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Photo: YouTube As COVID-19 vaccinations attempt to outpace a potential fourth wave, late night continues to slowly go back to “normal.” One sign nature is healing: A new late-night show just appeared on the scene. Gutfeld! premiered on Fox News this week, and … we have some notes . Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Tonight Show all had a mix of in-studio and remote guests this week, while The Late Late Show continued its convivial slumber-party vibes with a staff-filled audience. Ian Karmel’s impromptu Freddie Mercury impression just barely missed the top five late-night moments this week, but every COVID monologue on that show is a unique delight. In her A Little Late With Lilly Singh interview, Amber Ruffin pointed out that COVID filming restrictions have allowed late-night shows to get really weird. Late night has been dancing like nobody’s watching, and I’m loath to see that energy go when in-studio audiences become the norm again. Here’s how late night used … [Read more...] about David Alan Grier’s Left Nut Won Late Night This Week

British and Irish Lions chairman Jason Leonard accepts the summer tour to South Africa will be unlike any before it because of the coronavirus pandemic. Both the Lions board and South African Rugby have committed to pressing ahead with the tour in the home of the world champions, although changes to the original itinerary are likely. A fixture against the Stormers in Cape Town on July 3 is scheduled to launch a quest that culminates in a three-Test series against the Springboks, but the number of cities visited could be significantly reduced. "We're looking at all options. The only thing that's 100 per cent is we're not going to have a traditional Lions tour in whatever shape or form," Leonard said. "We won't get the tour we want, South Africa won't get the tour they want, the players most probably won't get the tour they want and the fans won't get the fan experience they want." All contingency options, including postponement and holding the tour in the UK, were … [Read more...] about British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa will be unlikely any other, says chairman Jason Leonard

Popular cartoon series such as Barbie, Peppa Pig and My Little Pony are under fire in China after parents complained to a consumer rights watchdog that they contained "inappropriate behaviour". The Jiangsu Consumer Council in eastern China has released a list of 21 cartoon series which it said contained behaviour and language it claimed were inappropriate for children after watching the shows and interviewing parents. Eight of the series are from overseas including Britain's Peppa Pig, and America's Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures and My Little Pony, with five others from Japan, such as Detective Conan, according to the council which is a Chinese government-backed organisation set up to protect consumers' rights. In one example of a scene described as dangerous in Peppa Pig, the character Daddy Pig opens the door of a plane and falls from the aircraft. In a scene in the My Little Pony cartoon, a character dips itself in lava. In Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, there are scenes of … [Read more...] about Barbie, Peppa Pig and My Little Pony dangerous for kids, Chinese report says