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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Crashes the Trump Trial Circus

Hot on the heels of his latest “Let’s Make a Poop” game show special featuring Rob Schneider, “Weird” Al Yankovic, and more, Triumph the...

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Jimmy Kimmel Lays Into Trump for Confusing Him for Al Pacino

“What a day this was,” Jimmy Kimmel said at the top of his late-night monologue on Wednesday before recounting the “tumultuous morning” he had...

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Demetri Martin Is 50 and Ready to Give Up His ‘Boyish’ Brand

Demetri Martin just put out his first new stand-up hour in six years. But when he sits down for this interview with The Last Laugh podcast, he’s...

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Comedian Alex Edelman Took on Neo-Nazis. Next Is the Israel-Gaza War.

Alex Edelman was having a hectic week before an unexpected earthquake briefly knocked out the internet in his New York apartment just before our...

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Larry David Reveals Why He’s Really Ending ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

During an “exit interview” on Sunday Today with Willie Geist ahead of Sunday night’s series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm , Larry David shared...

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W. Kamau Bell: Trump or Biden, America ‘Might Be F*cked’

It’s been six years since W. Kamau Bell’s last special, Private School Negro, premiered on Netflix. And after hosting CNN’s United Shades of...

03.04.2024 9

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Ramy Youssef Offers Prayers for Palestine and Israeli Hostages in SNL Monologue

In his promos ahead of this weekend’s Saturday Night Live hosting gig, comedian Ramy Youssef joked that he’s not even the first...

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Tig Notaro on Making Comedy About Her Very Famous Friends

It’s been more than a decade since Tig Notaro broke through in a big way by walking onto the stand-up stage in Los Angeles and telling her audience,...

27.03.2024 10

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Rebel Wilson Names Sacha Baron Cohen as Alleged ‘Asshole’ in New Memoir

Rebel Wilson went rogue on Sunday night and posted the name of the alleged Hollywood “asshole” she had said she planned to expose in her upcoming...

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Steve Martin Breaks Down His Unifying Theory of Comedy

There has always been an indelible quality to Steve Martin’s comedy that is almost impossible to articulate. But in a new two-part documentary...

22.03.2024 10

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Why the Voice of Comedy Central Left Hollywood Behind

When Kyle Kinane’s clean-shaven face pops up on Zoom, it’s genuinely disorienting to see him without the signature beard that has become his...

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John Oliver Mocks Kate Middleton’s Terrible Photoshop Skills

John Oliver got one quick joke off at Kate Middleton’s express during the opening moments of HBO’s Last Week Tonight on Sunday. At the top of his...

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How ‘Hamilton’ Star Renée Elise Goldsberry Became TV’s Funniest Diva

Despite never really doing comedy before Girls5eva , Renée Elise Goldsberry has managed to steal nearly every scene she’s been in over the two...

13.03.2024 7

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks De Niro, RDJ—and Katie Britt—in Oscars Opening

Jimmy Kimmel has never seemed uncomfortable hosting the Oscars, but he appeared more at ease than ever Sunday night during his fourth outing as master...

11.03.2024 5

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Bassem Youssef Thinks Jon Stewart Is Wrong on Israel-Gaza—But Still Respects Him

Comedian Bassem Youssef has been widely known as “the Egyptian Jon Stewart” ever since he gave up being a heart surgeon and made himself into the...

06.03.2024 8

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Donnell Rawlings Talks Netflix Special and Why He’ll Never Stop Defending Chappelle

Before Donnell Rawlings was a professional comedian, he was an amateur heckler. He would go to comedy clubs and yell back at the stage, sometimes...

28.02.2024 10

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Comedian Rory Scovel Is Ready for His George Carlin Era

In the past, comedian Rory Scovel never really knew what he was going to say when he walked onto the stand-up stage. But that all changed when he...

23.02.2024 10

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How Jenny Slate Finally Learned to Be Funny All by Herself

Jenny Slate has never been a traditional stand-up comic. And after a lengthy hiatus that followed her 2019 Netflix special Stage Fright—one that...

21.02.2024 9

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The ‘Conan’ Writer Who Became a Fox News Punching Bag

Laurie Kilmartin knew that naming her new stand-up special Cis Woke Grief Slut might be a little provocative. “I’m open to hate watches!” the...

14.02.2024 8

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Jon Stewart Uses ‘Daily Show’ Return to Equate Trump and Biden

The fate of The Daily Show was never more uncertain than in the weeks leading up to Comedy Central’s Hail Mary decision to bring back Jon Stewart...

13.02.2024 10

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Jon Stewart Calls Out ‘Very Small’ Apple TV+ for Censoring Him

Last fall, when Jon Stewart’s relationship with Apple TV came to an abrupt end, The New York Times reported that it was the tech company’s...

12.02.2024 10

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Paul Giamatti Finally Reveals How He Faked His Lazy Eye in ‘The Holdovers’

For months, Paul Giamatti has repeatedly refused to explain how he managed to give his character Paul Hunham in The Holdovers an incredibly...

08.02.2024 8

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Moshe Kasher: Comedy Can Be ‘Offensive’ Without ‘Willfully Hurting’ People

Before Moshe Kasher became a stand-up comedian, his life was defined by his intimate connections to Alcoholics Anonymous, the deaf community, rave...

07.02.2024 10

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Fox News Host Pushes Back at Trump’s Effusive Praise for China

It’s not often that Donald Trump receives push back from one of his sycophantic interviewers on conservative media. But it happened at least twice...

04.02.2024 8

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Shane Gillis Will Host SNL 5 Years After He Was Fired

Comedian Shane Gillis was fired as featured player on Saturday Night Live before he ever got to be in a single sketch. Now, he’s set to be the...

04.02.2024 7

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Ayo Edebiri Addresses Past J.Lo Hate in SNL Hosting Debut

During a game show sketch called “Why’d You Say It?” first time Saturday Night Live host Ayo Edebiri took a brief moment to acknowledge a...

04.02.2024 8

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How Jacqueline Novak Completely Revolutionized Sex Comedy

Jacqueline Novak spent six long years developing her “90 minute meditation on the blow job.” Now that “Get on Your Knees” is streaming on...

31.01.2024 9

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Zach Woods of ‘The Office’ on His Brutal, Loving NPR Parody

When Zach Woods was first cast as Gabe on Season 6 of The Office , he found a comment online where someone described his face as a “combination of...

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Mike Tyson Baffled by Animated Host in Hilarious NPR Satire

Each episode of In the Know, a new stop-motion animated series that premieres on Peacock this Thursday, Jan. 25, features a handful of cameos by...

23.01.2024 9

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Bill Maher Nearly Beat Out Norm Macdonald for ‘Weekend Update,’ SNL Writer Says

Norm Macdonald is widely considered to be the greatest “Weekend Update” anchor of all time. But according to former Saturday Night Live writer...

22.01.2024 8

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Dana Carvey Breaks Silence After Son’s Death: ‘I’m on the Pain Train’

For the first time since his son Dex’s overdose death last November at just 32 years old, Dana Carvey returned to the podcast mic on Wednesday for a...

17.01.2024 7

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Paul F. Tompkins Takes on Comedians Who Only Aim to Offend

Paul F. Tompkins is widely considered to be among the best comedy podcast guests of all time. But he doesn’t let that pressure get to him because,...

17.01.2024 10

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Ariana DeBose Not Amused by Critics Choice Joke at Her Expense

Less than a year after her widely mocked opening rap at the BAFTAs, Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose found herself to be the butt of a joke at...

15.01.2024 10

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Larry David Is Finally Happy in Trailer for ‘Curb’s’ Farewell Season

Many questions are raised in the trailer for the upcoming 12th and final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm , which premieres on HBO Sunday, Feb. 4, at...

11.01.2024 7

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Joe Pera Knows You Think He’s Playing a Character

Is Joe Pera for real? That’s the inevitable question you start asking yourself after seeing him perform soft-spoken stand-up jokes, listening to his...

10.01.2024 9

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Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. Talk ‘Daily Show’ Drama and 2024 Tour

The first time Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. worked together was for a 2015 Daily Show field piece that asked the question, “Are all cops...

03.01.2024 9

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Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back at Aaron Rodgers for Baseless Epstein List Swipe

Jimmy Kimmel is still on holiday break from his eponymous late-night show this week—but that didn’t stop him from taking a moment to respond to a...

03.01.2024 6

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Trump Angrily Denies ‘Bullying’ His Way Into ‘Home Alone 2’

Donald Trump kept the Christmas spirit going strong on Wednesday when he used his Truth Social account to go after the director of Home Alone and Home...

28.12.2023 10

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John Cleese Apologizes for ‘Very Bad Joke’ About Trump and Hitler

Comedian John Cleese appeared to realize what he had done when he tweeted late in the day on Tuesday a list of five ways that “Hitler was preferable...

27.12.2023 20

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Joe Rogan Corrected On-Air for Blaming Trump Gaffe on Biden

Joe Rogan has done it again. But this time, even his own producers couldn’t help but correct him during a live podcast taping. In a clip from...

22.12.2023 10

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Wanda Sykes Grapples With The Slap, Chappelle, and Turning 60

It’s been more than three decades since Wanda Sykes first stepped onto the stand-up stage—and sometimes it feels like she’s just now getting her...

20.12.2023 20

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Ziwe Exposes George Santos Once and for All in Scathing Sit-Down

It instantly became the most hotly anticipated—and dreaded?—political stunt of the year when comedian Ziwe Fumudoh asked disgraced former GOP...

18.12.2023 6

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Judd Apatow Got Roasted by Don Rickles at 11 Years Old

Judd Apatow is known for making long movies, from comedies like Funny People and This Is 40 that balloon past two hours, to documentaries on his...

15.12.2023 9

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Meghan McCain Threatens to Sue Her Former ‘View‘ Co-Hosts

14.12.2023 6

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Larry David Vows to Shed ‘Larry David’ Persona for Good

Well, it’s finally official. After 12 seasons spread over 24 years, Curb Your Enthusiasm will come to an end next year. HBO announced on...

14.12.2023 6

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‘Youngest Comedian Ever’ Puts Gen Z Narcissism in a New Light

Before Leo Reich takes the stage at the top of his new HBO special Literally, Who Cares?! we hear him introduce himself as the “youngest comedian...

13.12.2023 9

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SNL Reveals Real Reason RFK Jr. Was on Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane

Michael Che drew audible groans Saturday night when he delivered a particularly devastating joke about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s admission that he...

10.12.2023 20

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Meet Cord Jefferson: Gawker Editor-Turned-Oscar Frontrunner

Ten years ago, Cord Jefferson was blogging for Gawker. Now, his directorial debut, American Fiction , is almost guaranteed a Best Picture nomination...

06.12.2023 6

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Bill Burr: ‘With Any Luck’ Biden and Trump Will Both Die Before 2024 Election

Last month, comedian Bill Burr’s wife Nia Renée Hill was caught on camera flashing double middle fingers at Donald Trump during a pay-per-view UFC...

06.12.2023 7

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Emma Stone Welcomed Into SNL ‘Herstory’ by Tina Fey and Candice Bergen

Emma Stone became the youngest member of the Five-Timers Club on Saturday Night Live this weekend when she hosted the show for the fifth time in 13...

03.12.2023 5

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