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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle |Leigh McManus |Isabel van Brugen
Jimmy Kimmel seized the chance on Wednesday night to ridicule Elon Musk’s apparent quest to repopulate Silicon Valley with dozens of “mini-Musks.”The late-night host highlighted an investigative report that detailed the DOGE boss’s plan to father as many children as possible. ”The Wall Street Journal, of all places, published a bonkers account of Musk’s efforts to seed the world in his own image,“ Kimmel explained in his monologue.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Tom Sanders |Michael Boyle |Matt Wilstein
Jon Stewart mocked Donald Trump’s “front butt” as he tore apart the president’s “excellent” health report, citing it as further proof of the United States’ slide into authoritarianism. In a segment titled “How Authoritarian Are We?” the Daily Show host said one of the calling cards of a totalitarian regime is the ability to suspend reality and force that view of the world onto the population.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee |Michael Boyle
It took Seth Meyers slightly longer than a minute on his Wednesday night show to take down Donald Trump after the president hit pause on most tariffs that had sparked a markets meltdown this week. The Late Night with Seth Meyers host opened his show by taking a deep breath and then launching into a scathing summary of Trump’s week so far.
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2 months ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Juliegrace Brufke |Josh Fiallo |Michael Boyle
Politics“I apologized for something else,” the HHS nominee claimed in one of many testy exchanges with senators. Updated Jan. 30 2025 11:48AM EST / Published Jan. 30 2025 11:47AM EST Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied accusations of sexual misconduct directed toward his former babysitter while being grilled during his second confirmation hearing to become the country’s top health official on Thursday. Democratic Sen.
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2 months ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Eboni Boykin-Patterson |Michael Boyle |David Gardner
Joy Behar moved her name a few notches higher on MAGA’s hit list Wednesday when The Viewhost accused Donald Trump of hiring people on their looks—this time when it comes to new White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “She’s probably been put in there because according to Donald Trump, she’s a 10—you know that’s what it is,” Behar said on The View.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle |Julia Ornedo |Matt Wilstein
MediaThe ‘SNL’ cast member stands by her November 2024 TikTok criticizing the onetime host. Updated Jan. 22 2025 12:44AM EST / Published Jan. 22 2025 12:35AM EST Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images/ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Saturday Night Live‘s Chloe Fineman has no regrets about identifying Elon Musk as the star host that made her cry. The 36-year-old posted an Instagram Story Tuesday night reflecting on the moment she went public.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle |William Vaillancourt
The Daily Show‘s Jordan Klepper crossed into MAGA territory on Monday. The late night correspondent quizzed Donald Trump’s supporters in Washington D.C. about how they felt about being denied entry to the inauguration ceremony after it was moved indoors, subsequently being left to celebrate outdoors in freezing temperatures.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle |Josh Fiallo |Mary Ann Akers
Jon Stewart had a lot to say about Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Monday. But one moment from the day’s event seemed to stop him in his tracks: Elon Musk’s dramatic hand gesture, which evoked to many the Nazi salute. The Daily Show host was briefly left speechless by the clip of Musk making the gesture the first time. “OK. Uh... charitably, I’m going to say that was just an awkward ‘my heart goes out to you’ gesture,” Stewart said at first.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle |Barry Levitt |Nick Schager |Mathew Murphy
In the wake of the tragic passing of David Lynch—a beloved director, painter, musician, and weatherman—it’s worth looking back to his final major project, Twin Peaks: The Return. There was a lot to love about that surreal, ambitious final chapter of Twin Peaks, but the most affecting part is its constant meditation on aging and death. The actors in The Return were old at the time of filming; several of them (like Harry Dean Stanton and Miguel Ferrer) died not long after production.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle
Seth Meyers mocked President-elect Donald Trump in his “Closer Look” segment Wednesday—all without mentioning his name. The Late Night host began the segment with a warning to Pete Hegseth fans that he was about to make fun of the Defense Secretary nominee. “You might be saying, ‘Seth, why would a Pete Hegseth fan be watching your show?’ Fair point,” Meyers said. He explained, “It has come to my attention that sometimes people who do not care for me get stuck watching my show.
