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 🎤🚫🇺🇸 Once upon a time, late-night TV was where comedians skewered the powerful. Now? It’s where the powerful decide what you’re allowed to laugh at. Jimmy Kimmel’s show was yanked off air after he cracked wise about Charlie Kirk and the “MAGA gang” circling an activist’s killing like vultures with Fox News contracts. Cue the Trump administration allegedly leaning on ABC like a mob boss…

Stephen King explains why reading horror is so cathartic during a pandemic

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When times are dark, do people want more fictional horror, or less?

It probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but Stephen King thinks the answer is more. And in the clip above from The Late Show, he tells Stephen Colbert why during a conversation about the coronavirus pandemic.

“I think people do kind of gravitate…

Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper have a moving chat about fatherhood

Should you’ve but to look at the video of CNN’s Anderson Cooper announcing that he’s become a dad, then we propose you go and do it posthaste (the entire thing is fairly darn cute, and precisely the form of feel-good content material everybody wants in the mean time).

“I watched it and I used to be deeply moved by it, I…

Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper have a moving chat about fatherhood

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If you’ve yet to watch the video of CNN’s Anderson Cooper announcing that he’s become a dad, then we suggest you go and do it posthaste (the whole thing is pretty darn adorable, and exactly the kind of feel-good content everyone needs at the moment).

“I watched it and I was deeply moved by it, I thought it was very…

Jake Gyllenhaal and Stephen Colbert bonding over sourdough is an adorable watch

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Aside from busting out jaw-dropping harmonies with his Sunday in the Park With George co-star Annaleigh Ashford, Jake Gyllenhaal has spent his quarantine baking.

Sourdough, specifically.

“I have sourdough rising,” the actor whispers at the start of the clip above, after motioning for Stephen Colbert to keep his voice…

No one wants to hear about your dream. Unless it’s John Mulaney’s and Stephen Colbert is analyzing it.

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Alright, let’s get one thing out of the way. Nobody really wants to hear the whole story of the dream you had last night. 

That is, of course, unless you’re comedian John Mulaney, and you’re sharing and analyzing your weirdly specific dreams with The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.

In the clip above from Colbert’s…

Bill Gates breaks down which coronavirus treatments he’s most hopeful about

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Bill Gates has already pledged $250 million to the fight against coronavirus, and as he explained to Trevor Noah recently, his foundation is also funding various treatment research programs.

So what progress has been made so far?

In the interview above with Stephen Colbert, the Microsoft co-founder tells the Late Showhos…

Stephen Colbert slams Trump for firing health expert who disagreed with him

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Donald Trump’s already fired more people this year than he ever did on The Apprentice(you know, the reality show that he, the actual current president, used to host), and for stupider reasons. If you’re an expert trying to help the federal government handle the coronavirus pandemic, you’re constantly choosing between…