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Colbert and Stewart have the same message to Paramount and President Felon: “Go Fuck Yourself.”

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Well, this certainly wasn’t what she was expecting. 

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Paramount employees Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart took the weekend to digest the news that Paramount company CBS would be canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert come May, and they had the same thought about it: “Go fuck yourself.”

Colbert’s “Go fuck yourself” was specifically directed to President Sundowner, who took glee at the news of the cancellation:

Where as Jon Stewart’s “Go fuck yourself” was squarely directed at Paramount and anyone else who would bend the knee to a would-be tyrant for the sake of the bottom line, and, evoking a bit he did about Fox News 15 years ago, he used a whole gospel choir to deliver the message (rant begins at the 16 minute mark, but the rest is about Epstein, which, of course, is also gold).

Colbert also had a message for his employer, Paramount, which he delivered beautifully with the help of his late night brethren and friends, including: Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, Triumph the Insult Dog, Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Weird Al Yankovic, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The big joke set up is great, but stick around for the punchline. Genius.

David Letterman showed his support for Colbert with a 20-minute compilation of him roasting CBS, with the caption, “You can’t spell CBS without BS“:

And I am certain Kimmel would have been there if he could.

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Meanwhile, outside the theater, people protested in support of The Late Show:

It’s going to be really funny if all of this hoo-ha secures Stephen Colbert an Emmy. 

Huh. So Paramount can’t afford The Late Show, but they can pay the South Park guys $1.5 BILLION? Interesting.

Oh, and now President Anti-First Amendment has yoinked the Wall Street Journal from the press pool as punishment for publishing the Epstein naked lady birthday card.

Jesse Watters is really sorry, you guys. Gavin Newsom don’t care.

Yesterday’s debut, The Hunting Wives (which I’ve watched a bit of and it’s trashy in the best [?] kind of way) was originally produced for Starz, but was bought by Netflix where it will find a MUCH bigger audience. This is a real good news/bad news situation, as explained by star Brittany Snow: “I have to admit, when I found out that it got sold to Netflix, there was a definite feeling of excitement and gratitude, coupled with an insane amount of nausea. I was aware that even more people were going to see this and hopefully love it, but also judge it.” Good luck!

Ryan Murphy keeps being surprised that the people he is making shows about might have some objections to having their lives turned into his fodder. 

BREAKING: Hollywood exploits whomever it can. (I’m obviously not saying Nickelodeon not paying its stars residuals is a good thing, just a completely unsurprising thing.)

This week, we are mad at Tracee Ellis Ross for … ~checks notes~ … how much underwear she packs on a trip? OK.

Andy Cohen’s new home will have a strict NO HOUSEWIFE rule. (Good luck with that.)

It doesn’t measure up to the infamous BBC clip, but it’s still pretty great. More five-year-old co-anchors, please.

Sending healing thoughts to the Seacrest family. 

Congratulations to Hayley Erbert and Derek Hough!

#MeToo

FKA twigs has settled her sexual battery and abuse lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf.

Shannon Sharpe has settled the $50 million lawsuit brought against him by a woman who accused him of raping her.

Two former Paramount Pictures employees are suing the studio, alleging they turned a blind eye to sexual abuse and harassment by Patrick Smith, former senior vice president of worldwide print production.

A former Netflix labor relations executive is suing the company, alleging discrimination and sexual harassment by two of her former supervisors.

The Denise Richards/Aaron Phypers divorce just became very ugly. Richards filed a temporary restraining order against Phypers, alleging domestic abuse and death threats. It’s harrowing stuff, and includes photos of a black eye he allegedly gave her in a moment of paranoia. Anyone who watched their first season on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills will remember this moment, when he threatened her on camera:

He also demonstrated a strong paranoia streak in one dinner scene, talking about how he was being followed because he had made some sort of pseudoscientific “discoveries,” which helps corroborate her black eye story above.

For Phypers, an “anonymous friend” claims Richards got the black eye during a drunken fall, he’s denied all of her abuse allegations, and has accused her of cheating. He has also filed a police report against her, alleging theft, vandalism, and assault.

Sex pest demands the release of the Epstein files. 

Here’s a cool conversation President Pedophile had on Howard Stern’s radio show back in 2007. No reason.

“Do you think you could now be banging 24-year-olds,” Stern asked in the 2006 interview.

“Oh, absolutely,” Trump responded “I have no trouble.”

“Would you do it” Stern clarified.

“I have no problem,” the future president said.

Stern’s co-host Robin Quivers then asked, “do you have an age limit or would you…”

“If I- No, no, I have no age–. I mean, I have an age li…” Trump replied.

Then, when asked to provide his “upper bracket,” Trump said, “I don’t want to be like Congressman Foley, with, you know, 12-year-olds.”

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R.I.P.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Emmy-nominated actor best-known as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, who also starred in Malcolm & Eddie, Reed Between the Lines, and The Resident among others. He was a Generation X icon, especially within the Black community, and his death at such a young age is painful for those of us who grew up alongside him.

“I will be able to leave this earth knowing and people knowing that I was a good person,” Warner said of his legacy during a May 21 episode of the Hot & Bothered with Melyssa Ford podcast. “[My dad] said to me often, ‘You know people love you, and people [are] always talking about your career and your success and all of that, but what really makes me the most proud is that you are a good person.'”

“I remember my mother said to me one time that, ‘Mr. Cosby gave you immortality,’ so I know on one lane there’s legacy there,” he shared. “But then, because I’ve had this full life after that show, there’s another lane of legacy that I get to leave.”

I am not going to include his television father’s comments here, because no. But my thoughts go out to the rest of his show family: Phylicia Rashad, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Lisa Bonet, Raven-Symoné, and Sabrina Le Beauf. The outpouring of grief  — and there has been a lot as you will see, is very telling at just what kind of man he was:

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Ozzy Osbourne, The “Prince of Darkness” lead singer of Black Sabbath and star of the pioneering reality series, The Osbournes

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Roy Black, Prominent attorney who represented William Kennedy, Rush Limbaugh, Joe Francis, Justin Bieber and others, and husband to The Real Housewives of Miami star, Leah Black

Gary Smith, Eight-time Emmy-winning producer of awards shows and other specials

Jimmy Hunt, Child actor who appeared in some 35 films in the 40s and 50s

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Hip Hop Was Born Here: LL Cool J explores the history of hip hop and its birth in New York City. Series premiere. Paramount+

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