During the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Robert De Niro chatted about his decades-long career, revealed a project he missed out on and shared his thoughts on the upcoming 2024 election.
The Oscar-winning actor kicked off his appearance by reacting to the Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, when Alabama Sen. Katie Britt delivered a criticism of the president and his administration’s policies.
“I don’t understand why they’d even have someone like her do it,” De Niro said. “I mean, it was so lame.”
Following the primary elections in several states on Tuesday signaling another rematch between Biden and Donald Trump in November, Maher also asked the Killers of the Flower Moon star his perspective on the upcoming election — and De Niro had one question for his fellow Americans.
“We wanna live in a world that we want to...
The Oscar-winning actor kicked off his appearance by reacting to the Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, when Alabama Sen. Katie Britt delivered a criticism of the president and his administration’s policies.
“I don’t understand why they’d even have someone like her do it,” De Niro said. “I mean, it was so lame.”
Following the primary elections in several states on Tuesday signaling another rematch between Biden and Donald Trump in November, Maher also asked the Killers of the Flower Moon star his perspective on the upcoming election — and De Niro had one question for his fellow Americans.
“We wanna live in a world that we want to...
- 3/9/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A hit song by Bananarama in the ’80s told us that Robert De Niro’s Waiting. Tonight, on Real Time with Bill Maher, he finally got the chance to get a few things off his chest.
Maher tried to balance things between show business chat and trying to draw out De Niro on a few political topics. He acknowledged the actor’s greatness by reading off a laundry list of films enhanced by De Niro’s work, and asked what goes into deciding which film to work with.
“I see the possibility,” he said. “Some I’ve been involved with from the inception. They’re movies I’ve felt were worthy. I think I have a pretty good average. I just pick certain things, that I feel are good, well-written, or smart, or the director’s good. Scorsese, I just go with him no matter what’s he going to do.
Maher tried to balance things between show business chat and trying to draw out De Niro on a few political topics. He acknowledged the actor’s greatness by reading off a laundry list of films enhanced by De Niro’s work, and asked what goes into deciding which film to work with.
“I see the possibility,” he said. “Some I’ve been involved with from the inception. They’re movies I’ve felt were worthy. I think I have a pretty good average. I just pick certain things, that I feel are good, well-written, or smart, or the director’s good. Scorsese, I just go with him no matter what’s he going to do.
- 3/9/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Between his weekly show on HBO and his own podcast, Bill Maher would seem to have a full plate, but in a new interview the firebrand comic is suggesting that he may be returning to CNN.
It was just last year that CNN picked up Overtime, Maher’s live YouTube post show segment that continues the discussion with his panel after HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher ends.
It was not a success. According to one report, within two months the cable news network had lost nearly 50% of its viewers in the Friday 11:30-11:44 p.m. time slot that Overtime was airing.
Now in an new interview with Mediaite’s Press Club podcast, Maher indicated that he’s in discussions with the cable news channel, telling Aidan McLaughlin, “we hope to do more with CNN in the very near future.”
We’ll see whether anything materializes.
Continue...
It was just last year that CNN picked up Overtime, Maher’s live YouTube post show segment that continues the discussion with his panel after HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher ends.
It was not a success. According to one report, within two months the cable news network had lost nearly 50% of its viewers in the Friday 11:30-11:44 p.m. time slot that Overtime was airing.
Now in an new interview with Mediaite’s Press Club podcast, Maher indicated that he’s in discussions with the cable news channel, telling Aidan McLaughlin, “we hope to do more with CNN in the very near future.”
We’ll see whether anything materializes.
Continue...
- 3/8/2024
- by Jed Rosenzweig
- LateNighter
This Friday night, political aficionados and comedy enthusiasts alike are in for a treat as “Real Time With Bill Maher” kicks off its 22nd season with Episode 1. Airing at 10:00 Pm on HBO, the show promises a dynamic and engaging discussion on current events, with the acerbic wit of the irrepressible Bill Maher at the forefront.
The star-studded lineup for the premiere includes Andrew Sullivan, Gavin Newsom, and Alex Wagner, offering a diverse range of perspectives from the political spectrum. Maher, known for his sharp commentary and fearless approach, will lead the panel through a lively conversation that delves into the most pressing issues of the day.
With Maher’s unique blend of humor, insight, and no-holds-barred commentary, “Real Time” continues its tradition of providing viewers with a thought-provoking and entertaining exploration of contemporary politics and culture. Tune in at 10:00 Pm on HBO for an engaging start to the...
The star-studded lineup for the premiere includes Andrew Sullivan, Gavin Newsom, and Alex Wagner, offering a diverse range of perspectives from the political spectrum. Maher, known for his sharp commentary and fearless approach, will lead the panel through a lively conversation that delves into the most pressing issues of the day.
With Maher’s unique blend of humor, insight, and no-holds-barred commentary, “Real Time” continues its tradition of providing viewers with a thought-provoking and entertaining exploration of contemporary politics and culture. Tune in at 10:00 Pm on HBO for an engaging start to the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Exclusive: Bill Maher, an honorary director of PETA, has teamed up with the animal rights organization to produce a documentary about America’s multibillion-dollar experimentation industry.
The host of HBO’s Real Time is exec producing The Failed Experiment, which will launch on Amazon’s Prime Video on January 9.
It marks Maher’s first new documentary project in a number of years; he was behind the Larry Charles-directed Religulous and exec produced HBO’s Vice.
The six-part series pulls back the curtain on the experimentation industry and explores why there are so few cures and effective treatments for the deadliest diseases—including Alzheimer’s, many forms of cancer, Parkinson’s, and Als as well as offering solutions for modernizing the world of research.
Each episode reveals how the country’s heavy reliance on outdated experiments on animals is causing the U.S. to lose its place as the world...
The host of HBO’s Real Time is exec producing The Failed Experiment, which will launch on Amazon’s Prime Video on January 9.
It marks Maher’s first new documentary project in a number of years; he was behind the Larry Charles-directed Religulous and exec produced HBO’s Vice.
The six-part series pulls back the curtain on the experimentation industry and explores why there are so few cures and effective treatments for the deadliest diseases—including Alzheimer’s, many forms of cancer, Parkinson’s, and Als as well as offering solutions for modernizing the world of research.
Each episode reveals how the country’s heavy reliance on outdated experiments on animals is causing the U.S. to lose its place as the world...
- 1/5/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Max’s January 2024 lineup includes season four of True Detective, led by Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, as well as the third and final season of Sort Of with Bilal Baig. Max is also kicking off the new year with the debut of On The Roam, an eight-part documentary series featuring Aquaman star Jason Momoa.
The streaming service’s January 2024 roster includes the return of Real Time with Bill Maher for season 22, along with the seventh season of Rick and Morty. The critically acclaimed documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project arrives on January 8.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In January 2024:
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC)
90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk: Single All The Way (TLC)
The A-Team (2010)
After Earth (2013)
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Aniara (2019)
Austenland (2013)
Bachelorette (2012)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2013)
Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
Booty Call (1997)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Brothers (2001)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever...
The streaming service’s January 2024 roster includes the return of Real Time with Bill Maher for season 22, along with the seventh season of Rick and Morty. The critically acclaimed documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project arrives on January 8.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In January 2024:
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC)
90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk: Single All The Way (TLC)
The A-Team (2010)
After Earth (2013)
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Aniara (2019)
Austenland (2013)
Bachelorette (2012)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2013)
Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
Booty Call (1997)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Brothers (2001)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever...
- 12/21/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Reboots of beloved shows from decades past can be easy ways to trap viewers through nostalgia. Some can break off and start to feel like their own entity (as with Frasier), while others are just cheapo cash grabs that bring nothing fresh to the original premise. But Ray Romano won’t even bother trying to find out how a reboot of Everybody Loves Raymond would fare with audiences, saying it is absolutely “out of the question.”
As for why Romano is shutting down even the idea of an Everybody Loves Raymond reboot, he has plenty of reasons, starting with the simple point that “they’re never as good…and we want to leave with our legacy as what it is.” There, too, would be two key cast members missing: Peter Boyle, who passed away in 2006 just one year after the sitcom went off the air, and Doris Roberts, who died...
As for why Romano is shutting down even the idea of an Everybody Loves Raymond reboot, he has plenty of reasons, starting with the simple point that “they’re never as good…and we want to leave with our legacy as what it is.” There, too, would be two key cast members missing: Peter Boyle, who passed away in 2006 just one year after the sitcom went off the air, and Doris Roberts, who died...
- 12/16/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
On the latest episode of Real Time, Bill Maher remembered Norman Lear, who died earlier this month at age 101, as someone who “opened a lot of doors” in television.
The host is preparing to head into his 22nd year of doing the late-night talk show, which got him thinking. He explained how the sitcom genius’ death put things in perspective for him because “without somebody like that, I couldn’t do what I do.”
“I think he opened a lot of doors, but a lot of those doors are shut,” Maher added. “TV is not what it was in the ’70s.”
He proceeded to ask his guests, Laura Coates, a CNN anchor and senior legal analyst, and Walter Kirn, an American novelist and literary critic, if they thought people “could do anything like what he did back then because I don’t think you could?”
“Thinking about how he was...
The host is preparing to head into his 22nd year of doing the late-night talk show, which got him thinking. He explained how the sitcom genius’ death put things in perspective for him because “without somebody like that, I couldn’t do what I do.”
“I think he opened a lot of doors, but a lot of those doors are shut,” Maher added. “TV is not what it was in the ’70s.”
He proceeded to ask his guests, Laura Coates, a CNN anchor and senior legal analyst, and Walter Kirn, an American novelist and literary critic, if they thought people “could do anything like what he did back then because I don’t think you could?”
“Thinking about how he was...
- 12/16/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Real Time tonight Bill Maher paid tribute to the late, great Norman Lear, who passed away a week-and-a-half ago.
Maher emphasized, “I couldn’t do my show if it weren’t for what he did.”
The host went on to lament that, while Lear opened a lot of doors, “a lot of those doors have shut.”
He then said, “TV is not what it was in the ’70s.”
CNN’s Laura Coates, a guest on the show, replied, “Some of the most controversial shows…I don’t know that — as much as we’ve evolved as a society — we would have the ability to do those shows [now] without it ending up on the cutting room floor…Someone would be afraid that too many folks would clutch their pearls.”
Maher’s other guest, novelist Walter Kirn observed, “The great thing about that show is you never knew who the hero and the villain was.
Maher emphasized, “I couldn’t do my show if it weren’t for what he did.”
The host went on to lament that, while Lear opened a lot of doors, “a lot of those doors have shut.”
He then said, “TV is not what it was in the ’70s.”
CNN’s Laura Coates, a guest on the show, replied, “Some of the most controversial shows…I don’t know that — as much as we’ve evolved as a society — we would have the ability to do those shows [now] without it ending up on the cutting room floor…Someone would be afraid that too many folks would clutch their pearls.”
Maher’s other guest, novelist Walter Kirn observed, “The great thing about that show is you never knew who the hero and the villain was.
- 12/16/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The topics covered on Bill Maher’s Real Time on Friday were no laughing matter – inflation, crime, the suppression of free speech, the war in Ukraine, antisemitism on campus.
One area of special interest was when the talk turned to crime. Guest Jane Ferguson, an award-winning special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, and author of the book No Ordinary Assignment, was randomly attacked on a New York subway.
Her fellow panelist, John Avlon, senior political analyst and anchor at CNN and the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, noted how “we brought down crime in the mid-1990s. We seem to have forgotten a lot of those lessons.”
Maher then made a somewhat surprising confession, bringing up Jason Aldean’s song Try That In A Small Town, a country anthem that dares miscreants to try various antisocial activities and “see how far ya make it down the road.
One area of special interest was when the talk turned to crime. Guest Jane Ferguson, an award-winning special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, and author of the book No Ordinary Assignment, was randomly attacked on a New York subway.
Her fellow panelist, John Avlon, senior political analyst and anchor at CNN and the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, noted how “we brought down crime in the mid-1990s. We seem to have forgotten a lot of those lessons.”
Maher then made a somewhat surprising confession, bringing up Jason Aldean’s song Try That In A Small Town, a country anthem that dares miscreants to try various antisocial activities and “see how far ya make it down the road.
- 12/9/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rob Reiner has shared the first trailer for his upcoming documentary taking on the rise of Christian nationalism.
In God & Country, religious leaders and scholars, journalists and historians sound off about the threat of a movement that infuses Christian dogma with far-right politics. At the same time, the documentary seems to strive to make a distinction between the positive aspects of Christianity and the political-fueled variety.
“Christian Nationalism is not only a danger to our Country, it’s a danger to Christianity itself,” tweeted Reiner (A Few Good Men), who is a producer on the project and whose trailer (below) got him trending on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday.
The trailer mixes footage of right-wing marches and the riots of Jan. 6 with various interviews. “This is not a movement about Christian values, this is about Christian power,” says one interviewee, while another notes, “Christianity at its best is...
In God & Country, religious leaders and scholars, journalists and historians sound off about the threat of a movement that infuses Christian dogma with far-right politics. At the same time, the documentary seems to strive to make a distinction between the positive aspects of Christianity and the political-fueled variety.
“Christian Nationalism is not only a danger to our Country, it’s a danger to Christianity itself,” tweeted Reiner (A Few Good Men), who is a producer on the project and whose trailer (below) got him trending on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday.
The trailer mixes footage of right-wing marches and the riots of Jan. 6 with various interviews. “This is not a movement about Christian values, this is about Christian power,” says one interviewee, while another notes, “Christianity at its best is...
- 12/8/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Who’s doing it better — Kristen Welker or Jake Tapper?
The two journalists, one the new moderator of NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” the other the anchor of the weekday “The Lead” and a co-anchor of “State of the Union” at CNN, aren’t typically pitted against one another. But there they were on a recent Thursday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., duking it out for the future of their medium.
Welker was holding forth on “Meet the Press Now,” a show earmarked for streaming users on the broadband outlet NBC News Now. Tapper was anchoring his regular Thursday broadcast of “The Lead,” a program that is now also streamed to subscribers of Max, the main broadband hub of Warner Bros. Discovery. Both were grilling Republican congressmen about the recent ouster of former U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and, while not necessarily realizing it, hoping to appeal...
The two journalists, one the new moderator of NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” the other the anchor of the weekday “The Lead” and a co-anchor of “State of the Union” at CNN, aren’t typically pitted against one another. But there they were on a recent Thursday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., duking it out for the future of their medium.
Welker was holding forth on “Meet the Press Now,” a show earmarked for streaming users on the broadband outlet NBC News Now. Tapper was anchoring his regular Thursday broadcast of “The Lead,” a program that is now also streamed to subscribers of Max, the main broadband hub of Warner Bros. Discovery. Both were grilling Republican congressmen about the recent ouster of former U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and, while not necessarily realizing it, hoping to appeal...
- 10/9/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Bill Maher has decided to stop the clock on the return of “Real Time.”
The comedian, who last week vowed to put his topical HBO program back into production, now says he will delay it for a while longer.
“My decision to return to work was made when it seemed nothing was happening and there was no end in sight to this strike,” he said via social media. “Now that both sides have agreed to go back to the negotiating table I’m going to delay the return of ‘Real Time,’ for now, and hope they can finally get this done.” All of TV’s late-night series have gone dark in recent months due to the strike, but Maher said he could no longer stand by as so many of his below-the-line crew were going without being paid.
In doing so, the iconoclastic host is following the lead of several...
The comedian, who last week vowed to put his topical HBO program back into production, now says he will delay it for a while longer.
“My decision to return to work was made when it seemed nothing was happening and there was no end in sight to this strike,” he said via social media. “Now that both sides have agreed to go back to the negotiating table I’m going to delay the return of ‘Real Time,’ for now, and hope they can finally get this done.” All of TV’s late-night series have gone dark in recent months due to the strike, but Maher said he could no longer stand by as so many of his below-the-line crew were going without being paid.
In doing so, the iconoclastic host is following the lead of several...
- 9/18/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A total of £77m is earmarked to grow the sector.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has received £1.7m from the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to deliver the 2024 London Film Festival as part of a £77m package of government funding for the UK’s creative industries.
The BFI said the investment is “a huge vote of confidence in the festival and its impact across the UK and internationally. This funding allows our festival director Kristy Mathieson and her team to plan through the 2024 edition of the festival.”
According to the BFI, the government investment is part...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has received £1.7m from the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to deliver the 2024 London Film Festival as part of a £77m package of government funding for the UK’s creative industries.
The BFI said the investment is “a huge vote of confidence in the festival and its impact across the UK and internationally. This funding allows our festival director Kristy Mathieson and her team to plan through the 2024 edition of the festival.”
According to the BFI, the government investment is part...
- 6/14/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
John Oliver will not be picking up his eighth straight Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series at this September’s gala.
The Last Week Tonight host will instead be battling it out with Saturday Night Live, and potentially A Black Lady Sketch Show, in the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category after the TV Academy made a number of changes at the end of last year.
The move means the late-night talk show Emmy race will crown another victor – the first non-Oliver win since The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won the award in 2015. Ironically, Stewart is now back in the same category with his Apple series, The Problem with Jon Stewart, after moving from the Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series category.
It also means the race is far more wide open than it has been for years with shows such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers...
The Last Week Tonight host will instead be battling it out with Saturday Night Live, and potentially A Black Lady Sketch Show, in the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category after the TV Academy made a number of changes at the end of last year.
The move means the late-night talk show Emmy race will crown another victor – the first non-Oliver win since The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won the award in 2015. Ironically, Stewart is now back in the same category with his Apple series, The Problem with Jon Stewart, after moving from the Outstanding Hosted Non-Fiction Series category.
It also means the race is far more wide open than it has been for years with shows such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers...
- 6/2/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy winner Bill Nye was the latest celebrity unmasked on Wednesday’s episode of “The Masked Dancer,” and nobody was more thrilled than Ken Joeng. “This is the happiest day of my life!” exclaimed the comedian, who was the only panelist to correctly guess the “Science Guy” was inside the Ice Cube costume.
“It was cool!” Bill joked about his costume during his unmasked interview with host Craig Robinson. “I love to dance. It may not have been obvious, but I do love to dance.” Unfortunately, Bill’s time as the Ice Cube quickly melted away and he was the first dancer eliminated from Group B.
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Although Ken was unusually accurate at piecing together the clues, the other panelists had a more difficult time figuring out the Ice Cube’s true identity. Ashley Tisdale believed Ice Cube...
“It was cool!” Bill joked about his costume during his unmasked interview with host Craig Robinson. “I love to dance. It may not have been obvious, but I do love to dance.” Unfortunately, Bill’s time as the Ice Cube quickly melted away and he was the first dancer eliminated from Group B.
See See all 62 ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the years
Although Ken was unusually accurate at piecing together the clues, the other panelists had a more difficult time figuring out the Ice Cube’s true identity. Ashley Tisdale believed Ice Cube...
- 1/7/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
The 19th season of Real Time with Bill Maher will bow on at 10 p.m. Friday, January 15.
The political talk show is available on HBO and streams on HBO Max. It also offers a replay at 12:30 Am following its debut.
For the uninitiated, Maher offers his unique perspective on contemporary issues during an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests.
Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in 11 HBO solo specials to date.
The executive producers include Bill Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen and Billy Martin. Co-executive producer is Chris Kelly, with producer Matt Wood; director Paul Casey.
Watch the promo clip above.
The political talk show is available on HBO and streams on HBO Max. It also offers a replay at 12:30 Am following its debut.
For the uninitiated, Maher offers his unique perspective on contemporary issues during an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests.
Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in 11 HBO solo specials to date.
The executive producers include Bill Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen and Billy Martin. Co-executive producer is Chris Kelly, with producer Matt Wood; director Paul Casey.
Watch the promo clip above.
- 12/12/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher has not jumped on the “Tiger King” bandwagon nor does he plan to. Calling out the popular Netflix show and its subject, tiger breeder and convicted animal abuser Joe Exotic, Maher said that “torturing animals is what got us into this mess.”
The host of HBO’s “Real Time” wants people to stop trying to get him to watch the true-crime documentary miniseries about former zookeeper Exotic. “It’s not going to happen,” Maher said. “I’m not watching ‘Tiger King’ while sequestering because torturing animals is what got us into this mess. That’s the lesson we keep refusing to learn, that you can’t trash the environment, including the animals, and not have it come back and kill you.”
Watch the video above.
Also Read: 64 Million Subscribers Have Watched 'Tiger King,' Netflix Says
Both sides of the aisle applauded Maher after he bashed China...
The host of HBO’s “Real Time” wants people to stop trying to get him to watch the true-crime documentary miniseries about former zookeeper Exotic. “It’s not going to happen,” Maher said. “I’m not watching ‘Tiger King’ while sequestering because torturing animals is what got us into this mess. That’s the lesson we keep refusing to learn, that you can’t trash the environment, including the animals, and not have it come back and kill you.”
Watch the video above.
Also Read: 64 Million Subscribers Have Watched 'Tiger King,' Netflix Says
Both sides of the aisle applauded Maher after he bashed China...
- 4/25/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Bill Maher, clad in his customary suit and tie but hosting HBO’s Real Time from his expansive back yard instead of the studio, ripped media coverage of Covid-19 as “panic porn,” warning it could get President Donald Trump re-elected.
“News sources have to rein it in,” he said in the show’s closing monologue. “Everyone knows that coronavirus is no walk in the park … ‘cause you literally can’t walk in the park. But at some point the daily drumbeat of depression and terror veers into panic porn.”
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After showing a parade of doomsday headlines from outlets both highbrow and low, he ranted, “you don’t have to put hot sauce on a jalopeño!
“News sources have to rein it in,” he said in the show’s closing monologue. “Everyone knows that coronavirus is no walk in the park … ‘cause you literally can’t walk in the park. But at some point the daily drumbeat of depression and terror veers into panic porn.”
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After showing a parade of doomsday headlines from outlets both highbrow and low, he ranted, “you don’t have to put hot sauce on a jalopeño!
- 4/18/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Uipdated, 8: 39 Am: One World: Together at Home, the eight-hour coronavirus relief event set to air Saturday on multiple networks, has added a number of big names. Newly set to appear on the special are Alicia Keys, Amy Poehler, Awkwafina, Camila Cabello, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, LL Cool J, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Usher and Victoria Beckham.
Previously, April 6: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert are to host a major television event to help end Covid-19 airing across NBC, ABC and CBS as well as a number of international networks.
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Previously, April 6: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert are to host a major television event to help end Covid-19 airing across NBC, ABC and CBS as well as a number of international networks.
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- 4/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As if the Covid-19 coronavirus hasn’t been dividing the world enough with intense social distancing, travel bans and unprecedented government intervention, Bill Maher has decided to stoke the fire a bit with a controversial opinion.
The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher took to Twitter to speak out against China’s wet markets – thought to be the origin of Covid-19 – and to defend associating the virus directly with the country.
In his post, he said:
There are people who would rather die from the virus than call it by the wrong name.
It’s not racist to point out that eating bats is batshit crazy. We should blame China. Not Chinese Americans. If the sun was exploding, Twitter would pile on the first guy who called it a dwarf star.
This has nothing to do with Asian-Americans. We don’t have the luxury of indulging a country whose habits cause problems.
The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher took to Twitter to speak out against China’s wet markets – thought to be the origin of Covid-19 – and to defend associating the virus directly with the country.
In his post, he said:
There are people who would rather die from the virus than call it by the wrong name.
It’s not racist to point out that eating bats is batshit crazy. We should blame China. Not Chinese Americans. If the sun was exploding, Twitter would pile on the first guy who called it a dwarf star.
This has nothing to do with Asian-Americans. We don’t have the luxury of indulging a country whose habits cause problems.
- 4/11/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
During the “New Rules” segment of Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Bill Maher waded into some contentious waters when he argued that it should be perfectly Ok to refer to coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.”
Of course, the Trump administration has been trying since March to popularize the term “Chinese virus,” which critics say is racist and may have inspired racist attacks on Asian-Americans. But in Maher’s view, the term is useful for understanding where the infection originated and not only that, he argued that China bears some responsibility for its spread.
“Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time,” Maher said in the segment, delivered like the rest of the episode from his house. “Zika is from the Zika Forest. Ebola from the Ebola River. Hantavirus, the Hantan River.There’s the West Nile...
Of course, the Trump administration has been trying since March to popularize the term “Chinese virus,” which critics say is racist and may have inspired racist attacks on Asian-Americans. But in Maher’s view, the term is useful for understanding where the infection originated and not only that, he argued that China bears some responsibility for its spread.
“Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time,” Maher said in the segment, delivered like the rest of the episode from his house. “Zika is from the Zika Forest. Ebola from the Ebola River. Hantavirus, the Hantan River.There’s the West Nile...
- 4/11/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
In a new episode of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday, host Maher questioned why the novel coronavirus isn't named after the country in which it derived from. He used his "New Rules" segment to explore the issue, specifically titling it "Virus Shaming."
"Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time," Maher began. "Zika is from the Zika forest; Ebola from the Ebola river. Hantavirus from the Hantan river. There is the West Nile virus and Guinea Worm ...
"Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time," Maher began. "Zika is from the Zika forest; Ebola from the Ebola river. Hantavirus from the Hantan river. There is the West Nile virus and Guinea Worm ...
- 4/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Actor, rapper and writer, Idris Elba, tested positive for coronavirus, according to Variety, joining Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Universal Music chairman and CEO, Lucian Grainge, and former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko on the list of celebrities who have come forward with positive results.
“This morning I tested positive for Covid 19,” Elba, 47, wrote to Twitter. “I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus.”
Elba said he got tested after learning on Friday that he had been in close contact with someone else who tested positive. Elba said he is not experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19.
“I quarantined myself and got tested immediately and got the results back today,” Elba explained in a video he shot with his wife Sabrina Dhowre. “It came back positive, yeah, and it sucks. I’m doing okay. Sabrina hasn’t...
“This morning I tested positive for Covid 19,” Elba, 47, wrote to Twitter. “I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus.”
Elba said he got tested after learning on Friday that he had been in close contact with someone else who tested positive. Elba said he is not experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19.
“I quarantined myself and got tested immediately and got the results back today,” Elba explained in a video he shot with his wife Sabrina Dhowre. “It came back positive, yeah, and it sucks. I’m doing okay. Sabrina hasn’t...
- 3/16/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
David Spade at the helm of a new late-night show? Viewers probably think they know what to expect. Yet Spade’s new program on Comedy Central will also be notable for what it doesn’t have to offer.
Yes, this is the guy who served “Hollywood Minute” zingers on “Saturday Night Live,” made millions laugh with movies that also featured Chris Farley, and has become a regular TV element via roles on “Just Shoot Me” and “Rules of Engagement.” His new “Lights Out” will launch Monday July 29 at 11:30 p.m.
Spade may seem a traditional choice. By relying on one of modern comedy’s best-known players, however, Comedy Central is breaking the rules, not hewing to them.
For the first time since the debut of “The Colbert Report” in 2005, the Viacom-owned cable network will not launch an 11:30 program built around talent from its flagship “The Daily Show,...
Yes, this is the guy who served “Hollywood Minute” zingers on “Saturday Night Live,” made millions laugh with movies that also featured Chris Farley, and has become a regular TV element via roles on “Just Shoot Me” and “Rules of Engagement.” His new “Lights Out” will launch Monday July 29 at 11:30 p.m.
Spade may seem a traditional choice. By relying on one of modern comedy’s best-known players, however, Comedy Central is breaking the rules, not hewing to them.
For the first time since the debut of “The Colbert Report” in 2005, the Viacom-owned cable network will not launch an 11:30 program built around talent from its flagship “The Daily Show,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Bill Maher took aim at George Clooney's call for the boycott of nine hotels that are owned by the Sultan of Brunei — a nation soon to implement criminal laws that would implement the death sentence on those who engage in gay sex — during HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday.
Clooney on Thursday voiced his concern about Brunei in a guest column for Deadline, in which the actor asked, "Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?" He went on to say, "I've learned over the years of dealing with ...
Clooney on Thursday voiced his concern about Brunei in a guest column for Deadline, in which the actor asked, "Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?" He went on to say, "I've learned over the years of dealing with ...
- 3/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Last Year’s Winner: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
Still Eligible: Yes.
Hot Streak: In the four years since the Variety Series category was split into Talk and Sketch, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” has won three times — a hot streak unbroken by seven different competitors.
Fun Fact: Despite the Variety Sketch Series category being introduced in 1951, and winners ranging from “The Carol Burnett Show” to “Your Show of Shows” to “In Living Color,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” holds the record for most awards in the category by a virtual mile. The Comedy Central landmark has 10 awards, while “Late Show with David Letterman” is the next highest with six, and two series — “The Andy Williams Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show” — are the only other winners with more than two trophies. (They each have three.) Meanwhile, “The Daily Show” won all 10 of its Emmys consecutively, and...
Still Eligible: Yes.
Hot Streak: In the four years since the Variety Series category was split into Talk and Sketch, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” has won three times — a hot streak unbroken by seven different competitors.
Fun Fact: Despite the Variety Sketch Series category being introduced in 1951, and winners ranging from “The Carol Burnett Show” to “Your Show of Shows” to “In Living Color,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” holds the record for most awards in the category by a virtual mile. The Comedy Central landmark has 10 awards, while “Late Show with David Letterman” is the next highest with six, and two series — “The Andy Williams Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show” — are the only other winners with more than two trophies. (They each have three.) Meanwhile, “The Daily Show” won all 10 of its Emmys consecutively, and...
- 3/26/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
By now, I imagine the average comic book fan is getting pretty tired of Bill Maher. I mean, it’s one thing to just say you don’t like the medium, but it’s another altogether to use Stan Lee’s death as a platform to blast the culture as a whole – and then continue doing so weeks after everything dies down.
As you may have heard, the controversial TV personality is at again, this time using his HBO show, Real Time, as a vehicle for reigniting the fire. And in the process, Maher even named filmmaker and proud geek Kevin Smith in his diatribe, saying the following:
“Director Kevin Smith accused me of ‘taking a shot when no shots are f**kin’ necessary,’ except again my shot wasn’t at Stan Lee. It was at, you know, grown men who still dress like kids.”
Well, Smith himself didn’t waste much time in responding,...
As you may have heard, the controversial TV personality is at again, this time using his HBO show, Real Time, as a vehicle for reigniting the fire. And in the process, Maher even named filmmaker and proud geek Kevin Smith in his diatribe, saying the following:
“Director Kevin Smith accused me of ‘taking a shot when no shots are f**kin’ necessary,’ except again my shot wasn’t at Stan Lee. It was at, you know, grown men who still dress like kids.”
Well, Smith himself didn’t waste much time in responding,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Bill Maher poked fun at director Kevin Smith’s trademark choice of wardrobe Friday night… and the “Clerk” filmmaker didn’t poke back. Instead, he called the “Real Time” host “a stoner like me and a real pussycat when confronted.”
During Friday’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the comedian doubled down on a blog post he wrote in the wake of Stan Lee’s death, reaffirming that he wasn’t taking a shot at the comics legend, but rather at adults who should grow up and move “on to big-boy books without the pictures.”
Maher quoted Smith as saying at the time of Lee’s November death that he was “taking a shot when no shots were f—ing necessary,” an accusation that got the comedian fired up.
“Again, my shot wasn’t at Stan Lee; my shot was at grown men who still dress like kids,” Maher rebutted,...
During Friday’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the comedian doubled down on a blog post he wrote in the wake of Stan Lee’s death, reaffirming that he wasn’t taking a shot at the comics legend, but rather at adults who should grow up and move “on to big-boy books without the pictures.”
Maher quoted Smith as saying at the time of Lee’s November death that he was “taking a shot when no shots were f—ing necessary,” an accusation that got the comedian fired up.
“Again, my shot wasn’t at Stan Lee; my shot was at grown men who still dress like kids,” Maher rebutted,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Update, with video Bill Maher still has no sympathy for Stan Lee fans, at least when it comes to their insistence that comic books “are literature.” Two months after he drew fanboy ire following Lee’s November death, Maher revisited the subject for the episode-closing New Rules segment during tonight’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.
“To every person on social media who’s asked me since November, ‘Bill, what do you have to say about Stan Lee?’ – and to every paparazzi outside a restaurant who’s still shouting at me, ‘Bill, what about the Stan Lee thing?’…Okay. Your day has come.”
With that, Maher tripled-down on his anti-comic book crusade. “I’m not glad Stan Lee is dead,” he said tonight, addressing the nation’s fanboys. “I’m sad you’re alive.
“To every person on social media who’s asked me since November, ‘Bill, what do you have to say about Stan Lee?’ – and to every paparazzi outside a restaurant who’s still shouting at me, ‘Bill, what about the Stan Lee thing?’…Okay. Your day has come.”
With that, Maher tripled-down on his anti-comic book crusade. “I’m not glad Stan Lee is dead,” he said tonight, addressing the nation’s fanboys. “I’m sad you’re alive.
- 1/26/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO’ Real Time With Bill Maher returned from its winter hiatus Friday and Maher had plenty to catch up with on the political landscape after almost two months off — including the current teachers strike in Los Angeles where Maher lives and the show is filmed.
Maher in his opening monologue noted the strike, which hit its fifth day Friday in the nation’s second-largest school district. He then introduced Alex Caputo-Pearl, the president of teachers union United Teachers Los Angeles, who was in the studio audience.
After Maher, whose sister is a teacher, asked him to stand, Caputo-Pearl got a standing ovation.
“I said he should stand — then you can’t see him,” Maher joked from the stage. “But I hope you guys get back to work.”
The shout-out came a day after Utla and the Los Angeles Unified School District returned to the bargaining table Thursday. Negotiations went until 9 Pm last night,...
Maher in his opening monologue noted the strike, which hit its fifth day Friday in the nation’s second-largest school district. He then introduced Alex Caputo-Pearl, the president of teachers union United Teachers Los Angeles, who was in the studio audience.
After Maher, whose sister is a teacher, asked him to stand, Caputo-Pearl got a standing ovation.
“I said he should stand — then you can’t see him,” Maher joked from the stage. “But I hope you guys get back to work.”
The shout-out came a day after Utla and the Los Angeles Unified School District returned to the bargaining table Thursday. Negotiations went until 9 Pm last night,...
- 1/19/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Real Time” returned last night after a two-month hiatus, and Bill Maher wasted little time courting controversy — this time from his own studio audience. During a panel discussion with former congressman Barney Frank, Maher received boos from the crowd when he announced that Ann Coulter would be on the show next week.
“Yeah, that’s called a newsmaker. A policymaker. You’ll have to suck on that,” he said in response to his audience’s vocal disapproval. Coulter has appeared on “Real Time” on several occasions throughout the years, and the two are friends despite holding diametrically opposed political views.
It wasn’t the first time Coulter was mentioned last night. During his monologue, which focused on the ongoing government shutdown as well as the latest bombshell revelations about Donald Trump and his inner circle, Maher alluded to the fact that Coulter and other Fox News personalities have the president...
“Yeah, that’s called a newsmaker. A policymaker. You’ll have to suck on that,” he said in response to his audience’s vocal disapproval. Coulter has appeared on “Real Time” on several occasions throughout the years, and the two are friends despite holding diametrically opposed political views.
It wasn’t the first time Coulter was mentioned last night. During his monologue, which focused on the ongoing government shutdown as well as the latest bombshell revelations about Donald Trump and his inner circle, Maher alluded to the fact that Coulter and other Fox News personalities have the president...
- 1/19/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Ahead of the return of his HBO late night talk show “Real Time,” Bill Maher appeared on MSNBC’s “Hardball” and passionately spoke to host Chris Matthews about getting Donald Trump out of the White House. Matthews informed Maher that while he’s been on hiatus Trump has been accused of being a Russian agent, to which Maher responded, “It’s about time. I’ve been using the word ‘treason’ the whole time he’s been in.”
“I hear those words used a lot more, I mean that’s what it is,” Maher continued. “What is it when you plainly are with the people who are not us? Didn’t we see that in Helsinki? Plainly, he was saying, ‘Given the choice, I go with President Putin. President Putin says he didn’t do it, I don’t know why he would.’ Could you imagine if Bush after 9/11 had stood...
“I hear those words used a lot more, I mean that’s what it is,” Maher continued. “What is it when you plainly are with the people who are not us? Didn’t we see that in Helsinki? Plainly, he was saying, ‘Given the choice, I go with President Putin. President Putin says he didn’t do it, I don’t know why he would.’ Could you imagine if Bush after 9/11 had stood...
- 1/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Bill Maher, whose HBO late-night show Real Time with Bill Maher returns to air Friday, was Chris Matthews’ guest on MSNBC’s Hardball tonight.
“In the time you’ve been away and watching this massacre of democracy, this president has been asked whether he’s a Russian agent,” Matthews said, bringing him up to date.
“It’s about time. I’ve been using the word ‘treason’ the whole time he’s been in,” Maher said,
“I hear those words used a lot more, I mean that’s what it is,” he added. “What is it when you plainly are with the people who are not us? Didn’t we see that in Helsinki? Plainly, he was saying, ‘Given the choice, I go with President Putin. President Putin says he didn’t do it, I don’t know why he would.’ Could you imagine if Bush after 9/11 had stood on the...
“In the time you’ve been away and watching this massacre of democracy, this president has been asked whether he’s a Russian agent,” Matthews said, bringing him up to date.
“It’s about time. I’ve been using the word ‘treason’ the whole time he’s been in,” Maher said,
“I hear those words used a lot more, I mean that’s what it is,” he added. “What is it when you plainly are with the people who are not us? Didn’t we see that in Helsinki? Plainly, he was saying, ‘Given the choice, I go with President Putin. President Putin says he didn’t do it, I don’t know why he would.’ Could you imagine if Bush after 9/11 had stood on the...
- 1/16/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher on Sunday was attacked on a giant billboard that accuses him of not being "real" or "politically incorrect," but a liberal apparatchik of prevailing wisdom ahead of the return of his HBO show, Real Time, on Friday.
The billboard, at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Holloway Drive in West Hollywood, is the work of a group of conservative street artists known as The Faction, who previously peppered the Hollywood Walk of Fame with dozens of faux Donald Trump stars to make up for the real one that the president's detractors have destroyed on multiple ...
The billboard, at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Holloway Drive in West Hollywood, is the work of a group of conservative street artists known as The Faction, who previously peppered the Hollywood Walk of Fame with dozens of faux Donald Trump stars to make up for the real one that the president's detractors have destroyed on multiple ...
- 1/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Comedy series creators dominate this year’s roster of Directors Guild of America TV awards nominees. Donald Glover is contending for an episode in the sophomore season of “Atlanta,” which also reaped a bid for Hiro Murai. Both Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino vie for installments in the second edition of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” And Bill Hader is nominated for the pilot of “Barry.”
Among the TV drama helmers is Adam McKay for an episode of “Succession.” He could well be a nominee for his film “Vice” as well. He contends here against “Ozark” star Jason Bateman, long-time “Homeland” helmer Lesli Linka Glatter, Chris Long for “The Americans” series finale and Daina Reid for a second season episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
On the telefilm/limited series side, Barry Levinson made it a lucky 13 DGA nominations with his bid for “Paterno.” He faces off against Cary Joji Fukunaga...
Among the TV drama helmers is Adam McKay for an episode of “Succession.” He could well be a nominee for his film “Vice” as well. He contends here against “Ozark” star Jason Bateman, long-time “Homeland” helmer Lesli Linka Glatter, Chris Long for “The Americans” series finale and Daina Reid for a second season episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
On the telefilm/limited series side, Barry Levinson made it a lucky 13 DGA nominations with his bid for “Paterno.” He faces off against Cary Joji Fukunaga...
- 1/8/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Director’s Guild of America gave its stamp of approval to a number of actors-turned-directors Monday afternoon, nominating a slew of famous faces for its 2019 DGA Awards.
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Bill Hader (“Barry”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“Who Is America?”), and Ben Stiller (“Escape at Dannemora”) all landed their first DGA nominations, while Donald Glover (“Atlanta”) scored his second nomination for the series.
“Atlanta” was one of a few projects scoring multiple nominations, as Hiro Murai was also selected for his work on “Teddy Perkins” (IndieWire’s pick for the best TV episode of 2019). Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino were both nominated for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and three directors were honored from “A Series of Unfortunate Events”: Barry Sonnenfeld, Bo Welch, and Allan Arkush were all chosen in the Children’s Programs category.
Despite Sherman-Palladino’s nod, women only snagged three nominations in the three predominant categories: drama,...
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Bill Hader (“Barry”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“Who Is America?”), and Ben Stiller (“Escape at Dannemora”) all landed their first DGA nominations, while Donald Glover (“Atlanta”) scored his second nomination for the series.
“Atlanta” was one of a few projects scoring multiple nominations, as Hiro Murai was also selected for his work on “Teddy Perkins” (IndieWire’s pick for the best TV episode of 2019). Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino were both nominated for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and three directors were honored from “A Series of Unfortunate Events”: Barry Sonnenfeld, Bo Welch, and Allan Arkush were all chosen in the Children’s Programs category.
Despite Sherman-Palladino’s nod, women only snagged three nominations in the three predominant categories: drama,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Stan Lee died at 95 this week, and millions are mourning his loss. Bill Maher isn’t one of them, as the ever-controversial “Real Time” host has published a blog entry in which he downplays the Marvel Comics creator’s legacy and even links him to Donald Trump.
“The guy who created Spider-Man and the Hulk has died, and America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for a man who inspired millions to, I don’t know, watch a movie, I guess,” Maher writes. “Someone on Reddit posted, ‘I’m so incredibly grateful I lived in a world that included Stan Lee.’ Personally, I’m grateful I lived in a world that included oxygen and trees, but to each his own.”
He suggests that, though he read comic books as a kid, the assumption used to be that you’d grow out of them and move on to “big-boy books without...
“The guy who created Spider-Man and the Hulk has died, and America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for a man who inspired millions to, I don’t know, watch a movie, I guess,” Maher writes. “Someone on Reddit posted, ‘I’m so incredibly grateful I lived in a world that included Stan Lee.’ Personally, I’m grateful I lived in a world that included oxygen and trees, but to each his own.”
He suggests that, though he read comic books as a kid, the assumption used to be that you’d grow out of them and move on to “big-boy books without...
- 11/17/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Update, with video Bill Maher has some advice for America before he leaves on a two-month hiatus: “Shut the f*ck up.”
“Let’s stop talking politics to each other,” Maher said on tonight’s season finale of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher (the series returns January 18). “Everyone these days says the way to bridge the partisan divide is to talk to each other. It never works.”
“People don’t change their politics,” he said.
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, Maher’s final New Rule of 2018 is timely, to say the least. If your relatives haven’t figured out Trump by now, he said, “they won’t change their mind over the green bean casserole.”
“We never used to fight over politics 24/7,” the HBO host said, noting that, when he was growing up, adults considered it “impolite” and “nosy” to discuss politics. “We used to have...
“Let’s stop talking politics to each other,” Maher said on tonight’s season finale of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher (the series returns January 18). “Everyone these days says the way to bridge the partisan divide is to talk to each other. It never works.”
“People don’t change their politics,” he said.
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, Maher’s final New Rule of 2018 is timely, to say the least. If your relatives haven’t figured out Trump by now, he said, “they won’t change their mind over the green bean casserole.”
“We never used to fight over politics 24/7,” the HBO host said, noting that, when he was growing up, adults considered it “impolite” and “nosy” to discuss politics. “We used to have...
- 11/17/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Like two guys sitting around a campfire trying to frighten their scout troop, Bob Woodward and Bill Maher sat together on stage and scared the bejeezus out of Real Time viewers.
Woodward ostensibly came to Maher’s HBO late-night show to promote his book, Fear: Trump In the White House – the title of which, he said, President Donald Trump gave him during an interview. Asked what is real power, Trump responded that real power is fear. “It was almost like Hamlet in Shakespeare,” Woodward shivered.
“It’s his way of scaring the bejeezus out of people,” the Washington Post associate editor explained.
“People ask why Republicans fall in line behind him. They fear him,” chimed in Maher.
“The country fears him, so the world fears him,” Woodward added. “The fear has worked,” he said, calling this administration a “governing crisis” created by a Potus “gambling with who we are and what the country is.
Woodward ostensibly came to Maher’s HBO late-night show to promote his book, Fear: Trump In the White House – the title of which, he said, President Donald Trump gave him during an interview. Asked what is real power, Trump responded that real power is fear. “It was almost like Hamlet in Shakespeare,” Woodward shivered.
“It’s his way of scaring the bejeezus out of people,” the Washington Post associate editor explained.
“People ask why Republicans fall in line behind him. They fear him,” chimed in Maher.
“The country fears him, so the world fears him,” Woodward added. “The fear has worked,” he said, calling this administration a “governing crisis” created by a Potus “gambling with who we are and what the country is.
- 11/10/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Colbert began his monologue on “The Late Show” Friday night by reminding viewers that the show will be doing a rare live broadcast on the night of the midterm elections on Nov. 6, before sliding into a look at what exactly might be the downfall of Republicans in the House of Representatives.
“Everybody is excited the midterms are 18 days away. Eighteen days away right now. I am giddy with deep concern, because this is America’s first real chance to wash the taste of Trump’s victory out of our mouths,” Colbert joked, grimly. “It’s dark. It’s a dark, earthy taste. It’s mushroom-y, even. It’s really not a great taste. Rinse twice.”
Colbert then noted why things look optimistic for the Democrats.
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“If the Republicans do lose the House of Representatives,...
“Everybody is excited the midterms are 18 days away. Eighteen days away right now. I am giddy with deep concern, because this is America’s first real chance to wash the taste of Trump’s victory out of our mouths,” Colbert joked, grimly. “It’s dark. It’s a dark, earthy taste. It’s mushroom-y, even. It’s really not a great taste. Rinse twice.”
Colbert then noted why things look optimistic for the Democrats.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Returns to 'SNL' Weekend Update, Colin Jost Blames Him for Trump Presidency (Video)
“If the Republicans do lose the House of Representatives,...
- 10/20/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
CBS has selected La real estate investment firm Hackman Capital Partners as the winning bidder for the company’s iconic Television City facility near the corner of Fairfax and Beverly, a source familiar with the deal tells Deadline.
The transaction is not yet final, but the value is said to be well north of $700 million. Word first surfaced last year that CBS was considering shopping the 25-acre site, where shows like All in the Family was produced and early television figures like Jack Benny performed.
CBS declined to comment.
Hackman has backed several notable developments in La, including the current expansion and modernization of Culver Studios. The home to classic Hollywood productions like Gone with the Wind and soon to be the Southern California base of Amazon.
Real estate values have been surging, especially in the neighborhood around the storied Television City site, where about a half-dozen shows including The Late Show with James Corden,...
The transaction is not yet final, but the value is said to be well north of $700 million. Word first surfaced last year that CBS was considering shopping the 25-acre site, where shows like All in the Family was produced and early television figures like Jack Benny performed.
CBS declined to comment.
Hackman has backed several notable developments in La, including the current expansion and modernization of Culver Studios. The home to classic Hollywood productions like Gone with the Wind and soon to be the Southern California base of Amazon.
Real estate values have been surging, especially in the neighborhood around the storied Television City site, where about a half-dozen shows including The Late Show with James Corden,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher had only one thing on his mind at the start of Friday night’s episode of “Real Time,” and chances are it was the exact same thing you’ve been thinking about all day: Brett Kavanaugh
“Well you gotta bite the bullet,” Maher said during his monologue. “They’re gonna do it. They’re gonna confirm Judge red solo cup.”
Maher was referring to the news Friday that Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin both said they intend to vote for Kavanaugh on Saturday. This brings the total number of yes votes in the Senate to 51, making confirmation essentially certain.
Also Read: Has a Supreme Court Justice Ever Been Impeached?
“Now the big question is, where does beer go to get its reputation back?” Maher joked.
Maher noted that it’s been a rough week for liberals, and that the only thing that cheered him...
“Well you gotta bite the bullet,” Maher said during his monologue. “They’re gonna do it. They’re gonna confirm Judge red solo cup.”
Maher was referring to the news Friday that Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin both said they intend to vote for Kavanaugh on Saturday. This brings the total number of yes votes in the Senate to 51, making confirmation essentially certain.
Also Read: Has a Supreme Court Justice Ever Been Impeached?
“Now the big question is, where does beer go to get its reputation back?” Maher joked.
Maher noted that it’s been a rough week for liberals, and that the only thing that cheered him...
- 10/6/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
On Friday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher said Donald Trump’s popularity with evangelical Christians is due to how much Trump resembles God. That wasn’t a compliment, as Maher demonstrated with an extremely Trump-esque reading of the Ten Commandments.
The segment came during “New Rules,” where Maher first took a victory lap over the increase in nonreligious Americans since the release 10 years ago of his anti-religion movie “Religulous.” He then rebutted the argument that atheistic societies like the Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Ussr and Mao’s China were far worse — by saying those regimes were in fact state-sponsored religions.
Next, the topic of Trump voters, who Maher said are into Potus because he’s very similar to televangelists. “He’s got Jim Baker’s hair, and Tammy Faye’s makeup. He’s immune to sex scandals. He has a sham university. He doesn’t pay taxes,” Maher joked.
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The segment came during “New Rules,” where Maher first took a victory lap over the increase in nonreligious Americans since the release 10 years ago of his anti-religion movie “Religulous.” He then rebutted the argument that atheistic societies like the Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Ussr and Mao’s China were far worse — by saying those regimes were in fact state-sponsored religions.
Next, the topic of Trump voters, who Maher said are into Potus because he’s very similar to televangelists. “He’s got Jim Baker’s hair, and Tammy Faye’s makeup. He’s immune to sex scandals. He has a sham university. He doesn’t pay taxes,” Maher joked.
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- 9/29/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
From the moment it first screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the story around “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” is that its namesake — the iconoclastic English-Sri Lankan musician and general force of nature — is unhappy with the documentary that longtime friend Steve Loveridge has made about her. This critic was at that premiere, and remembers spending most of the supremely awkward Q&A that followed staring at the floor and praying for the sweet release of death. “He took all my cool out,” Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam said to the audience after bemoaning the film’s length. “It’s not the film that I would have made.”
Well, yeah. As even Arulpragasam seemed to understand, that’s kind of the whole idea. Once an aspiring documentarian herself, she knew — when she gave Loveridge a 700-hour cache of home video footage in 2011 — that he would use it to cobble together an honest, subjective, and occasionally unflattering portrait.
Well, yeah. As even Arulpragasam seemed to understand, that’s kind of the whole idea. Once an aspiring documentarian herself, she knew — when she gave Loveridge a 700-hour cache of home video footage in 2011 — that he would use it to cobble together an honest, subjective, and occasionally unflattering portrait.
- 9/25/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Fox Business host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery are taking Hollywood celebrities to task for promoting socialism. In a monologue Thursday, Kennedy said that stars like Sean Penn and Jim Carrey embracing left-wing politics was comparable to drug addiction.
“Everyone wants to be liked. It’s a basic human impulse for some of you and that explains the turn-on-a-dime hypocrisy from people Jim Carrey and Sean Penn,” said Kennedy.
“Being cool is like heroin for some of those people and once you get high you spend the rest of your life chasing that fleeting feeling. And what’s cooler than pretending you hate money and giving away someone else’s stuff under the guise of fairness?”
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“Everyone wants to be liked. It’s a basic human impulse for some of you and that explains the turn-on-a-dime hypocrisy from people Jim Carrey and Sean Penn,” said Kennedy.
“Being cool is like heroin for some of those people and once you get high you spend the rest of your life chasing that fleeting feeling. And what’s cooler than pretending you hate money and giving away someone else’s stuff under the guise of fairness?”
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- 9/21/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday hit back after President Trump called him “Bad!” and accused him, without evidence, of “illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime.”
“This is the first president that I know of who spends more time reading his Twitter likes than his briefing books or the Constitution of the United States,” Kerry told Bill Maher on “Real Time,” noting that Henry Kissinger has spent the last 40 years meeting with leaders of foreign governments after serving as Richard Nixon’s top diplomat.
Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator who served as Barack Obama’s secretary of state during his second term, also ripped Trump’s behavior in office: “He’s got the maturity of an 8-year-old boy with the insecurity of a teenage girl.”
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“This is the first president that I know of who spends more time reading his Twitter likes than his briefing books or the Constitution of the United States,” Kerry told Bill Maher on “Real Time,” noting that Henry Kissinger has spent the last 40 years meeting with leaders of foreign governments after serving as Richard Nixon’s top diplomat.
Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator who served as Barack Obama’s secretary of state during his second term, also ripped Trump’s behavior in office: “He’s got the maturity of an 8-year-old boy with the insecurity of a teenage girl.”
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- 9/15/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Update with video Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher tonight that the NBA not only has a more racially diverse – and younger – fan base than the NFL, but encourages its players to “express themselves.”
“I’ll speak for the NBA,” Ballmer said tonight. “We believe our players should express themselves. We are pleased to see our players express themselves. I encourage our players, use your platform. Speak.”
Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and owner since 2014 of L.A.’s basketball franchise, made the NBA-NFL distinction during a panel discussion of conservatism in sports and the NFL’s attempts to keep players from protesting during the national anthem.
Mark Leibovich, New York Times writer and author of The Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, said football is by far the “most Republican” sport, with a largely Republican fan base.
“I’ll speak for the NBA,” Ballmer said tonight. “We believe our players should express themselves. We are pleased to see our players express themselves. I encourage our players, use your platform. Speak.”
Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and owner since 2014 of L.A.’s basketball franchise, made the NBA-NFL distinction during a panel discussion of conservatism in sports and the NFL’s attempts to keep players from protesting during the national anthem.
Mark Leibovich, New York Times writer and author of The Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times, said football is by far the “most Republican” sport, with a largely Republican fan base.
- 9/15/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher returned from a summer hiatus on Friday to continue his needling of the usual targets, particularly President Donald Trump and the commander in chief’s preferred news source.
“This week he held two of his hillbilly Nuremberg rallies,” Maher noted in his opening monologue on HBO’s “Real Time.” “He calls the media the ‘enemy of the people — except, of course, for Fox News. They’re so far up his ass they’re the ‘enema of the people.'”
The comedian continued his thought with this observation: “We live in a country now where reporting reality gets attacked because it threatens the fantasy world created by the cult leader.”
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Maher also expressed some glee in reports that the NRA filed a court document that the organization is in grave financial trouble.
“They say that...
“This week he held two of his hillbilly Nuremberg rallies,” Maher noted in his opening monologue on HBO’s “Real Time.” “He calls the media the ‘enemy of the people — except, of course, for Fox News. They’re so far up his ass they’re the ‘enema of the people.'”
The comedian continued his thought with this observation: “We live in a country now where reporting reality gets attacked because it threatens the fantasy world created by the cult leader.”
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Maher also expressed some glee in reports that the NRA filed a court document that the organization is in grave financial trouble.
“They say that...
- 8/4/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Last year, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” received its first Emmy nomination ever, for Best Variety Writing, and if our odds prove to be correct, it will have an even bigger breakthrough this year: The show is predicted to make the Best Variety Talk Series lineup.
“Late Night” is in the sixth and final slot in our predictions, trailing two-time reigning champ “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” All five were nominated last year, along with “Real Time with Bill Maher,” which is currently in seventh place.
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“Late Night” is in the sixth and final slot in our predictions, trailing two-time reigning champ “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” All five were nominated last year, along with “Real Time with Bill Maher,” which is currently in seventh place.
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- 7/10/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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