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Roy Wood Jr. roasts Biden, Tucker Carlson, more at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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Roy Wood Jr.’s closing monologue at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a glorious sight to behold. The comedian roasted everyone from President Joe Biden to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, eliciting a mix of laughter and groans from the crowd of attending journalists.
“Give it up for Dark Brandon,” Wood opened, a reference to President Biden’s heavily-memed, laser-eyed alter ego. He then joked about Biden leaving some classified documents on the podium: “Don’t give them to him, I’ll put them in a safe place. He don’t know where to keep them.”
Wood also turned his attention to the media, and to the firing of Carlson from Fox News and Don Lemon from CNN. “Tucker got caught up!” he said. “Got caught up like that dude from Vanderpump Rules” — a reference to the infamous Scandoval.
Later remarks on Lemon included: “Yes, Don Lemon was a diva, and he said a couple of women are raggedy in the face, but that’s a promotion at Fox News!”
While the evening was full of riotous jokes at the expense of high-profile politicians and journalists, Wood also took the time to address current newsworthy topics, such as anti-drag legislation and school shootings. “Drag queens are not at a school to groom your kids. Stop it,” he said. “And even if they were, most of them kids are gonna get shot at school.”
In response to the audience’s audible discomfort, he retorted: “Don’t groan, pass legislation!”
Wood also spoke to the importance of journalism, drawing on his father Roy Wood Sr.’s experience as a reporter covering Black platoons in Vietnam and the Soweto riots in South Africa. Wood Sr. went on to found the National Black Network, now the American Urban Radio Network.
“The work you do as journalists is important. It’s essential. It’s dangerous,” Wood said, going on to champion local reporters and highlight the terrifying reality of newsroom layoffs. The entire speech is worth a watch: Come for the Dark Brandon jokes, stay for the impassioned breakdown of the current state of journalism.
John Wick Director Wants To Work With Charlize Theron, Robert Downey Jr, And More
The John Wick franchise started with just a single, self-contained action movie starring Keanu Reeves in the now-iconic role. John Wick Chapter 4 director wants to give Wick himself a rest, but he has a list of other actors he’d love to work with, he revealed in a new interview with The Direct.
“The first thing that came to mindset [sic] was Cillian Murphy,” Stahelski said. “I’m a big Peaky Blinders fan, so you know, I just think Cillian would fit right on. Colin Farrell is fantastic. Charlize Theron when she did Atomic Blonde, I saw that, went ‘Oh my god, I gotta work with this woman. She’s awesome. I worked with Michelle Yeoh way back on a commercial, and I’ve been dying to work with her ever since.”
Other actors Stahelski called out include Birds of Prey actor Jurnee Smollett, Robert Downey Jr, Peter Dinklage, and Sean Bean.
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Tamar Braxton Opens Up About Her Newly Announced Engagement to Jeremy “JR” Robinson
Tamar Braxton is engaged!
The R&B belle/media maven shared the news this week in tandem with the launch of her new show ‘Queens Court’ on Peacock.
Interestingly, the ‘Love & War’ belter met her new fiancé Jeremy “JR” Robinson on the show – which aptly saw her looking for love alongside Nivea and Evelyn Lozada.
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