The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions…
SNL‘s Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che seems to be taking the upcoming and controversial Saturday Night Live guest hosting appearance of world’s richest man Elon Musk in stride, suggesting to both Seth Meyers and Ellen DeGeneres that he’s not among the cast members complaining.
Musk, whose mixed-message public…
John Oliver opened up about the deep sorrow he feels over the death of Prince Philip, and turns out it’s not so deep.
In an appearance on last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, the HBO Last Week Tonight host got a sad, pensive look on his face when asked by Meyers about the Queen’s late consort. “It’s difficult…
Late-night was not going to let President Joe Biden’s first press conference go unnoticed without a few digs, as well as nods of approval along with the humor.
“Well, guys, after 64 days in office, today President Biden held his very first press conference,” Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon said Thursday. “Normally when…
Seth Meyers will be offering a Closer Look for a few more years to come after renewing his deal with NBC.
The comedian has agreed a deal to host Late Night with Seth Meyers through 2025, which should take him to around 1,800 episodes of the show.
In addition, he has also signed an overall deal for Sethmaker Shoemeyers…
Awards crisis averted.
The late-night community has breathed a sigh of relief after the Television Academy capitulated and decided against merging the late-night talk category with sketch for this year's Emmys.
Deadline has spoken to a few late-night sources this morning and there's a general sense of jubilation…
EXCLUSIVE: The Television Academy's decision to merge the late-night and sketch series categories at this year's Emmy Awards is coming under fresh fire as networks and showrunners have joined forces to lobby for a reversal of the changes.
Deadline understands that broadcast networks including ABC, CBS and NBC as well…
Joe Biden may have just taken his first steps into the presidency, but figures of the Trump administration don’t seem to be going anywhere just yet. On Monday, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani made headlines as Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit, demanding $1.3 billion.
The former New York…
Donald Trump has just hours left in office and TV’s late-night hosts are taking all the shots they can before President-elect Joe Biden’s officially takes over the White House on Wednesday.
While the fatal insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol still finds its way into their shows, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers…
Nearly a week may have passed since the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, but January 6, 2021, will go down in history as a dark day for Americans.
On Monday’s episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert noted that the fatal incident on Capitol Hill, which left six dead, made him…
Numerous Americans including politicians and Hollywood figures called for President Trump’s removal from office, citing impeachment or the 25th amendment, as his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Late night hosts Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert echoed the calls of accountability in their…
