George Clooney Defends Jimmy Kimmel After Trump’s ‘Heated’ Call for His Firing: ‘Jokes Are Jokes’

George Clooney is speaking out in defense of Jimmy Kimmel after Donald Trump’s latest attempt to pressure ABC to fire the late-night host. The president blasted Kimmel’s “despicable call to violence” on Monday, referring to a joke about Melania having the glow of an “expectant widow.” The comment was made during a skit on “Jimmy […]

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Mentalist Oz Pearlman Backs Out Of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Following WHCD Shooting, Podcaster Jon Lovett Joins Show

Mentalist Oz Pearlman will not appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight and has been replaced by Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett. Deadline understands that Pearlman backed out of the appearance. The move comes two days after Pearlman was set as the headliner for the White House Correspondents Dinner, which was canceled after a shooting at […]

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George Clooney Decries Political Violence After Trump Attack at White House Correspondents’ Dinner: ‘There’s a Struggle That Has to Be Won Against Hatred’

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