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Alyssa Ray

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alyssa Ray

    Robert De Niro’s Brendan Carr Slaps Some Sense Into Jimmy Kimmel in Surprise Late-Night Appearance (opens the original)

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    Robert De Niro made a surprise appearance during Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” but not as himself, as the Oscar winner portrayed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a late-night bit. As Kimmel addressed his yearlong feud with the FCC during Wednesday’s monologue amid the show’s “Brooklyn Week,” De Niro appeared onstage in a navy suit, carrying a baseball bat. “I don’t know if you know this, but the last time we were here in Brooklyn, we were just getting back on the air after we had that

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alyssa Ray

    ‘South Park’ Revives AI Deepfake Trump — With Predictably NSFW Results (opens the original)

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    “South Park” may have a new name, “South America,” but Season 29 of the animated comedy is back to taking the same biting shots at Donald Trump. During Wednesday’s episode for “South Park,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought back the AI deepfake-version of Trump as a way to mock the billionaires of “Weenietown.” As was teased heading into Wednesday night, the new episode followed Butters as he dealt with a literal “Billionaire Weenietown” in his backyard. Specifically, the South Park youth dealt

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alyssa Ray

    Conan O’Brien Reveals He Chose to Exit Late Night Before He ‘Was Asked to Leave’ (opens the original)

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    Conan O’Brien reflected on his departure from late night television Wednesday evening, saying he chose to leave before reaching the 30-year milestone as the late-night landscape began to change. The comedian addressed his move from late night to podcasting during his Wednesday appearance at Bloomberg’s Screentime, where he confessed that he could “see which way things were going” before he decided to end his TBS show, “Conan,” in 2021. “I knew I wanted to wrap up my late night gig soon,” O’Brien

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alyssa Ray

    CNN Again Shut Out of White House TV Pool Amid Credential Fight (opens the original)

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    CNN has once again been shut out of the White House’s TV pool amid its ongoing legal battle with President Donald Trump over access and press credentials. On Sunday, the White House listed CNN as the primary for TV pool duty on Oct. 1. This move was notable given Trump’s White House previously blocked CNN from flying aboard Air Force One on Saturday, preventing the network from carrying out its duties to cover the president on behalf of the other major networks. However, with Trump traveling to

  5. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alyssa Ray

    Mark Ruffalo Bemoans Paramount Getting Approval for Warner Bros. Merger: 'An Incredibly Disappointing Outcome' (opens the original)

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    Mark Ruffalo voiced his disappointment after a judge approved the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement Wednesday, calling it a “bad deal for this country.” “This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs — it is a bad deal for this country and should never have been approved,” the actor, who has been an outspoken critic against the $110 billion deal, wrote on X Wednesday evening. “This is an incredibly disappointing outcome for the hundreds of thousands of

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