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John Oliver
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in TVWhen Will Sunday night’s ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Main Story Segments Be Available on YouTube?
Answer: HBO has decided to make “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” fans wait a little longer for their favorite segments to hit YouTube. Announced after the Season 11 premiere on Feb. 18, 2024, HBO will now post the main story segments on YouTube on Thursdays instead of the very next day. This move aims…
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in AnimalsWhat is this celebrity bird from New Zealand?
Answer: The Pūteketeke bird, known for its unique vomit-producing behavior. won the “Bird of the Century” contest organized by Forest Bird, a conservation group in New Zealand. Comedian John Oliver played a significant role in the contest. He promoted the Pūteketeke bird on his show, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” encouraging viewers to vote…
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in TVWhy is John Oliver’s 7-year Emmy-winning streak for outstanding variety series ending in 2023?
Answer: John Oliver’s show, Last Week Tonight. has been moved to another category in 2023 — outstanding scripted variety series. The Television Academy changed its rules to define variety series as “unscripted or improv-based.” Since Oliver’s show is mostly scripted and pre-recorded, it no longer qualifies for the previous category. The new category also includes…
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in TechnologyWhy were images of John Oliver the only pictures uploaded to Reddit’s most popular picture channels in mid-June 2023?
Answer: Unpaid Reddit moderators on strike, blocking users and advertisers, chose to post only images of comedian John Oliver as a symbol of protest. The strike started on June 14, 2023, and affected over 9,000 subreddits. This is after Reddit announced that it would start charging fees to some third-party developers from July 1, 2023,…
