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Jon Stewart’s Exit Can Bring In New Late-Night Diversity

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10 years ago

February 12, 2015

One of the biggest questions in entertainment this week is “Who will replace Jon Stewart?”

On Tuesday, on the last segment of his show, Jon Stewart announced that this is his last season on “Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. The announcement came as a huge surprise to fans and even his own staff.

Stewart has been the face of the show on Comedy Central since 1999.

In addition to creating a lane for and popularizing “fake news,” comedic spins on daily and weekly news stories, he has also launched the careers of Oscar-nominated actor Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert (“The Colbert Report” and the new replacement for David Letterman on “Late Night with David Letterman”), John Oliver (“Last Week Tonight”) and Larry Wilmore (“The Nightly Report with Larry Wilmore”), amongst others.

USA Today posted a list of potential candidates, adding that this might be a great time to add some diversity to late night talk shows. Their prospective list included Chris Rock, Mindy Kaling, Key & Peele, Kristen Wiig and Wanda Sykes.

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The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 30 – November 5, 2024

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Love Life Organization Shows Love

As part of Love Life Week, the Love Life Foundation was honored to produce the 1974-75 World Champion Golden State Warrior Day. It’s a shame that our first Bay Area World Championship team’s unique accolades had been lost in the pre social media era and the cultural revolution of the 1970s.

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October 28, 2024

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Members of the 1975 NBA championship team, Charles Dudley (left) and Clifford Ray (right) embrace Love Life Foundation leader Donald Lacy for his antiviolence mission. Courtesy photo.

City of Oakland Celebrates 1975 NBA World Championship Team

By Donald Lacy

Special to The Post

As part of Love Life Week, the Love Life Foundation was honored to produce the 1974-75 World Champion Golden State Warrior Day.

It’s a shame that our first Bay Area World Championship team’s unique accolades had been lost in the pre social media era and the cultural revolution of the 1970s.

The 1975 NBA World Championship team were invited back to the City of Oakland last Friday, to be properly celebrated for their ground-breaking performance in 1975.

The heartwarming ceremony highlighted the recent passing of the legendary coach of that team, Al Attlles, and his former players Clifford Ray and Charles Dudley were on hand to represent the “Cardiac Kids” as they were called back then for their ability to make great comeback victories during their run for the title.

Warriors great Chris Mullin and former spiritual advisor Gary Reeves gave heartfelt testimonies of their experiences under Attles’ leadership and their relationship with the inspiration they received from the NBA 1975 World Champion Golden State Warriors.

The City of Oakland provided proclamations to all parties with speeches made by city leadership including Mayor Sheng Thao and Deputy Mayor Dr. Kimberly Mayfield and activity host Love Life non-profit founder and Executive Director Donald E. Lacy Jr..

There will be a celebration of life event Nov. 9 honoring Attles’ legacy at Alameda College.