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David Letterman to Return to Canada After 48-Year Break (Exclusive)
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (320+ words) The former "Late Night" and "Late Show" host will interview Zach Galifianakis in his Just For Laughs festival debut after doing a routine on the CBC variety show "90 Minutes Live" in February 1978. David Letterman is returning to perform in Canada…...
Adelaide Writers Week Canceled as 180 Speakers Withdraw After Exclusion of Palestinian Writer
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (810+ words) The uproar began when the board of the Adelaide Festival, which runs the event, announced on Jan. 8 that they had disinvited Randa Abdel-Fattah. Organizers of Australia's largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers…...
Nikki Glaser Says Political Jokes “Weren’t Funny” for This Year’s Golden Globes
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (505+ words) The comic, who just hosted the awards show for the second year in a row, also shared the jokes that didn't make the cut with radio host Howard Stern. Fresh off her second consecutive year hosting the Golden Globe Awards,…...
Tom Cherones, Emmy-Winning ‘Seinfeld’ Director and Producer, Dies at 86
1+ week, 2+ day ago (580+ words) The Alabama native set the visual tone for the "show about nothing" during its first five seasons, then called the shots for "Ellen," "NewsRadio" and other sitcoms. Tom Cherones, the director and producer who worked on 81 of the first 86 episodes…...
John Mulaney Postpones Minneapolis Shows Following ICE Shooting
1+ week, 3+ day ago (300+ words) "I am sorry to anyone who is disappointed. I know a fun stand-up show could be a nice distraction, but it doesn't sit right with me to put anyone at risk," the comedian wrote on Instagram. John Mulaney has postponed…...
Conan O’Brien Calls Out Anti-Trump Comedians for Focusing Too Much on Anger: “You Always Need to Be Funny”
1+ week, 3+ day ago (380+ words) "You just have to find a way to channel that anger, because good art will always be a perfect weapon against power," the comedian and former late night host said. Conan O'Brien is calling out comedians who have centered their…...
Andy Friendly Dead: ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Producer, CNBC Exec Was 74
1+ week, 4+ day ago (421+ words) A son of CBS News legend Fred Friendly, he also was a programming executive at syndication powerhouse King World. Andy Friendly, a son of famed CBS newsman Fred Friendly who served as the first producer on Entertainment Tonight and worked…...
Golden Globes Host Nikki Glaser Admits She’s “Kinda Screwed” (She’s Not)
1+ week, 5+ day ago (445+ words) With days to go before her return, the comedian opens up about not watching the 2025 telecast until this week, embracing imposter syndrome and how the lack of a monoculture makes a tough gig even tougher: "People don't know what the…...
Jerry Bruckheimer to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
1+ week, 5+ day ago (162+ words) Weta Workshop co-founder Sir Richard Taylor will be honored with the VES Visionary Award. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer will receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 VES Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. W't" Workshop co-founder Sir Richard…...
Bret Hanna-Shuford, Broadway Actor and Social Media Influencer, Dies at 46
2+ week, 1+ day ago (314+ words) He and his husband, Stephen, created their joint social media page the Broadway Husbands, where they documented their lives as a gay parents. Bret Hanna-Shuford, the former Broadway actor and one-half of the social media group the Broadway Husbands, has…...