2 posts tagged ‘john oliver’
Seth Meyers risks ruining his home life by day drinking with Dua Lipa
AV Club,
The thing that makes Late Night With Seth Meyers’ “Day Drinking” segment so enjoyable is that there is an element of danger. These people are legitimately getting very drunk on camera; Lorde confessed to needing an IV drip after filming it. And though the content is obviously edited to be suitable for television,… Read more...
Pūteketeke named New Zealand's Bird of the Century in landslide
Boing Boing,
The campaign launched by John Oliver, host of the HBO show "Last Week Tonight," for the Pūteketeke to win New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest resulted in a massive landslide for the colorful water bird. The online voting event is held by New Zealand's conservation group Forest and Bird to raise awareness about endangered bird species, and is open to anyone, not just New Zealanders, with a validated email address. — Read the rest