Elyse Wanshel

1 week ago | buzzfeed.com | Elyse Wanshel

“I’ve never noticed he looks like Pedro Pascal,” Stewart admitted, before showing a photo of what Gountas typically looks like in the office, which looks less like Pascal, but still very Pascal-esque. “How did you do this?” Stewart asked Gountas. Gountas then launched into a very funny explanation as to how he went from “Pedro No. 5” during a silly contest on Sunday to its ultimate winner. Gountas explained that a fellow Daily Show staffer noticed fliers for the contest last week.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Elyse Wanshel

Woof — it’s been a long week. If you feel like you’ve been working like a dog, let us offer you the internet equivalent of a big pile of catnip: hilarious posts about pets. Each week at HuffPost, we scour Bluesky, Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, to find the funniest posts about our furballs being complete goofballs. They’re sure to make you howl.

1 week ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Elyse Wanshel

The fake Pedro Pascal may be as charming as the man himself. On Tuesday, The Daily Show shared a behind-the-scenes clip to its X account in which Jon Stewart revealed to fans that the winner of a New York-based Pedro Pascal lookalike contest was George Gountas - who happens to be the lighting designer for the show. After inviting Gountas, who looks like he could be a long-lost member of Pascal's family, on stage, Stewart made a confession.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Elyse Wanshel

The fake Pedro Pascal may be as charming as the real Pedro Pascal. On Tuesday, “The Daily Show” shared a behind-the-scenes clip to its X account in which Jon Stewart revealed to fans that the winner of a New York-based Pedro Pascal lookalike contest was George Gountas — who happens to be the lighting designer for “The Daily Show.”Pedro Pascal (left) and George Gountas, the lighting designer for “The Daily Show,” and the winner of a New York-based Pedro Pascal lookalike contest.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Elyse Wanshel

Arnold Schwarzenegger reminded the more left-leaning panelists of “The View” on Tuesday that he is still very much a Republican. Schwarzenegger, who earned the nickname “Governator” during his 2003 to 2011 tenure as the GOP governor of California, emigrated from Austria to the U.S. in 1968 and became an American citizen in 1983.