"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver ignited a fiery rebuke from author J. K. Rowling after the liberal comedian doubled down on defending transgender athletes in female sports on his Sunday night ...

My mum was an actress and in the early 1970s, when I was a kid, she sometimes went to pubs around Manchester to push down piles of pennies for charity with footballers like Lou Macari and Jimmy ...

John Oliver is no stranger to being heckled — but criticism feels oddly personal when it comes from Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. The Last Week Tonight host recently dedicated an entire ...

The pair first clashed last November, after Oliver said on his show that there are “vanishingly few trans girls” competing in school sports and there is “no evidence” trans athletes ...

After a couple of years when cloud and rain has seemed to dominate most of the holidays, it has been wonderful to see the start of the Easter break blessed with such lovely weather. Did you know ...

John Oliver took aim at Donald Trump during the Sunday, April 6, episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. The talk show host discussed the negative effects Trump’s tariffs have had on the ...

It’s always fascinating to see which news stories get passed over on Last Week Tonight. As John Oliver makes clear in his top-of-show rundown each week, it’s not that some of the more hot button ...

J.K. Rowling and John Oliver are facing off again over the issue of transgender athletes. The duo, linked by their respective creative partnerships with HBO, clashed last November after Oliver ...

J.K. Rowling and John Oliver have resumed their fight over transgender athletes. Oliver dedicated his most recent episode of Last Week Tonight to the right’s obsession with transgender ...

His first time running in a federal election, Jim Oliver decided to campaign under the People’s Party of Canada banner in Riding Mountain. Born and raised in Manitoba, Oliver lives on a 160-acre ...

Hosted by The Daily Show (now Last Week Tonight) favourite Brit correspondent John Oliver, The Decline of the American Empire is the comedy dissection of our ...

Comedian John Oliver has expertly debunked anti-trans talking points surrounding transgender athletes in one of his signature deep-dives on talk show Last Week Tonight. Speaking on the talk show, ...