Larry Wilmore

"As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race," the Nightly Show host tells The Hollywood Reporter.
"As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race," the Nightly Show host tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Wilmore on his career's lowest point: "Getting fired from The Bernie Mac Show, the show which I created."
When asked by THR, Wilmore named the pope as his dream interview subject: "I want to see if he would keep it 100 [a reference to Wilmore’s segment that challenges guests to give 100 percent honest answers]."
King, 60, still is holding out hope she'll snag a Bruce Springsteen interview. "Smart and fascinating," she says of the media-shy rocker.
"I always wanted to interview Nelson Mandela," says Roberts of her dream interview. "I admired how he was about reconciliation and not retaliation."
"We have a long history," says King of her friendship with Roberts. "And it's great that both of us are here at this time in our lives."
"It's great that you have two women of color on two morning shows," King tells THR. "There seemed to be an unspoken 'only one' back in the day. Both of us can be role models for girls of any color."
"Everyone gets so freaked out when they get to New York," the ABC World News Tonight anchor tells THR. "Nothing shocks me anymore on the subway. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
"I think it's a good thing that the younger generation gets some of their news from those comedy shows," says Muir. "Hopefully we can get them to come to the news for more."
"Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding," Muir says in light of the public's distrust of news media.