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Stephen Colbert’s finale feels less like the end of a television show and more like the closing curtain on an entire era of lazy political comedy built around one exhausted premise: “Orange Man Bad.” For nearly a decade, late night abandoned wit, risk and originality in favor of nightly applause lines aimed at Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump outlasted the comedians, the pundits and the carefully scripted outrage machine itself.
How Stephen Colbert’s liberal agenda ended The Late Show
With The Late Show wrapping up and Donald Trump celebrating, RT looks back at the lowlights of Stephen Colbert’s career
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Tiny Desk Concert stripped away arena spectacle and revealed what made her compelling in the first place: sharp songwriting, emotional precision and an unforced authenticity that survived fame. Backed by a restrained acoustic arrangement, she sounded less like a manufactured pop phenomenon and more like a genuinely gifted young songwriter processing heartbreak in real time. The intimacy of the format exposed both vulnerability and control, proving that behind the industry machinery there is an artist with actual substance.
Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk Concert
Hazel Cills | December 11, 2023 The last time Olivia Rodrigo performed a Tiny Desk concert, it was two years ago, in a deserted DMV office, back when pandemic precautions meant artists sadly couldn’t play the real Desk. But this year, the singer-songwriter returned, bringing a handful of songs from her wildly fun sophomore album to the NPR Music office.
Hundreds of suspected child predators have been apprehended and dozens of minors rescued in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown across Southern California targeting internet-facilitated child exploitation, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has said.