Shame! Shame! Shame! Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart returned to his old stomping grounds last night to do what he as been doing for years: fight to get Congress to fund health care services for sick and dying 9/11 responders. Hundreds of firefighters, cops, and other emergency responders and work men developed an array…
“Nothing ends, it’s just a continuation, it’s a pause in the conversation. Rather than saying goodbye or good night, I’m just going to say I’m gonna go get a drink and I’m sure I’ll see you guys before I leave.” And with those words, Jon Stewart exited “The Daily Show.” To honor Stewart in 2015…
Comedian Jon Stewart has signed a deal with cable television channel HBO to produce short-form digital content on current events in what will be his first announced entertainment project since quitting “The Daily Show” in August. HBO said in a statement on Tuesday that the four-year agreement will see Stewart producing content that will be…
It’s official: From here on out, just call him him Farmer Jon. Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey said over the weekend that they are opening a sanctuary for abused animals at their 12-acre farm in Middletown, New Jersey, where the former host of the “Daily Show” has jokingly been spending his days as “the…
“Growing up in the dusty streets of South Africa, I never dreamed that I will one day have…two things really,” Trevor Noah cracked Monday night on his debut show. “An indoor toilet, and a job as host of the Daily Show.” Noah’s peculiarly South African brand of humor might seem an odd choice to replace…
f you want to get a flavor of Trevor Noah’s “The Daily Show,” just take a look at his first guests – especially singer Ryan Adams. Not only is Adams an alternative musician, poet and painter, but he’s also just released an innovative cover version of Taylor Swift’s best-selling album “1989.” “He has taken something…
Jon Stewart lobbied members of Congress to extend benefits to workers and first responders who were injured or sickened by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The former host of “The Daily Show” spoke to Ground Zero first responders, advocates and other Sept. 11 survivors at a rally outside the Capitol building on Wednesday. Later in…
Before hosting the Emmy-winning “Daily Show” for 16 years, Jon Stewart went to a Jewish Day school. His teacher, Leah Linton, 90, still remembers him as a (tinier) comedian. Linton, 90, came to America from Nazi-occupied Austria in the 1930s. She taught pre-kindergarten at Trenton Hebrew Academy for 35 years. During the 1966-67 year, she…
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