Donald Trump has called for the White House Correspondents dinner to be "put to rest" after a divisive comedy routine caused some to walk out during the performance. The US president said this year's event was "an embarrassment to everyone associated with it" as he hit out at the "filthy comedian" who attacked him and his staff. Mr Trump, who boycotted the event for a second year, tweeted on Monday: "The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is DEAD as we know it. This was a total disaster and an embarrassment to our great Country and all that it stands for. FAKE NEWS is alive and well and beautifully represented on Saturday night!" It followed a previous tweet in which he said "put Dinner to rest, or start over!" The post-dinner act by Michelle Wolf split opinion, with some saying the crude jokes went beyond poking fun while other argued the comedian was simply speaking truth to power. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is DEAD as we know it. This was a total … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says White House Correspondents dinner is ‘dead’ after comedian’s barbs cause controversy
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Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro recreate Meet the Parents to mock Donald Trump, Michael Cohen on Saturday Night Live
Actors Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro recreated their classic comedy Meet the Parents on the latest Saturday Night Live (SNL) to mock Donald Trump and his embattled lawyer, Michael Cohen. The skit featured some particularly brutal insults, including joking the code name for the current US President is "Putin's little bitch" and his daughter Ivanka's is "girlfriend". Stiller played Cohen in the video, while De Niro portrayed Robert Mueller, who is the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and related matters. FBI raids Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen's office Donald Trump, Alec Baldwin engage in war of words on Twitter Melissa McCarthy lampoons Sean Spicer in SNL skit In the SNL skit, De Niro's Mueller hooks Stiller's Cohen up to a lie detector test before asking him a series of questions. "I'll start with some easier questions - how'd you like that peepee tape?" he starts. "I'm just kidding, we'll get to that … [Read more...] about Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro recreate Meet the Parents to mock Donald Trump, Michael Cohen on Saturday Night Live
Nelson’s Column: Getting shirty with Theresa May, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
Let me tell you what I’m wearing. No, don’t go away. This is still a political column, not a fetish website. I’m writing this in a pink shirt. I like pink. I’ve always liked pink. And it has nothing to do with gender identity or sexuality. I’ve never thought the pink for girls, blue for boys malarkey as stereotyping the sexes. I also like blue, which today might get me branded gender fluid. I like skirts, too, but only on women, bagpipers, and Prince Charles in the South Seas so that might make me a gender fluid stick-in-the-mud. Which is why I was uncomfortable about Richard Maloney, head teacher of £36,000 a year Uppingham school in Rutland, saying that boys could wear skirts if they wished. A gender-neutral uniform seems a better way to satisfy the demands of identity and equality. Nor can I get my head around people who don’t identify as either sex wishing to be known as “they” rather than “he” or “she”. … [Read more...] about Nelson’s Column: Getting shirty with Theresa May, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
Austin Powers star Mike Myers brings back Dr Evil after 16 years – just to mock Donald Trump
MIKE Myers reprised his role as hapless villain Dr Evil last night, 16 years after he played the part in Austin Powers' Goldmember. The actor, 54, effortlessly slipped back into character for an hilarious appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to mock Donald Trump. The supervillain had just been sacked by Donald Trump in the comedy sketch, for whom he had been working as the Secretary of Evil. He joked that he was responsible for "all the evil stuff" the president has carried out. When Jimmy asked what he'd had a hand in, he said: "The wall, that was all me, but I wanted it to be a moat filled with spiky blowfish. "I didn't want the Mexicans to pay for it, I wanted Alec Baldwin to pay for it. He also claimed to be the brains behind "The Space Force", Trump's space army. Jimmy asked if it was his plan to "deport dreamers", to which he replied: "No Jimmy, even I have my limits. I'm evil, but I'm not a monster." Later in the sketch Dr Evil announced he would be standing … [Read more...] about Austin Powers star Mike Myers brings back Dr Evil after 16 years – just to mock Donald Trump
‘It was about us’: Donald Trump hails Roseanne’s ‘unbelievable’ ratings
Donald Trump on Thursday latched onto the huge viewership for the revival of ABC's hit 1990s working-class comedy "Roseanne" as evidence that his supporters want shows that speak to their concerns. "Look at her ratings," the US president said during a speech near Cleveland, referring to the comedy's star and his vocal supporter, Roseanne Barr. "They were unbelievable. ... and it was about us." The show, in which Barr plays a blue-collar Trump voter, debuted on Tuesday and performed best in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri, respectively, all in states that Mr Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. New York City and Los Angeles were not in the top 20 of rated areas, according to entertainment trade publication Deadline. Mr Trump called Barr on Wednesday to congratulate her on the show's debut that drew more than 18 million viewers. Barr said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that she hoped the … [Read more...] about ‘It was about us’: Donald Trump hails Roseanne’s ‘unbelievable’ ratings