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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. LATE-NIGHT HOSTS RALLY AROUND STEPHEN COLBERT JIMMY FALLON, SETH MEYERS, JOHN OLIVER, JON STEWART AND ANDY COHEN ALL APPEAR ON 'THE LATE SHOW' Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jon Stewart and Andy Cohen all appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, days after CBS announced it is canceling the show next May. The late-night hosts were joined by a slew of other stars, including Adam Sandler, Anderson Cooper, Weird Al Yankovic, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher McDonald and Robert Smigel — with Sandler and McDonald showing up on the same night their feature sequel Happy Gilmore 2 premiered in New York. (Notably absent was Jimmy Kimmel, who is L.A.-based and on summer break.)  The group appeared after Colbert had delivered his own rebuke to President Donald Trump, who was over the moon at the news last week. Colbert opened his show by telling the former host of The Apprentice to "go f*ck yourself." Earlier on The Daily Show, Stewart had used that same line when referring to Paramount, the parent company of both CBS and Comedy Central. “If you’re trying to figure out why Stephen’s show is ending, I don’t think the answer can be found in some smoking gun email or phone call from Trump to CBS executives or in CBS’ QuickBooks spreadsheets on the financial health of late night," said Stewart. "I think the answer is in the fear and pre-compliance that is gripping all of America’s institutions at this very moment, institutions that have chosen not to fight the vengeful and vindictive actions of our pubic hair-doodling Commander in Chief." >>>Colbert Rips $16M Settlement Venice Film Festival Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo del Toro, Noah Baumbach & Benny Safdie In Competition – Full Lineup ‘Below The Clouds’ Trailer: Gianfranco Rosi’s Naples Documentary To Debut In Competition in Venice Venice Documentary ‘My Father And Qaddafi’ Sets Sales & Distribution With MAD Solutions ‘No Other Choice’: Watch Trailer For Park Chan-wook’s Latest Film; Release Date Set Deadline Exclusives & Originals A 'Dawson's Creek' Reunion - Katie Holmes is set to write, direct and star in Happy Hours, a new feature film trilogy where she’ll be reunited with her Dawson’s Creek co-star Joshua Jackson. Production on the first film kicks off in New York City this summer, with the second and third installments scheduled to follow closely after. >>>Couple Who Reconnect As Adults Jussie Smollett Speaks - The Jussie Smollett hoax hate crime attack saga is set to be explored in a new documentary. Netflix has ordered The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, a 90-minute feature doc about the case. It will feature an interview with Smollett himself. >>>Case Just Wrapped Up Paradigm's Book-To-Film Plan - Paradigm has set a new book-to-film initiative pairing athletes with bestselling authors. Kicking off the slate is a collaboration between actress, writer, producer, and former WWE superstar, CJ Perry (a.k.a Lana) and bestselling author Blake Northcott on the novel Bulletproof Angel. >>>Spy Thriller In Brief - Sarah Paulson signs with Entertainment 360... UTA signs Five Nights at Freddy’s filmmaker Emma Tammi              THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW Netflix Reality Star Yolanthe Cabau On Her Undercover Child Trafficking Rescue Work: “I Will Do This Until My Last Day” You may have already seen her reality show, Yolanthe, on Netflix, but on Saturday evening at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, Yolanthe Cabau went deeper on the work of Free a Girl. She founded the organization in 2008 in an effort to rescue young girls being sex trafficked around the world. Free a Girl has so far rescued 8500 children from sex trafficking and helped lock up 2300 of the perpetrators. “I, myself, grew up in a unsafe household,” Cabau said. “My father was a drug addict, and my mom and me and my siblings, we had to flee the country because it was very dangerous. So we went from Spain to Holland, and as a child growing up in that unsafe environment, I always knew that one day, I wanted to do something for those children that don’t have a voice or people don’t see them, and they’re so vulnerable.” After footage of Cabau's work in the field was screened, Cabau was joined on a Q&A panel by Lara Lessing, director of Free a Girl USA and by Lane Terzieff, founder of the non-profit UNIT-E. Deadline's Antonia Blyth moderated the conversation. >>>Watch The Interview              Quotable   "The script's underway" - Kevin Feige on Marvel Studios' forthcoming X-Men reboot Renewals, Cancellations & Pickups ​​​​​​​Hulu Schedules Virgin Dating Show; Colton Underwood & Kaitlyn Bristowe To Host Exclusive ‘Happy Face’ Canceled By Paramount+ After One Season Casting About exclusive Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and Robin Tunney (The Mentalist) are set to star in Divine Blood, a dark indie comedy marking the feature directorial debut of husband-and-wife duo Paul Castro Jr. and Aly Miller. Exclusive Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is among those set to join Michael Bisping's thriller Atlas King. Filming is underway this week in Los Angeles. Exclusive Odeya Rush has been cast as a series regular opposite Patrick Dempsey, Michael Imperioli and Richard Harmon in the new Fox drama series Memory of a Killer. In Brief - The Devil Wears Prada 2 adds Rachel Bloom & Patrick Brammall... Ted Lasso Season 4: Juno Temple & Brendan Hunt return; new cast Development Exclusive ‘Cinderella’ Fairy Godparents Musical Series From Skydance TV In Works At Disney+; Jennifer Lopez Producing, Rachel Shukert EP & Showrunner Exclusive Chris Estrada To Headline Comedy ‘Forklift’ In Works At NBC by the numbers   107M -  Number of views for the 'Mortal Combat II' trailer in the first 24 hours More News ⚖️ The company providing liability insurance to Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios has filed a lawsuit against them in federal court, saying that its policies don’t cover the claims asserted by Blake Lively in her sexual harassment lawsuit. 🤖 Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced The AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act, which  would restrict AI companies from using copyrighted material in their training models without the consent of the individual owner. ✍️  Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira is writing DC Studios' new redo of Wonder Woman. She is also reportedly set to write a live-action take of Teen Titans. 🍿 The latest Demon Slayer movie is killing it in Japan, breaking records for opening day gross, single-day gross, and three- and four-day debuts. As we noted on Sunday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle also set an all-time Imax record in Japan. Hirings, Promotions & Exits   Lionsgate Marketing Heads JP Richards And Keri Moore Exiting Company Exclusive Ex-Paramount Global Exec Roxanne Pompa Joins Diamond Moving Pictures Obituaries 🕯️ Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who rose to fame as the son on 1980s megahit The Cosby Show and had a prolific acting career that included series-regular slots on The Resident and Malcom & Eddie and was a Grammy-winning recording artist, died Sunday in a drowning accident while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. He was 54. 🕯️ Gary Smith , the prolific producer of awards shows and TV specials for such performers as Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, Neil Diamond, Tony Bennett, Dolly Parton, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé, and many others, died Friday, July 18, in Los Angeles. He was 90. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries On the Radar Tue - Adam Sandler on Seth Meyers Wed - Alphabet Q2 earnings Thu - Comic-Con starts Fri - Charter earnings Sun - Tour de France final leg Photo of the Day 'Happy' Guys - Adam Sandler, Ted Sarandos and Benny Safdie attend Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2 New York Premiere This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe