Many state and local governments aim to expand business and jobs by offering major tax breaks to companies such as Amazon. But as John Oliver detailed on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, these incentives are ineffective at job creation – and those millions (or, in some cases, billions) – of dollars …
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Floods have dominated the U.S. news cycle in 2017 after the devastation of hurricanes in Florida, Puerto Rico and Houston. “Think of them as the ‘Despacito’ of natural disasters,” John Oliver cracked on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. “Persistent, ubiquitous and absolutely no fault of the Puerto Rican government.” The host …
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John Oliver discussed the Equifax security breach on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, outlining how the credit reporting agency could have prevented the cybersecurity disaster. In September, Equifax announced that cyber thieves hacked into the company and lifted sensitive information – including names, birth dates, social security numbers, driver’s license info …
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Samantha Bee delivered a pointed message to all the “creeps in Hollywood” in a segment about Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment on Full Frontal Wednesday. “Weinstein isn’t the only cool Democrat lurking in film festival hotels, waiting to play a jolly masturbation prank,” Bee said. “Women talk to each …
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St. Vincent delivered a remarkable performance of her new ballad, “New York, ” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday. The track will appear on St. Vincent‘s upcoming album, Masseduction, out October 13th via Loma Vista Recordings. For the performance, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark turned The Late Show stage …
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One year after Tom Hanks‘ pumpkin-suitedSaturday Night Live character David S. Pumpkins went viral, the sketch will be transformed into an Halloween-themed animated special. The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special will air at 11:30 p.m. EST on October 28th. In the original SNL sketch, Pumpkins was part of a “Haunted …
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UPDATE: TV’s original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, wrote a fiery response via Facebook: “To James Cameron -STOP dissing WW: You poor soul. Perhaps you do not understand the character. I most certainly do. Like all women–we are more than the sum of our parts. Your thuggish jabs at a brilliant …
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Forget fever – this floral-scented fiasco is so lifeless you can barely feel a pulse. Tulip Fever, which was shot in 2014 but only hitting theaters now after years of recutting, retooling and release-date reshuffling, should have been allowed to die on the vine. Is it one of those clunkers …
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