For John Oliver, recent news that Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would press pause on their $110 billion merger has HBO’s troublemaking golden boy feeling … much like he did before. “Nothing’s happening, and everything has stayed the same,” says Oliver, during a phone call early Friday morning. “That’s the only way that we can really move forward, total denial.” The host of Last Week Tonight says he long ago learned to keep his head down when, as he puts it, “prospective business daddies” weigh the future of his employer. So, as his current contract is due to expire at year’s end, late-night’s reigning Emmy magnet is staying the…
