbert&#8217;s posting of a monologue on Instagram, announcing the news.
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“The greatest to ever do it,” former Late Show band leader Jon Batiste wrote in reply. 
“My admiration and appreciation for you is bottomless. Excited to see what other brilliance you put into the world,” filmmaker and producer Judd Apatow said. 
“I am so upset about this. I need more information. We love you,” journalist Katie Couric wrote.
“Snow White” star Rachel Zegler also shared her thoughts, writing, “I am extremely sad. I adore you, Stephen.”
“Love you Stephen. This is absolute bulls***, and I for one am looking forward to the next 10 months of shows,” Adam Scott of “Severance” fame added.
Fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/18/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-blasts-cbs-over-the-late-show-cancellation-as-he-supports-pal-stephen-colbert/">reacted</a> to the news, sharing in his Instagram Stories, “Love you Stephen. F*** you and all your Sheldons CBS.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questioned if CBS’s motives for the cancellation had anything to do with politics.
“CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump — a deal that looks like bribery,” Warren <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1946003619821580369">wrote</a> in an X post. “America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) had similar suspicions. 
“Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled,” he <a href="https://x.com/SenAdamSchiff/status/1945991349339042169">wrote</a>. “If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.”
The cancellation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cbs-cans-ultra-leftist-stephen-colberts-late-show-all-just-going-away">announcement</a> marked the end of a nearly 11-year run that Colbert has had hosting “The Late Show,” which first began in 1993 under the former host, David Letterman.
The network said that it is scrapping “The Late Show” franchise and will not move on to another host after Colbert.
“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘THE LATE SHOW’ franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television,” CBS said in a statement.
“This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,” it continued.

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Nominees for the 77th Emmy Awards were <a href="https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2025/outstanding-comedy-series">announced</a> Tuesday morning, with Apple TV+ series “Severance” leading the pack with 27 total nominations.
Not far behind was another Apple TV+ series, “The Studio,” which brought in 23 total noms, a leader in the comedy series category. On the drama side, the HBO Max drama series “The Penguin,” which is based on the “Batman” universe, scored big in the limited series category with 24 total nominations.
In the female-led categories, fans were surprised that Elisabeth Moss was not nominated for her starring role in the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Best Actress nods in the drama category included Kathy Bates (“Matlock”), Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters”), Britt Lower (“Severance”), Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”), and Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”).
The HBO Max drama series “The White Lotus” took home 23 nominations including supporting actress noms for female stars Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, and Aimee Lou Wood, but they snubbed actress Leslie Bibb, who played the show’s token conservative.
In the Supporting Actor category, nominations were split evenly between “Severance” and “The White Lotus,” with three each and Jason Isaacs, Walton Goggins, and Sam Rockwell all being nominated for &#8220;Lotus” and Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, and John Turturro being recognized for “Severance.”
Jeremy Allen White is up for Best Lead Actor in a comedy series, and so is Martin Short for “Only Murders in the Building.”
The 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, September 14, live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT. Comedian Nate Bargatze will serve as the host for the evening.
Below is a list of the major category nominations:
Outstanding Talk Series
“The Daily Show” 
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” 
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” 
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
“The Amazing Race” 
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” 
“Survivor”
“Top Chef”
“The Traitors”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Bill Camp, “Presumed Innocent”
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Rob Delaney, “Dying for Sex”
Peter Sarsgaard, “Presumed Innocent”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent”
Deirdre O’Connell, “The Penguin”
Chloë Sevigny, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”
Christine Tremarco, “Adolescence”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Dope Thief”
Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
Meghann Fahy, “Sirens”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
“Adolescence”
“Black Mirror”
“Dying for Sex”
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
“The Penguin”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Zach Cherry, “Severance”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
James Marsden, “Paradise”
Sam Rockwell, “The White Lotus”
Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
John Turturro, “Severance”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, “Severance”
Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”
Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”
Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus”
Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Sharon Horgan, “Bad Sisters”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Outstanding Drama Series
“Andor”
“The Diplomat”
“The Last of Us”
“Paradise”
“The Pitt”
“Severance”
“Slow Horses”
“The White Lotus”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ike Barinholtz, “The Studio”
Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Jeff Hiller, “Somebody Somewhere”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Michael Urie, “Shrinking”
Bowen Yang, “SNL”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Kathryn Hahn, “The Studio”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Uzo Aduba, “The Residence”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“Shrinking”
“The Studio”
“What We Do in the Shadows”

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Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro reacted with good humor after being referenced on Sunday night’s episode of the adult animated comedy, “Family Guy.”
“Happy to hear I was on Family Guy last night, but bummed the entire scene didn’t make the cut, so watch to the end of the clip,” the conservative commentator shared on X.
He also reacted to one specific line of the bit, writing, “BTW my new book Lions and Scavengers is coming out 9/2 and you’ll be number 3, dumb dog.”
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Happy to hear I was on Family Guy last night, but bummed the entire scene didn’t make the cut, so watch to the end of the clip. BTW my new book Lions and Scavengers is coming out 9/2 and you’ll be number 3, dumb dog. <a href="https://t.co/cWXqHofdIm">pic.twitter.com/cWXqHofdIm</a>
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In the clip, the family dog named Brian Griffin, who is also a staunch liberal on the series, is upset to find out that his previously published book “Faster Than the Speed of Love” has returned to the bestseller list because it’s being promoted by conservatives.
“Hey look, did you see this?” Stewie Griffin asks Brian. “Your book, &#8216;Faster Than the Speed of Love,&#8217; is back on the shelves.”
“Really? Nice!” Brian replies.
“With a new forward by Ann Coulter,” Stewie adds, prompting Brian to respond, “Less nice.”
“And a very forward by Lauren Boebert,” says Stewie.
Brian proceeds to read the foreword. “When I’m not rubbing my hand over a tented khaki, I’m curled up with a copy of Brian Griffin’s excellent book. And does anyone know how ‘Beetlejuice: The Musical’ ends?”
“Ugh, my book is being co-opted by the Right,” Brian complains. “Gross!”
“And it’s selling,” Stewie tells him. “It’s number two on the neo-Nazi best seller list, behind Ben Shapiro’s ‘Tyranny: How the Radical Left Made Me Bad at Sex.’”
The scene next cuts to a cartoon version of Shapiro saying, “Oh God. It’s that kid and his dog again. Never as good as ‘The Simpsons,’ not nearly as smart as ‘South Park.’ I wonder how [show creator Seth MacFarlane] still writes this from inside the closet.”
Most of Shapiro’s followers found the extended version of the clip hilarious, which was reflected in the comments.
“Even when they cut the scene, you still stole the show,” one person <a href="https://x.com/maverick2886/status/1944813207572357493">wrote</a>.
“Iconic,” another <a href="https://x.com/joelxroberts/status/1944812959424761975">agreed</a>.
“‘Family Guy’ or not, I’m just here for the sass and the book drop,” a third person <a href="https://x.com/WholesomeTrad/status/1944812170245783982">replied</a>.
“Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)” is Shapiro’s first book in four years, and he recently called it his “most important book, certainly my most passionate.”
“Lions and Scavengers” will release on September 2, 2025. It is now <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lions-Scavengers-Story-America-Critics/dp/1668097885/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Pg18nHlVX2neyh7VlgVdIKje9EBKlWHDPzfz2hz6y3Q3oyWp8Jv4YdfQyesgs3y-.a1CzqX5hmYc9zIJ3x9S3IyReflqRxvFeP5akr1dlPB8&amp;qid=1749148351&amp;sr=1-1">available for pre-order</a>.

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Chip and Joanna Gaines, whose public embrace of their Christian faith has made them especially popular among American Evangelicals, are facing new allegations of hypocrisy.
The “Fixer Upper” stars serve as producers for &#8220;Back To The Frontier,&#8221; a new show on HBO Max in which three families attempt to live as 19th-century homesteaders. One of the couples, Jason and Joe Hanna-Riggs, are gay men with adopted children. Their inclusion in the show has caused some Christians to accuse the reality stars of failing to live up to the values they have publicly espoused.
Ed Vitagliano, vice president of the American Family Association, also publicly called out the couple for disappointing their fan base.
“This is sad and disappointing, because Chip and Joanna Gaines have been very influential in the evangelical community,” Ed Vitagliano, vice president of the American Family Association, <a href="https://x.com/AmericanFamAssc/status/1943747871985025097">said</a> on X.  &#8220;In the past, they have stood firm on the sanctity of marriage regardless of the personal cost that has entailed.&#8221;
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Chip and Joanna Gaines’ new show on their Magnolia Network spotlights a same-sex couple and their two sons, drawing concern from Christians who expected the network to uphold biblical values.
“This is sad and disappointing, because Chip and Joanna Gaines have been very… <a href="https://t.co/LKMupgB6o3">pic.twitter.com/LKMupgB6o3</a>
&mdash; American Family Association (@AmericanFamAssc) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanFamAssc/status/1943747871985025097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Chip Gaines responded to the backlash on X.
“Talk, ask [questions], listen.. maybe even learn. Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never,” he wrote on Sunday. “It’s a sad sunday when ‘non believers’ have never been confronted with hate or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian.”
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Talk, ask qustns, listen.. maybe even learn. Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never
It’s a sad sunday when “non believers” have never been confronted with hate or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian💔
— Chip Gaines (@chipgaines) <a href="https://twitter.com/chipgaines/status/1944344464215957561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“On our way to church,&#8221; the father of five wrote in a follow-up <a href="https://x.com/chipgaines/status/1944378161732485352">post</a>. &#8220;Y’all enjoy this beautiful Sunday!”

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