For several months rumors have swirled that Jon Favreauâs remake of Lion King would feature one of the biggest stars on the planet, BeyoncĂŠ, and now we know thatâs true. The Queen B took to her Facebook to not only announce her own involvement, but the rest of the cast too.
A second lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week over the secrecy shrouding its plans to kill off net neutrality.
The Federal Communications Commission intends to keep secret more than 200 pages of documents related to an alleged cyberattack that the agency says impaired its systems two months ago. The agency claims that it was bombarded in early May with traffic originating from a cloud service, which caused its website to crashâŚ
FCC Chairman Ajit Paiâs profile rose a notch last week when John Oliver mercilessly mocked his ridiculous personal habits and his egregious intention to kill net neutrality. Now, Paiâs firing back by making horrible jokes about the Americans who like their internet just the way it is.
Last night, John Oliver told his viewers to go to the FCC via a domain they bought, gofccyourself.com, and submit comments in favor of net neutrality. It was funny. A larf. A light-hearted jape with a serious point.
Last time the FCC took on net neutrality, comedian John Oliverâs video about the issue was a turning point. The clip Went Viral, and led to thousands of public comments with the FCC in favor of rules enforcing net neutrality. Now that the FCC is seeking to smash those rules, Oliver is back again with another videoâŚ
In the wake of Donald Trumpâs victory last week, we need a voice of reason like John Oliverâs more than ever right now, and John Oliver wasted no time in describing precisely how fucked we are in Trumpâs Americaâa version of this country in which everything is made up and facts donât matter.
Weâre in the midst of an opiate epidemic, and itâs killing Americans at an alarming rate. In John Oliverâs latest report, he unpacks the alarming history of the epidemic, and how the drug companies we entrust with our health helped create it.
HBOâs âLast Week Tonight with John Oliverâ is currently on summer hiatus, but that hasnât stopped Oliver from ranting about how birds are awful. We complete.y agree. Birds are the worst. Birds are total dicks.
John Oliver runs a regular segment called âHow Is This Still a Thing?â, but heâs decided to turn it on its head. So âHow Is This Not a Thing?â describes the things that Oliver would like see inventedâpreferably as soon as possible.
Many of the call centers that handle your emergency calls are powered by out-dated technology. John Oliver thinks thatâs âfine if youâre describing a Radio Shack, but a little scary if youâre calling a place that handles emergency situations.â He reckons that itâs time things changed.
âIs science bullshit?â asked John Oliver on Last Week Tonight. âNo, but there is a lot of bullshit currently masquerading as science.â And so began his hugely entertaining twenty-minute take-down of crappy scientific studies and the way theyâre reported.
This year, the cicadas flooding the northeast will actually be 17 years old, due to the strange insectâs 17-year-long gestation period. Needless to say, lots of things have happened since 1999.
âCadbury Creme egg is a terrible candy that tastes like mermaid placenta covered in candle wax. Every year these eggs show up in January. But... why?â demands Jon Oliver in his very own YouTube conspiracy video. âThe reason is simple if you just follow the money.â
âThe FBI and its supporters can be weirdly dismissive of [the encryption] issue, in ways that indicate they donât fully understand how technology worksâor are pretending not to,â explained Jon Oliver on Last Week Tonight. And so begins his wonderful take on the state of encryption.
Sometimes you sit in front of your TV and realize youâre watching something important. It happens quite often on HBOâs Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Sundayâs episode was no exception. In addition to an incendiary piece about abortion laws, Oliver attacked Hollywood whitewashing.
Three ladies from Chechnya scammed ISIS fighters online and got âem good.
âCongratulations on your white penis â because if you have one of those, you probably have a very different experience of the internet,â explained Jon Oliver on last nightâs Last Week Tonight. And in this 15-minute video, he explains why thatâs the case.
Patent trolls can stymie innovation and bring otherwise successful companies to their knees. Theyâre also crazy, as John Oliver points out in this clip from Last Week Tonight.
Surprise! There's a new surprise segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on YouTube and god I needed this as much as I didn't need The Interview: Three minutes of slamming New Year's Eveâthe holiday when all the amateur party-goers invade the world to be extremely annoyingâand how to get out of it.
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