Last Week Tonight with John Oliver may be on hiatus until February 8, but its host couldn't resist going on YouTube to give his take on the holidays. Specifically what he thinks is the "worst” holiday of them all: New Year's Eve...

2014

Dec

THE PRESIDENT AND THE PUNDIT By Monique Nazareth

As The Colbert Report draws to a close, Stephen is getting the A-list guests. On Monday (Dec. 8), it was President Barack Obama who stepped in, not only as a guest, but to take over “The Word” segment...

2014

Oct

'ROOM ON THE BROOM' BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR CHILD By Monique Nazareth

“The witch had a cat and a very tall hat, and long ginger hair which she wore in a plait.” So begins Room on the Broom, one of the loveliest Halloween cartoons airing this week on the Sprout channel. Except that it’s not a Halloween story...

2014

Sep

JOAN RIVERS 1933 - 2014 By Monique Nazareth

It seemed Joan Rivers would go on forever making fun of fashion, celebrities, aging, plastic surgery and herself but, sadly, she passed away today...

2014

Sep

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO EAT By Monique Nazareth

John Oliver may have taken a two-week break from his HBO series Last Week Tonight, but he can't seem to stay away from the news...

2014

Aug

THE ONE WITH JIMMY KIMMEL By Monique Nazareth

If you've been feeling nostalgic for the NBC sitcom Friends, you're not alone. Jimmy Kimmel offered his own homage to the show this week with help from a few of his Friends...

2014

Aug

ROBIN WILLIAMS: AT WORK AND/OR PLAY By Monique Nazareth

We were stunned and saddened to hear about the tragic death of Robin Williams... The award-winning actor was just 63... Here is a classic clip from his 2001 appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio...

2014

Jul

NO GOAL IS A GOOD THING By Monique Nazareth

Team USA may have lost to Belgium in their latest World Cup effort but the man of the hour (or, in this case, of the two-hour game) was goalkeeper Tim Howard who played the match of his life..

2014

Jun

WORLD CUP SOCCER, A.K.A. FOOTBALL, A.K.A. 'PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR THE MASSES' By Monique Nazareth

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is looking good... The host country, Brazil, as expected, won its opening match against Croatia. But the winners stateside included ESPN, which scored with a viewership of 4.4 million, a 55 percent increase over the 2010 South Africa opening match...

2014

Jun

THE OLD DAD SIDE-STEP By Monique Nazareth

In honor of Fathers Day, Jimmy Fallon presented the "Evolution of Dad Dancing" on his show Thursday. He got a little help from another dad, New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie...Christie had no problem crossing a bridge to Manhattan...

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Monique Nazareth

Monique Nazareth is a former producer on Knowledge@Wharton on SiriusXM's business channel, former senior producer on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and former producer on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She started her journalism career at Monitor Radio and is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

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