TV Updates Stephen Colbert: “The gloves are off” Late last week we learned that despite being the top-rated late-night show in its time slot, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will come to an end in May 2026. Despite CBS calling this a “purely financial decision”, the timing made it pretty impossible to ignore that CBS just paid By Sarah • Jul 22, 2025 10:19 am
TV Updates Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show (part-time) Earlier this week Variety reported that The Daily Show, which has been without a permanent host since Trevor Noah left at the end of 2022, would return with no host this year, and instead use a rota of correspondents to lead the show. Technically, they’re right, as it is By Sarah • Jan 25, 2024 11:12 am
Gorgessity George and Amal and all their friends Last night was the second annual “Albies”, a humanitarian award given by the Clooney Foundation for Justice to “those whose work and organizations are under threat” (you can read more about The Albies and this year’s recipients here). That means that Amal and George Clooney were out last night By Sarah • Sep 29, 2023 10:02 am
Best and Worst of 2015 Best of 2015: Jon Stewart Do you miss Jon Stewart? I do. And I don’t. I don’t because Trevor Noah deserves a chance to grow into the role and it can’t be easy to build your own situation when your predecessor is such a beloved institution. Also I don’t because John By Lainey • Dec 30, 2015 01:50 pm
Equality Issues Jon Stewart’s Farewell Emmys Here is another case of the Emmys making themselves irrelevant by giving trophies to the same people over and over. I get it—Jon Stewart’s tenure at The Daily Show is over, and his wins for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series are his send-off By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 08:55 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Emmy Quiet – Mindy Kaling Edition Here’s an example of what I mean about the quiet Emmys that it was. Mindy Kaling was wearing probably the most flattering awards show dress I’ve seen her wear. She looked great and she seemed comfortable. One of my favourite moments of the night was watching her whisper By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 04:45 am
TV Updates Stephen Colbert’s fitting ending, new beginning with George Clooney Of all the people who showed up to wish Jon Stewart farewell, Stephen Colbert’s heartfelt goodbye was the best tribute of the night. He’s arguably the most successful of the Daily Show alums, and he was the last of the former correspondents to come out and say goodbye By Sarah • Aug 07, 2015 11:58 am
TV Updates Jon Stewart’s Farewell Jon Stewart signed off on The Daily Show last night, which, barring a surprise retirement from Conan O’Brien, ends a period of turnover in late night television. Over the last few years, all the long-time late night hosts have retired—except for Conan, who not for nothing has always By Sarah • Aug 07, 2015 10:18 am
TV Updates Jon Stewart’s long goodbye As Jon Stewart winds down his reign as the host of The Daily Show, which over his sixteen years on the air he’s turned into a late-night institution, Comedy Central has been putting together videos memorializing different aspects of his time on the show, like this one marking the By Sarah • Jul 28, 2015 01:32 pm
TV Updates Trevor Noah to take over The Daily Show In February Jon Stewart announced he will be retiring from The Daily Show later this year, and now it’s become official that his replacement will be South African comedian Trevor Noah. There’s still no date for Stewart’s retirement beyond “later this year”, but when he does go, By Sarah • Mar 30, 2015 11:48 am
TV Updates Jon Stewart is signing off Jon Stewart has hosted The Daily Show for sixteen years. During that time he’s evolved that show from a celebrity-driven late night talk show to an actual news source, seen three presidents come and go, reported on two wars, the worst terrorist attack in US history, and countless national By Sarah • Feb 11, 2015 11:02 am
Quiveration I am really attracted to Stephen Colbert I mean, I’m always attracted to Stephen Colbert… But right now, with his glasses off, and his hair longer like that, and you can see his nose and his cheekbones, so defined… Oh My God. Is there even a little Rob Lowe in his face? THERE IS TOTALLY ROB By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 03:30 pm
Jon Stewart Intro for September 8, 2014 Dear Gossips, My etalk assignments for TIFF this weekend: British duty. It wasn’t deliberate but somehow it just ended up that way. I interviewed Tom Hardy on the red carpet at the premiere of The Drop on Friday and again at the junket on Sunday. I fell in love By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 07:22 am
Assy Style Why did you change? Jacek commented as soon as Kristen Stewart was introduced by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night how attractive she is. They’d just played the clip of her dancing wildly in On The Road and she’s such a lively combination of innocence and sex and youth and By Lainey • Dec 14, 2012 02:21 pm
Jon Stewart Kristen Stewart pre-Stewart Kristen Stewart was photographed at lunch today in New York at Sarabeth’s in Tribeca. Lobster roll! I hope she had the lobster roll. Heads up Twi-Hards, when you go there, because I know you will, because she just did, get the lobster roll. Stewart is supposed to be on By Lainey • Dec 13, 2012 04:30 pm
Hugh Grant Hugh’s not invited back Last Friday, Stewart and Colbert participated in a charity fireside chat in New Jersey and, because they are generous and gracious and amazing this way, actually showed up to give the audience what they came for, what they donated for -- candid conversation with information that hadn’t been rehashed By Lainey • Dec 12, 2012 05:56 pm
