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Stephen Colbert started things off Thursday night with a fun story on The Late Show about a petition to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets in New York City “President Barack H. Obama Avenue.” And guess what building lives on that street? Yup, Trump Tower. “To make the honor complete…

Stephen Colbert called out President Trump tonight for continuing to spread conspiracy theories on Twitter and then feigning innocence. After branding the president “conspiracist in chief,” The Late Show host played a clip of an impromptu news conference Trump had today outside Marine One in Morristown, New…

Stephen Colbert broke down on stage Tuesday night over the thought of another day with Donald Trump in the White House. The CBS Late Show host read a Monday tweet from President Barack Obama urging Americans to reject language from political leaders that “feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist…

President Barack Obama has weighed in on the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, saying, “Until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening.” He also called out “the racist language coming out of the mouths of our…

The United States women’s soccer team triumphed today taking the Women’s World Cup crown after defeating the Netherlands 2-0 for its second championship in a row and its fourth championship overall. It didn’t take too long for politicians and Hollywood to tweet out their congratulations — but it took Donald Trump a…

Joe Biden wasn't mentioned at all by Elizabeth Warren and the nine Democratic dwarfs Wednesday night at the first debate. But today the former Vice President and clear 2020 front-runner was center stage in Miami and the man to beat. Even with Biden, a breakout by Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, the…

American Factory, the documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media, will premiere on Netflix on August 21. The streaming service had acquired the pic from co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S…

UPDATE, 10:32 AM: The series itself may now be tied, but the 2019 NBA Finals are revealing a distinct trend already and that's a downward move. Like the opener of this year's quest for the Larry O'Brien Championship trophy, Game 2 of the clash between Finals newbies the Toronto Raptors and current champs the Golden Sta…

Former senator, U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 Presidential election to Donald Trump, has now turned her ambitions toward Hollywood. Clinton is taking a page out of both ex-Celebrity Apprentice host Trump and her old boss Barack Obama's respective books and attempting to…

One day after John Singleton died from complications of a stroke, former President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the groundbreaking director for helping to open doors in Hollywood. Obama posted a message about Singleton Tuesday on Twitter, praising the South Los Angeles native for telling real stories about the…

Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company in partnership with Netflix, have set the company's initial slate of upcoming projects. The content encompasses a wide range of fiction and nonfiction signature productions for all…

In a now very crowded field of Democrats, Joe Biden's third run for the White House has the deepest pocketed Hollywood donor to the ex-Vice President's boss putting his money on the table. Big time Barack Obama supporters Jeffrey Katzenberg and wife Marilyn are now officially co-chairing the May 8 at the Beverly Hills…