Tonight's guest on The Daily Show is Olivia Wilde and the topic on The Nightly Show is issues that are important to black women with panelists Issa Rae, Marina Franklin, Christina Greer, and Jacque Reid.
Olivia Wilde is an actress, producer, and model. She is widely known for her character Thirteen on the show House, as well as her character Alex Kelly on The O.C. Tonight she is on to prome her latest movie
The Lazarus Effect.
THE LAZARUS EFFECT follows a group of researchers led by Frank and his fiancé Zoe who've achieved the unimaginable - bringing the dead back to life. After a successful, yet unsanctioned, trial on a newly deceased animal, the team is ready to unveil their breakthrough to the world. When the dean of their university learns of their underground experiments, their project is unexpectedly shut down and their materials confiscated. Frank, Zoe and their team take matters into their own hands, launching a rogue attempt to recreate their experiment, during which things go terribly wrong and one of their own, Zoe, is horrifically killed. Fueled by terror and grief, Frank pushes them to do the unthinkable: attempt to resurrect their first human test subject. Initially, the procedure appears a success, but the team soon realizes something is wrong with Zoe. As her strange new persona reveals itself, the team quickly becomes stuck in a gruesome reality.
Reviews are mixed for the movie. To me it doesn't look like that big of a departure from the B grade horror movies that have been released lately.
Issa Rae
is an American actress and writer. She is the creator of the YouTube workplace-comedy series Awkward Black Girl as well as Ratchet Piece Theater, The "F" Word, and The Choir
Marina Franklin
is a comedian. She has appeared in the following shows: Wanda Sykes' "Herlarious", Showtime's "Women Who Kill", Craig Ferguson's "Late Late Show", "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn", NBC's "Last Comic Standing", "Showtime at The Apollo", "The Awkward Comedy Show", "The Jay Leno Show", Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend”, CW’s “Hip Hop Holdem”, Dutch TV's "The Comedy Factory", "The Chappelle Show", Inside Amy Schumer as "Telephone Operator" and BBC’s “The World Stand’s Up”
Christina Greer
is an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University-Lincoln Center campus. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, and public opinion. She is the author of the forthcoming book Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press). Prof. Greer received her B.A. from Tufts University and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
Jacque Reid
is a television and radio personality. She was the lead news anchor of The BET Nightly News from 2001-2005. Jacque is currently one of the co-hosts of the NBC New York affiliate show called "New York Live."
Next Week's Guests
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
Mo 3/2: Robert Smigel
Tu 3/3: Sigourney Weaver
We 3/4: Viacheslav Fetisov
Th 3/5: Gerald Posner