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Jon Stewart had a profound response to the state of television while working the crowd ahead of the recent episode of The Daily Show. The beloved host returned his old stomping ground as a part-time host on Monday evenings, and the gig involves more than just sitting at the big desk dropping zingers on Trump and Biden.

Like any good comedian, Stewart warmed up the crowd ahead of the show by partaking in some light Q&A with the audience. However, the returning host was hit with an existential question from about why Stewart isn’t working in social media where most young people get their news. The audience member took things even further by noting that “TV is dying.”

After feigning shock about the obvious fact that TV is being surpassed by TikTok, Stewart joked, “In your mind, seeing as I work in television, will I die first? ‘Cause if that’s the case, I don’t mind.”

The Daily Show host then got serious for a minute as he educated the young whippersnapper on media consumption.

Via Deadline:

“You still watch TV but you just watch it on your computer [or phone],” he said. “You understand that’s still TV? You’re just watching it on a different delivery service. It’s like, heroin is heroin whether you snort it or shoot it. It’s still an opiate for the masses as is television, you’re just getting it in smaller bites. But it’s still TV. We make it.”

However, Stewart’s answer didn’t seem to register with the young man as he seemed to still very concerned for The Daily Show host.

“You have a look on your face like, ‘This poor boy, if only he knew the business he was in,’” Stewart quipped.

(Via Deadline)

Over the last few months, Emily Blunt has been using her interviews to quietly and discretely drop various hints to seemingly prove that filming Oppenheimer destroyed Cillian Murphy and that he is just a shell of the man he once was. But she normally recites these stories while laughing, so we shouldn’t take it too seriously.

Blunt has already recalled a grueling scene where she hit him over and over (and over) again, hurting his “famous cheekbones,” but it also appears that she has also been psychologically torturing the famously private man. She has been constantly teasing her co-star about his eyes, sharing his private nighttime plans (“having a bath”), and comparing him to a kidnapper. She also answers his questions for him like that one annoying kid in the group project. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Blunt revealed that she gifted Murphy with a pillow to help him sleep, but it subsequently caused him to bash his head open. How much more is he expected to endure?

Blunt appeared alongside Murphy on Jimmy Kimmel Live where she told the story. “I just felt Cillian needed, even more than food, sleep on this movie. So I got him this very beautiful pillow that I’m obsessed with, a Hästens pillow,” she began. While a pillow seemed like a nice gesture, it quickly turned sour.

“He was really luxuriating in this pillow one night, and he woke up in the middle of the night, this is what he told me the next day. He went to fluff himself back down in the pillow, misjudged where it was, and smashed his head open on the bedside table. So he came to work, and they had to glue his head shut!” she recalled with a haunting laugh. “I was having a great sleep and then…bang,” Murphy responded grimly. He can’t seem to catch a break.

On the other hand, Robert Downey Jr. has been putting Blunt in her place by constantly telling the press to “ignore Emily” because she’s “tripping on mushrooms.” You can watch the (obviously harmless) bullying above.

Kid Cudi is making good on all his promises to fans in 2023. After delaying his anticipated album, Insano, the project is finally available across streaming platforms. As an added treat, the “Heaven’s Galaxy” rapper released the deluxe version shortly after. Now, after a string of pop-up shows, Cudi is ready to embark on a full tour to support a body of work.

Yesterday (February 22), Cudi took to his official X (formerly Twitter) page to tease his forthcoming Insano World Tour. So, what do we know about the schedule of performances? To be honest, not much in terms of dates and ticket prices. However, thanks to the graphic shared by Cudi and the tour’s fan sign-up webpage, two opening acts have been unveiled.

Continue below for more information.

Who Is Opening For Kid Cudi’s Insano World Tour In 2024?

So far, Pusha T and Jaden are the only confirmed guests for the Insano World Tour. But Kid Cudi has hinted that more musicians will be added to the lineup later.

Pusha T

Rap veteran Pusha T is the first name listed on the announcement poster, and rightfully so. The Virginia Beach, Virginia native made his bones as part of the sibling hip-hop duo Clipse (known for hits songs “Grindin” and “Mr. Me Too” produced by The Neptunes). As a soloist, Pusha T has found success under Kanye West’s GOOD Music Imprint, releasing a series of revered mixtapes and albums. But his most popular track to date is his 2018 record “The Story Of Adidon,” his diss toward Drake.

However, now that Pusha T has distanced himself from West, Cudi and West reconciled, things could get interesting on the road.

Jaden

Jaden is the second supporting act listed on Kid Cudi’s Insano World Tour announcement graphic. If you were asking yourself, is that the Jaden you think it is…yes it is. Jaden, a.k.a Jaden Smith, the actor, humanitarian, and musician, will join Cudi on the road. Most people tend to remember Jaden from his on-screen cameos in films such as The Pursuit Of Happyness and Karate Kid. Still, most of his creative pursuits are in music (i.e., Spider-Man: Miles Morales soundtrack appearance).

Jaden first broke into music with his hit 2017 song, “Icon.” Given Jaden’s deep admiration and friendship with Cudi, his set will be interesting to watch.

The Walking Dead devotees have been waiting, patiently, for the return of Andrew Lincoln to their screens ever since a horse tossed Rick Grimes into a world of pain. AMC already rolled out a few other new spinoffs — Dead City and Daryl Dixon — over the past year, and now, here comes the icing: Lincoln and Danai Gurira back as Rick and Michonne in a love story that even works for non-romantics.

Viewers should also expect to see the gore and maneuvering that we’re used to seeing from walkers and humans in these shows, but of course, people are really here for the central couple. Also, we’ll get to see Pollyanna McIntosh’s Jadis follow up on bringing Rick into the inescapable CRM mess in which he found himself. That’s disharmony at its finest on TV. How many episodes will we see in this season?

The good news is that both the Maggie/Negan and Daryl spinoffs have both been greenlight for second season and are finishing up production at a pace that means we’ll see them again soon. However, the less than awesome news is that the first The Ones Who Live season is fairly short: 6 episodes. Viewers can rest assured, however, that not a moment is wasted, and in particular, the fourth episode slaps.

AMC’s The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live debuts (and streams via AMC+) on Feb. 25.

Meghan Smith is the owner of Melody Note Vintage store in the eternally hip town of Palm Springs, California, and her old-school Gen X advice has really connected with younger people on TikTok.

In a video posted in December 2022, she shares the advice she wishes that “somebody told me in my twenties” and it has received more than 13 million views. Smith says that she gave the same advice to her partner’s two daughters when they reached their twenties.

The video is hashtagged #GenX advice for #GenZ and late #millennials. Sorry older millennials, you’re too old to receive these pearls of wisdom.

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Here is some of the timeless advice that Smith shares in the video.

Perfection is bullshit.

You will never be more good-looking than you are today.

Put your phone down and enjoy your life.

Don’t change for anybody.

Don’t worry about making mistakes.

Laugh at yourself.

If somebody shows you their true colors, believe them.

Travel.

You end up dating the people you think you deserve. Usually, you deserve better.

Don’t forget to always wear your sunscreen.

@melodynotevintage

This might only help one person and thats ok. Advice I wish somebody told me in my twenties. #genx advice for #genz and late #millennials #adviceforyour20s #lifeadvice #fyp dont be an asshat in the comments if you are older, its not helpful.

She followed up the video with a sequel with even more sage advice.

Know who’s on your side and who you can ask for help.

Don’t smoke.

Don’t spend longer than one year with the wrong person.

Find your own style.

Don’t stress over the small stuff.

Good manners don’t go out of style.

Do the work that it takes to be really good at something.

Your happiness is more important than other people’s disappointment.

@melodynotevintage

This might only help one person and thats ok. Advice I wish somebody told me in my twenties part 2 #genx advice for #genz and late #millennials #adviceforyour20s #lifeadvice #fyp

This article originally appeared on 1.18.23

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have been married since 1977. Other notable things that happened that year: Jimmy Carter was sworn in as POTUS, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, Star Wars came out. The Bidens have been married for as long as freaking Star Wars has existed.

So, what’s the secret to their successful marriage? Sex.

A new book, American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden by author and New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, claims that the 81-year-old president is fond of telling people that he and Jill are still together because they have “good sex.” Joe doles out this martial advice to his aides, “much to his wife’s chagrin,” according to the Daily Mail.

Biden comes across as more of a romantic elsewhere in the book:

The Bidens are an openly affection couple, showing their love for one another with public romantic gestures. The president took his wife out for a date night in Rehoboth Beach in August, where the couple had a seafood meal at Matt’s Fish Camp and then headed to the local theater to see Oppenheimer… They concluded their date night with a romantic walk on the beach to see the super moon, which is when a full moon occurs near the Moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. The president had his arm around the first lady.

How many times has Joe taken Jill on a date to an ice cream shop? I’m guessing at least 50 times.

American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden comes out on February 27th.

(Via the Daily Mail)

After a break to close out 2023 and start 2024, Taylor Swift resumed The Eras Tour in February 2024 with stints in Japan and Australia. Since the very start back in March 2023, one thing all performances have had in common is the surprise songs: Swift devotes a two-song chunk of her set to a rotating roster of songs, which are different just about every night, and performs them acoustically.

When it comes to what songs Swift has chosen, we’ve rounded that up for you below (via data from PopBuzz), including what artists joined Swift for those performances, if any. This post will be updated as The Eras Tour rolls on. So, check it out:

The Eras Tour Surprise Songs In 2024

February 7 — Tokyo, Japan — “Dear Reader” and “Holy Ground”
February 8 — Tokyo, Japan — “Eyes Open” and “Electric Touch”
February 9 — Tokyo, Japan — “Superman” and “The Outside”
February 10 — Tokyo, Japan — “Come In With The Rain” and “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
February 16 — Melbourne, Australia — “Red” and “You’re Losing Me”
February 17 — Melbourne, Australia — “Getaway Car/August/The Other Side Of The Door” and “This Is Me Trying”
February 18 — Melbourne, Australia — “Come Back…Be Here/Daylight” and “Teardrops On My Guitar”
February 23 — Sydney, Australia — “How You Get The Girl” and “White Horse/Coney Island” with Sabrina Carpenter

The Eras Tour Surprise Songs In 2023

March 17 — Glendale, AZ — “Mirrorball” and “Tim McGraw”
March 18 — Glendale, AZ — “State Of Grace” and “This Is Me Trying”
March 24 — Las Vegas, NV — “Our Song” and “Snow On The Beach”
March 25 — Las Vegas, NV — “Cowboy Like Me” (with Marcus Mumford) and “White Horse”
March 31 — Arlington, TX — “Sad Beautiful Tragic” and “Ours”
April 1 — Arlington, TX — “Death By A Thousand Cuts” and “Clean”
April 2 — Arlington, TX — “Jump Then Fall” and “The Lucky One”
April 13 — Tampa, FL — “Speak Now” and “Treacherous”
April 14 — Tampa, FL — “The Great War” (with Aaron Dessner) and “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
April 15 — Tampa, FL — “Mad Woman” (with Aaron Dessner) and “Mean”
April 21 — Houston, TX — “Wonderland” and “You’re Not Sorry”
April 22 — Houston, TX — “A Place In This World” and “Today Was A Fairytale”
April 23 — Houston, TX — “Begin Again” and “Cold As You”
April 28 — Atlanta, GA — “The Other Side Of The Door” and “Coney Island”
April 29 — Atlanta, GA — “High Infidelity” and “Gorgeous”
April 30 — Atlanta, GA — “I Bet You Think About Me” and “How You Get The Girl”
May 5 — Nashville, TN — “Sparks Fly” and “Teardrops On My Guitar”
May 6 — Nashville, TN — “Out Of The Woods” and “Fifteen”
May 7 — Nashville, TN — “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” (with Aaron Dessner) and “Mine”
May 12 — Philadelphia, PA — “Gold Rush” and “Come Back… Be Here”
May 13 — Philadelphia, PA — “Forever & Always” and “This Love”
May 14 — Philadelphia, PA — “Hey Stephen” and “The Best Day”
May 19 — Foxborough, MA — “Should’ve Said No” and “Better Man”
May 20 — Foxborough, MA — “Question…?” and “Invisible”
May 21 — Foxborough, MA — “I Think He Knows” and “Red”
May 26 — East Rutherford, NJ — “Getaway Car” (with Jack Antonoff) and “Maroon”
May 27 — East Rutherford, NJ — “Holy Ground” and “False God”
May 28 — East Rutherford, NJ — “Welcome To New York” and “Clean”
June 2 — Chicago, IL — “I Wish You Would” and “The Lakes”
June 3 — Chicago, IL — “You All Over Me” (with Maren Morris) and “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”
June 4 — Chicago, IL — “Hits Different” and “The Moment I Knew”
June 9 — Detroit, MI — “Haunted” and “I Almost Do”
June 10 — Detroit, MI — “All You Had To Do Was Stay” and “Breathe”
June 16 — Pittsburgh, PA — “Mr. Perfectly Fine” and “The Last Time”
June 17 — Pittsburgh, PA — “Seven” (with Aaron Dessner) and “The Story Of Us”
June 23 — Minneapolis, MN — “Paper Rings” and “If This Was A Movie”
June 24 — Minneapolis, MN — “Dear John” and “Daylight”
June 30 — Cincinnati, OH — “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” and “Evermore”
July 1 — Cincinnati, OH — “Ivy” (with Aaron Dessner), I Miss You, I’m Sorry” (with Gracie Abrams), and “Call It What You Want”
July 7 — Kansas City, MO — “Never Grow Up” and “When Emma Falls In Love”
July 8 — Kansas City, MO — “Last Kiss” and “Dorothea”
July 14 — Denver, CO — “Picture To Burn” and “Timeless”
July 15 — Denver, CO — “Starlight” and “Back To December”
July 22 — Seattle, WA — “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “Everything Has Changed”
July 23 — Seattle, WA — “Message In A Bottle” and “Tied Together With A Smile”
July 28 — Santa Clara, CA — “Right Where You Left Me” (with Aaron Dessner) and “Castles Crumbling”
July 29 — Santa Clara, CA — “Stay Stay Stay” and “All Of The Girls You’ve Loved Before”
August 3 — Los Angeles, CA — “I Can See You And Maroon
August 4 — Los Angeles, CA — “Our Song” and “You Are In Love”
August 5 — Los Angeles, CA — “Death By A Thousand Cuts” and “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
August 7 — Los Angeles, CA — “Dress” and “Exile”
August 8 — Los Angeles, CA — “I Know Places” and “King Of My Heart”
August 9 — Los Angeles, CA — “New Romantics” and “New Year’s Day”
August 24 — Mexico City, Mexico — “I Forgot That You Existed” and “Sweet Nothing”
August 25 — Mexico City, Mexico — “Tell Me Why” and “Snow On The Beach”
August 26 — Mexico City, Mexico — “Cornelia Street” and “You’re On Your Own, Kid”
August 27 — Mexico City, Mexico — “Afterglow” and “Maroon”
November 9 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — “The Very First Night” and “Labyrinth”
November 11 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — “Is It Over Now?/Out Of The Woods” and “End Game”
November 12 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — “Better Than Revenge” and “Slut!”
November 17 — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil — “Stay Beautiful” and “Suburban Legends”
November 19 — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil — “Dancing With Our Hands Tied” and “Bigger Than The Whole Sky”
November 20 — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil — “Me!” and “So It Goes…”
November 24 — São Paulo, Brazil — “Now That We Don’t Talk” and “Innocent”
November 25 — São Paulo, Brazil — “Safe & Sound” and “Untouchable”
November 26 — São Paulo, Brazil — “Say Don’t Go” and “It’s Time To Go”

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville seems to have no clue what damage his home state has wrought following a new controversial court ruling that declares embryos are children. As a staunchly pro-life Republican, Tuberville apparently thought the ruling would stop abortion, and he clearly had no idea that it actually made in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments untenable throughout the state.

“Yeah, I was all for it,” Tuberville proudly told a reporter outside a conservative event on Thursday via The Guardian. “We need to have more kids, we need to have an opportunity to do that, and I thought this was the right thing to do.”

“I think the big thing is right now, you protect – you go back to the situation and try to work it out to where it’s best for everybody,” Tuberville added. “I mean, that’s what – that’s what the whole abortion issue is about.”

However, Tuberville’s demeanor quickly changed when the reported noted that the ruling would have the opposite effect as IVF providers across the state announced they will no longer provide the process. Less IVF equals less kids, Tommy.

Via The Guardian:

“That’s a hard one,” Tuberville said when asked about IVF availability in Alabama. “It really is.”

Tuberville said: “I’d have to look at what they’re agreeing to and not agreeing to. I haven’t seen that.”

Realizing that Tuberville obliviously walked into a mess, the senator’s office issued a statement clarifying that he does not support halting IVF procedures, which again, will make more babies, not less.

“In addition to being pro-life and believing life begins at conception, Senator Tuberville is also pro-family,” spokesperson Hannah Eddins said. “He believes strong families are instrumental to our country’s success.

(Via The Guardian)

By this time next month, the two highest-grossing movies of 2024 will both star Timothée Chalamet. That’s a little weird, right? Wonka currently leads the domestic box office for 2024 (even though it came out in 2023), while Dune: Part Two, which releases on March 1, is expected to make $60 million-$80 million in its opening weekend. That’s not to mention the hundreds of millions more it’ll earn in popcorn bucket sales.

But back to Wonka. Director Paul King was recently asked by Comic Book whether the Willy Wonka origin story (it’s amazing this movie is as fun as it is considering, again, it’s a Willy Wonka origin story) will get a sequel.

“It’s definitely something we’re thinking about. One of the things I love most about David Heyman, my producer, is that he has made so many great movies that he doesn’t feel the pressure to just make a movie because it can be made,” he said.

King brought up how there’s 50 years between Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Chalamet’s Wonka, so “we can wait a beat, and if we don’t come up with a story, this is a movie with a beginning, a middle, and end that works on its own and if we come up with something that we think can be exciting — certainly Oompa Loompas feel like there can be a plural Oompa Loompas. Of course there are some ideas sloshing around, but we don’t have a story yet, so we’ll see what happens.”

The last time King directed a sequel, it was Paddington 2. By that measure, Wonka 2 will be a disappointment unless it’s the greatest film of all-time.

(Via Comic Book)

Time, as the man once said, is a flat circle. Everything we’ve ever done or will do, we’re gonna do over and over again.

Case in point: Snoop Dogg is once again sharing photos with Kurt Cobain. The last time he did so was in 2019 when he posted a recently resurfaced photo of himself and the Nirvana frontman hanging out in 1992. There was just one problem: The photo was fake, and Snoop had been fooled by a clever PhotoShop job by an Instagram user, Vemix, whose whole bit is pairing celebrity photos.

Today, Snoop posted another photo with himself and Cobain, this time, with the addition of Dr. Dre. Once again, though, it seems Snoop was the victim of yet another PhotoShop by Vemix. Snoop apparently thought the pic was real yet again, captioning the photo “Throwbac.” Incidentally, it is mostly real: The photo was from the 1994 American Music Awards, however, it didn’t originally feature Cobain. Instead, it featured the photographer Ron Wolfson’s son, Ryan, whose face Vemix replaced with Kurt’s. Wolfson noted the change in Snoop’s comments, but the Doggfather has yet to acknowledge the comment.

Interestingly enough, Snoop previously posted the original photo, which Wolfson reposted onto his own page back in 2021. I’ll give you three guesses as to why Snoop doesn’t remember.

Out of respect for Wolfson’s copyrights, you can check out Snoop’s erroneous post here and the original photo here.