‘The Daily Show’ sets Democratic National Convention schedule

August 19, 2024

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The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture in Chicago will be hosting the Democratic National Convention beginning Monday, and The Daily Show news team will be there.

Michael Kosta kicks things off Monday at 10 p.m. CT, and his special guest will be Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Desi Lydic will co-host Tuesday evening and welcome Illinois Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. On Wednesday, Jordan Klepper returns with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

On Thursday, Jon Stewart takes the anchor desk for a live episode, a half hour later than usual, airing at 10:30 p.m. CT following the closing of the DNC.

The Daily Show news team includes Ronny Chieng, Dulcé Sloan and Lewis Black, with new additions Troy Iwata, Josh Johnson and Grace Kuhlenschmidt.

Only money in the building: Selena Gomez is now a billionaire

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Sure, Selena Gomez is a world-famous actress and singer, but it’s her makeup line that has made her a billionaire.

Bloomberg reports that the star of Only Murders In the Building is one of the country’s youngest self-made female billionaires. According to the publication’s Billionaires Index, she’s worth $1.3 billion, and most of that — $1.1 billion — comes from Rare Beauty Brands Inc., her 5-year-old makeup brand.

Selena isn’t the first pop star to become a billionaire based on a makeup line: Rihanna hit that milestone in 2021 thanks to her line, Fenty Beauty.

Selena’s other income comes from brand partnerships, acting, music sales, streaming and her interest in her mental health start-up company, Wondermind, according to Bloomberg. Her past multimillion-dollar brand partnerships include Coach, Louis Vuitton and Puma SE. And she makes at least $6 million per season from Only Murders.

Stacy Jones, founder and CEO of LA-based branding company Hollywood Branded, tells Bloomberg Selena is “a multifaceted businesswoman with diverse income streams contributing to her impressive net worth.”

Brent Saunders, the CEO of Bausch + Lomb Corp, and an investor in Wondermind, tells Bloomberg that in Selena, “You’ve got a real role model of how a celebrity can use their influence and expertise to both do good and create good business.”

Harrison Ford says keeping his ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ character’s secret was “wonderful”

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Harrison Ford, if you don’t know by now, is a pretty good actor.

A chat with Entertainment Weekly reveals he straight-up lied to a reporter from another outlet about his character in Captain America: Brave New World, President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross.

A year ago, Ford was asked by ComicBook.com if the ripped pants he was spotted wearing on set were a hint of his character’s rage-filled alter ego, the Red Hulk. Convincingly seemingly clueless, Ford said, “What is a Red Hulk?”

When told about the character’s origins, Ford said, “Really!?”

To Entertainment Weekly, however, Ford revealed he was putting the reporter on for the sake of spoilers. “I was in on it,” he said. “Yes, I did know, and I thought it was a fabulous secret to keep. Unfortunately, the secret’s out of the bag.”

The 82-year-old added, “But what I do not know is what the Red Hulks do, which is very interesting to me.”

Ford also said he had “the best time” on the movie, noting, “I had seen other actors in the Marvel universe, well respected, really good actors, have a really good time, and I said, ‘I want me some of that.’ And I got some.”

Captain America: Brave New World opens Feb. 14, 2025.

Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

Jay Leno reveals he babysat Drew Barrymore

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TV personality Ross Mathews is now a regular on The Drew Barrymore Show, and while on assignment for the hit chat show in a segment that aired Thursday, he had an impromptu reunion with his old boss Jay Leno.

That’s where Jay also revealed he used to babysit Drew.

Ross got his start on camera as one of Leno’s Tonight Show interns, and while he and Barrymore were on the Universal Studios lot interviewing current interns about breaking into showbiz, Ross was surprised by Leno, rolling up in a golf cart.

Leno told the interns, “Ross was my favorite intern. We had a lot of them, but he was the most annoying. That was the fun part,” Entertainment Weekly says.

Later, Ross and Drew hopped into the cart and they reminisced.

During the chat, Jay revealed that once upon a time, he babysat for Barrymore, who is now 49.

“I met Drew when she was 3 years old. I was dating her aunt,” Jay recalled. “She was asked to babysit, and I picked you up and bounced you on my knee,” calling it, “just very funny.”

“How did we never talk about that!?” Drew asked.

He didn’t remember all that much about Drew at the time — “Well, you were a baby! I was the boyfriend of the babysitter. You would come in and sit and you’d make the kid laugh,” he told Drew.

That said, when he saw E.T. a few years later he immediately recognized Drew as “that little girl” he once minded.