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John Oliver didn’t waste much time on Last Week Tonight before calling out Donald Trump for apparently using a Sharpie to add Alabama to the path of Hurricane Dorian even as the National Hurricane Center said otherwise. “Sharpiegate” has been a hot topic, but Oliver decided to just give a little jab and turn to…

Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland criticized the Trump administration today for wiping out environmental rules created to combat climate change. The Rolling Stones frontman and the award-winning actor made the comments at the Venice Film Festival, while promoting their new thriller, The Burnt Orange Heresy. "We’re in…

Up for his first Emmy nomination for playing a murderous Member of Parliament in A Very English Scandal, Hugh Grant today took a killer aim at perpetually ruffled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the move to suspend the House of Commons and slide in a no-deal Brexit. The Golden Globe winning actor who played…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of tonight's Years And Years finale on HBO. “The point is you don’t need a revolution for a Viv Rook to take over," declares Years And Years creator Russell T Davies of the populist uprising on the HBO dystopian family drama of the near future that literally and digitally…

He wasn’t voted in by a majority of the country, he’s a controversial populist accused of racism and sexism, he comes from significant family wealth and he sports a distinctive blonde mop. The Donald Trump parallels are seemingly endless…Conservative Party members have elected Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister…

All eyes are focused on the UK now that President Donald Trump is wrapping up his state visit. So naturally, The Daily Show and host Trevor Noah took the opportunity to mock a somewhat Trumpian politician in Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London turned Parliamentarian, and perhaps soon-to-be Prime Minister. Noah…

We possibly spoke too soon. The battle between 21st Century Fox and Comcast for ownership of Sky could have hit a bump in the road as a result of Boris Johnson's resignation as UK Foreign Secretary. Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, who has overseen the takeover from a political level, has been named Health Secretary in…

Boris Johnson, arguably the closest politician Britain has to the reality TV-style credentials of Donald Trump, has resigned as Foreign Secretary over the UK's Brexit strategy. In keeping with BoJo's past political predilections, the news has erupted across social media as industry personalities and political and…

On June 24 this year, Donald Trump landed in Scotland to mark the opening of his Trump Turnberry golf resort. The date was significant as 51.9% of Britons had just voted to leave the European Union in what is known as Brexit. At the time, Trump hailed the move as a moment in which Brits “took their country back.” He…

Here’s something that may put a smile on the faces of indie film execs at the AFM this morning: The reality of a Brexit may be farther away than previously thought. On Thursday morning British time, the UK's High Court ruled that its government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty — the formal notification…

The former mayor of London and a major proponent of Brexit, Boris Johnson won’t be Britain’s next Prime Minister. Johnson, who is also an author and sometime late night talk show guest, has long had his eye on the position and was considered the leading candidate to assume leadership of the Conservative party as David…