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Posted Friday 12/08/17 at 1:38PM EST
Late-night hosts take on Al Franken’s resignation
Seth Meyers addressed the latest allegation that the Minnesota senator inappropriately touched a Democratic congressional staffer this way: “Not only...
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Posted Thursday 12/07/17 at 1:12PM EST
Al Franken announces his resignation from the U.S. Senate
“Some of the allegations against me simply are not true, others I remember very differently,” the SNL alum said on...
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Posted Thursday 12/07/17 at 4:46AM EST
Stephen Colbert thinks Al Franken is finished
The latest misconduct allegation, says The Late Show host, is “the straw that groped the camel’s back.
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Posted Wednesday 12/06/17 at 2:18PM EST
Al Franken to make an announcement Thursday following the emergence of another accuser
There is speculation that the SNL alum-turned-U.
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SNL briefly touched on Matt Lauer’s firing
The former Today anchor is the third person with a connection to Saturday Night Live to be accused of sexual...
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Posted Thursday 11/30/17 at 1:38PM EST
A U.S. army veteran accuses Al Franken of groping her during his 2003 USO tour
Stephanie Kemplin, 41, has become the fifth woman to accuse the U.
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Posted Monday 11/27/17 at 2:38PM EST
Al Franken says “I am embarrassed. I feel ashamed” in his return to the U.S. Senate
The Saturday Night Live alum-turned-U.
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
Would David Letterman have survived his 2009 sex scandal in 2017?
PBS’ decision to cut Al Franken out of PBS’ Mark Twain Prize ceremony celebrating Letterman is, says Anna Silman, “a...
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
Apology experts say public apologies for sexual harassment have “been awful”
Charlie Rose and Al Franken actually offered apologies, unlike Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, who offered “faux apologies,” says one...
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
Why the 36 female former SNL staffers supporting Al Franken’s letter are no “Lena Dunham 2.0”
Unlike Dunham’s statement last week in support of her former Girls writer, the letter released this morning from the former...
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 12:35PM EST
36 former female SNL staffers sign a letter defending Al Franken
Notably, only two former female cast members, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman, signed the letter defending Franken, who worked on...
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Posted Monday 11/20/17 at 11:08PM EST
Watch Al Franken play a U.S. senator in a 1991 SNL Clarence Thomas sexual harassment hearing sketch
Franken played U.
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Posted Monday 11/20/17 at 1:56PM EST
A second woman accuses Al Franken of inappropriate touching
Lindsay Menz, 33, alleges that Franken grabbed her buttocks in 2010 while taking a photo.
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Posted Monday 11/20/17 at 1:56PM EST
“Weird Al” Yankovic applies to have his name trademarked so he won’t be mistaken for Al Franken and other Als
“If you really feel compelled to insult Franken, Sharpton, Gore, Roker, or Pacino.
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Posted Sunday 11/19/17 at 8:34PM EST
PBS cuts Al Franken from David Letterman’s Mark Twain Prize tribute following groping allegation
"PBS will air an updated David Letterman: The Mark Twain Prize on Monday," PBS said in a statement.