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Exclusive | NYC's senior citizen improv class says "yes, and' to healthy aging
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (1439+ words) It's a Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn Heights, and Pamela has just arrived at her bachelorette party." It's a peculiar one: The bride-to-be appears to be a bespectacled 80-something with a practical coral coat and significant hearing loss. There's nothing but…...
Exclusive | David Spade's delightfully crude new movie is a reminder that it's OK to laugh at jokes about everyone and everything
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (779+ words) David Spade has been "pleasantly surprised" with the reception of his new movie, "Busboys." On X, which Spade told me garners "the most vicious" opinions, the feedback has been about "96% positive." But in that 4%, one guy gave it a withering…...
The Balusters" review: A hilarious clash of wackos on Broadway
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (734+ words) One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission. At the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th Street. It's the Battle of the Affluent!" Or, at any rate, the latest Battle of the Affluent. David Lindsay-Abaire's bracingly funny new HOA play "The Balusters," which opened…...
Hugh Jackman is ramming into theaters with murder mystery comedy "The Sheep Detectives
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (313+ words) Show business has spawned a specialty organization called a Talent Agency. No personnel are over 23. Anyone who really knows the business gets fired. Their previous training? Summer lifeguard. The office says it wants young blood. One assistant VP suddenly disappeared....
How April Fools" Day is celebrated around the world
1+ year, 3+ week ago (645+ words) From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools" Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don"t leave your back open to any stray…...
Horrifying video shows "Bob's Burgers' actor Eugene Mirman's car engulfed in flames in crash that nearly killed him
3+ week, 4+ day ago (323+ words) Terrifying video shows the moment "Bob's Burgers" actor Eugene Mirman's car was entirely engulfed in flames just moments after he crashed'into a toll plaza" and had to be pulled from the fiery wreck by the New Hampshire governor's security detail....
Monty Python" comedian Terry Gilliam says Trump emboldened people to laugh again after woke activists ruined comedy
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (517+ words) Veteran filmmaker and "Monty Python" alum Terry Gilliam believes that President'Donald Trump's re-election has allowed people to laugh again. When asked if he still felt that humorless activists were stifling comedy, Gilliam declared that Trump had'shaken up the environment. "I…...
SNL's' Please Don't Destroy comedy group reveals fate in wake of show axings
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (374+ words) They won't destroy them." Please Don't Destroy, the comedy trio that includes"John Higgins, Ben Marshall, and Martin Herlihy, will not break up in the wake of shakeups at "Saturday Night Live." Following "SNL's" brutal bloodbath after Season 50 " which included…...
Stuttering John" Melendez suing podcaster pair for secretly recording his voice and mocking him
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (481+ words) Stuttering John" Melendez is suing a pair of podcasters for secretly recording his voice and using his name " and even his couch cushions " to make a buck off his significant fame." Melendez, 59, claims comedians Karl Heberger and Shuli Egar used…...
Dave Chappelle claims he was "snubbed" by the Grammys and Emmys after trans jokes
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (348+ words) Comedian Dave Chappelle aired his COVID-era documentary "Dave Chappelle: Live In Real Life" at a film festival in Martha's Vineyard on Friday after the original release failed due to backlash over his 2021 Netflix special "The Closer." "I've gone on to…...