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03.03.2022 / 00:43

How sunflowers, Ukraine's national flower, became a symbol of solidarity and resistance

FILE - Sunflowers in the Ukrainian Carpathians on July 28, 2021, in Mukachevo, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images) Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine, have emerged as a worldwide symbol of solidarity for the country and one of resistance for its people since Russia’s military invasion. Twitter users have been adding the sunflower emoji to their names.

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John Oliver Gets Meghan McCain To Apologize For Calling COVID The ‘China Virus’ — Watch

Meghan McCain has apologized after John Oliver called her out for saying she had “no problem” with Donald Trump calling COVID-19 the “China virus”… and then tweeting “Stop Asian Hate” a year later. The View co-host wrote March 22 on Twitter, “I condemn the reprehensible violence and vitriol that has been targeted towards the Asian-American community. There is no doubt Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric fueled many of these attacks and I apologize for any past comments that aided that agenda.”

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John Oliver rips into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 'glee in his public adulation' amid coronavirus, harassment scandals

John Oliver ripped into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s affinity for his own media hype during the latest episode of his HBO show "Last Week Tonight" on Sunday. The comedian, who has been critical of Cuomo in the past, dedicated the first part of his show to unpacking the recent scandals that came out this month regarding the governor's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and sexual harassment allegations. Two women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo that he denies.

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John Oliver now has a sewage plant named after him

DANBURY, Conn. – Comedian John Oliver made a secret trip to Connecticut last week to help cut the ribbon on a sign naming a sewage treatment plant in his honor.

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John Oliver Blasts Trump's Plan to Cut Ties With World Health Organization

John Oliver on Sunday's Last Week Tonight took a deep dive into President Trump's issues with the World Health Organization or, as Oliver called it, "one of the president's favorite punching bags." "Over the last six months, Trump has consistently tried to deflect blame for his handling of the coronavirus onto the WHO, China and the close relationship he claims the two have," Oliver said. Oliver showed a news clip noting that in the beginning of July, Trump said that the U.S.

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Connecticut city OKs renaming sewage plant for John Oliver

It's official. Every time residents of Danbury, Connecticut, flush, they will be sending their special deliveries to the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant.The City Council voted 18-1 Thursday night to rename the sewage plant after the comedian, who began a tongue-in-cheek battle with Danbury when he went on an expletive-filled rant against the city on HBO's “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” in August.Mayor Mark Boughton didn't waste any time responding on social media.

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John Oliver Addresses Trump's COVID-19 Diagnosis: "Shocking and Utterly Inevitable"

It was a busy week in news from the White House. So busy that John Oliver couldn't even properly address it all on Sunday's Last Week Tonight.

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City naming sewage plant after John Oliver

DANBURY, Conn. – A Connecticut town's officials are showing comedian John Oliver what they think about his expletive-filled rant about their city — they're naming the local sewage treatment plant after him.Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton announced the tongue-in-cheek move in a video posted on his Facebook page on Saturday that shows him at the plant.“We are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” the Republican mayor says.

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Paul Rudd, John Cena and More Join John Oliver to Dispel Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

John Oliver turned to a cadre of beloved Hollywood stars to help him with an important mission.

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Alex Trebek, Catherine O’Hara, More Stars Record Anti-Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory PSAs For John Oliver

John Oliver has rounded up some famous faces to explain the harm that comes with spreading false information about the coronavirus online.

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John Oliver Enlists Alex Trebek, Billy Porter, Catherine O'Hara, and More to Debunk COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories

John Oliver used Last Week Tonight's first show back after a three-week hiatus to talk about the flood of dangerous conspiracy theories that have sprung up around the virus.Oliver took time to walk through some popular conspiracy theories — the JFK assassination, Princess Diana's death — as a way of explaining why and how people end up believing these things. "They help explain a chaotic, uncertain world and appeal to the human impulse to what's called proportionality bias," he said, before expressing his outrage toward some of the loudest coronavirus conspiracy theorists.

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Coronavirus conspiracies debunked in celebrity videos featuring John Cena and Paul Rudd

John Oliver has assembled a group of celebrities to help debunk coronavirus conspiracy theories.Speaking on his HBO comedy series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the comedian criticised Donald Trump's habit of tacitly promoting conspiracy theories, which caused the US president to be described by various major news outlets as the "conspiracy-theorist-in-chief".Oliver singled out a clip of radio host Rush Limbaugh, in which the right-wing media personality likened Trump's conspiracy speculation to pouring gasoline on a fire.

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John Oliver Thinks The Dutch Marble League Might Be The Future Of Sports

Get ready to become obsessed with your new favourite sport: marble racing.

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Wendy Williams Thanks John Oliver For Fangirling Over Her Show: ‘He Gets Our Messiness’

Wendy Williams showed love to John Oliver after he spent several minutes during his Sunday night show to rant about how authentic she is. “So, there’s this guy, his name is John Oliver and I don’t know whether you know who he is but he’s wildly popular,” Wendy, 55, introduced John during her April 21 Wendy @ Home show. “He knows who our show is, he gets our messiness and I love that,” she said.

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John Oliver Discusses Shining Spotlight on Joe Exotic Before 'Tiger King'

Three years before Joe Exotic rose to coronavirus-era stardom as one of the iconoclastic characters on Netflix's much-binged docuseriesTiger King, he was spotlighted on HBO's Last Week Tonight as a potential 2016 presidential election third-party candidate. In a segment recently unearthed by the show, host John Oliver calls Exotic "truly the candidate you want to sit down and have a beer with." In 2020, Exotic is"not the hero America needs, but the hero it deserves right now," Oliver told Seth Meyers during an appearance on Late Night on Monday.

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John Oliver Goes After Amazon In Latest Coronavirus Rant On ‘Last Week Tonight’

John Oliver has found the latest target for his coronavirus ire: Amazon.

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TV anchors, on-air guests go pantsless during broadcasts from home

Television personalities are trying to get to the bottom of the coronavirus broadcasts — by not wearing any.

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John Oliver Slams ‘F**king Moron’ Jared Kushner For Handling Of Coronavirus

John Oliver has a bone to pick with Jared Kushner.

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Late-Night Hosts Return with New At-Home Shows and Waste No Time Eviscerating Trump

The show must go on. After late-night shows went on temporary hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, many of their hosts found ways to improvise with at-home monologues. That trend has now taken off, as a number of shows have returned to broadcast with fully filmed-at-home episodes.

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Last Week Tonight made its triumphant return to HBO on March 29 after a short hiatus due to the coronavirus-prompted late-night TV shutdown, and John Oliver wasted no time getting back in his groove. The segment focused largely on Trump and his response to the crisis, which Oliver repeatedly ripped into. However, Oliver also highlighted the work some public officials are doing to protect their states from the virus — and, naturally, the public officials who are not.

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Seth Meyers, Andy Cohen, and More Late-Night Hosts Set TV Returns

Most late-night talk shows ( make that most shows, period) have gone on temporary hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Seth Meyers, Andy Cohen, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

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Desus & Mero, and More Late-Night Hosts Set TV Returns

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows ( make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

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Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and More Late-Night Hosts Set TV Returns

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

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Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and More Late-Night Hosts Set TV Returns

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

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Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and More Late-Night Hosts Set Their TV Return Dates

The coronavirus pandemic sent most late-night talk shows (make that most shows, period) on temporary hiatus, but their hosts are finding ways to improvise — and some are returning with full episodes sooner than expected. Many began offering fans their daily takes on the latest headlines via at-home monologues and short videos, and now some, including Stephen Colbert and HBO's John Oliver, will be returning to TV with full episodes filmed from their homes.

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John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' & Bill Maher's 'Real Time' Get Return Dates on HBO

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher now have return dates on HBO.

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