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Dave Chappelle Slams Trump for "Weaponizing" His Jokes

18+ hour, 28+ min ago  (541+ words) Everything we cannot stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture. Dave Chappelle accused Donald Trump of winning the 2024 election by misappropriating his controversial jokes. "I did resent that the Republican Party ran on transgender jokes. I…...

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Porn Solves Everything in Apple TV's Star-Studded Comedy

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (471+ words) The answer, it turns out, isn't nearly far enough. Margo (Fanning) is a freshman at California's Fullerton College. Her path is forever altered by her English Literature professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), whose praise of her writing is just a means…...

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Will Forte Reveals How Close He Came to Getting Fired From "SNL

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (708+ words) Will Forte is one of the only comedians to ever turn down an initial offer from Lorne Michaels to join Saturday Night Live. But after three years in the cast, he found himself at a crossroads on the show. In…...

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Oscar-Nominated TV Star Steals Netflix's Wild New Comedy

1+ week, 32+ min ago  (593+ words) Dan Levy can't resist a family in crisis. His first series, which he co-created with his father Eugene Levy, was Schitt's Creek, a Canadian comedy that became an international sensation. One of the greatest examples of sneakily profound comfort viewing,…...

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How "The Office" Inspired the Most Bonkers Show on TV

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (559+ words) How do you film a TV show when your main character doesn't know he's on it? You make sure to cast the right person. "One of the joys of working on The Office was it was all discovery," Jury Duty…...

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Blue Bloods" Actor and Comedian Dies at 42

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (625+ words) Back to the Future" Star Dies at 94 The Daily Beast - 1 "Blue Bloods" Actor and Comedian Dies at 42 LEGACY TO REMEMBER Alex Duong died surrounded by his family after battling cancer. - 2 Hollywood Icon Slams "Sexy" Star Playing Her in Biopic'TOTALLY WRONG…...

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TV's New James Bond Is a Hilariously Insecure Muslim Actor

3+ week, 19+ hour ago  (646+ words) In the 2010 British satire Four Lions, Riz Ahmed plays Omar, a wannabe suicide bomber who, despite coveting the role of jihadist, is clearly in over his head. In the film, Omar believes he is a hero, that he is doing…...

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MAGA "Wedding Crashers" Star Slams Late-Night Hosts

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (567+ words) Trump-friendly actor Vince Vaughn blamed late-night hosts" political agendas for the supposed downfall of their shows. "People want authenticity, and I think that the talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based," Vaughn, 55, said on MAGA comedian Theo Von…...

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Tina Fey Helps Save "SNL UK" From Utter Disaster

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (951+ words) Forget Tyler Perry, beer-and-trucks bro-country, and faith-based movies starring Jim Caviezel. The biggest disparity between American and British pop culture has revealed itself to be Saturday Night Live. On one side of the Atlantic, it's considered a TV institution that…...

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Friends" Star Boldly Changes Stance on Show"s Most Famous Debate

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (350+ words) The never-ending debate about whether Ross and Rachel were "on a break" continued on Friday, as Lisa Kudrow revealed her Friends rewatch has given her a new perspective. Kudrow, who is promoting the third and final season of her HBO…...