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Posted Monday 1/27/20 at 4:04PM EST
Dave Chappelle blames traffic for not accepting his Grammy award on stage
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker accepted Chappelle's Grammy for Best Comedy Album for Sticks & Stones on his behalf during...
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Posted Saturday 1/04/20 at 12:06AM EST
How Jake Gyllenhaal wound up as the scene-stealing "Mr. Music" in John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch
John Mulaney says Gyllenhaal was always the first choice to play Mr.
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Posted Monday 12/23/19 at 10:41PM EST
Eddie Murphy's SNL Mount Rushmore of Black Comedy monologue moment was cool, yet kind of muddled
"It was definitely a cool moment to create a Mount Rushmore of black comedy live on stage, uniting Murphy with...
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The Enduring Legacy of Norman Lear's Good Times
Comfort TV is alive and well this holiday season — the dubious need look no futher than ABC's returning Live...
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Dave Chappelle accepts Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: "I love this genre, it saved my life"
Jon Stewart described Chappelle as the "black Bourdain" during Sunday's ceremony, which PBS will broadcast on Jan.
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Posted Monday 10/14/19 at 9:38AM EDT
Transgender activist mentioned in Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones dies
In a "hidden extra" on Chappelle's controversial Netflix special, Chappelle discussed becoming friends with a transgender woman, who he claims...
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Posted Saturday 10/05/19 at 9:42AM EDT
Comedians have been essentially complaining about cancel culture since the 1980s and 1990s
"People fretted over political correctness back then, too, you know," Drew Magary says of the recent trend of comedians complaining...
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Posted Friday 9/20/19 at 4:56AM EDT
In defense of Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr's new comedy specials: "The risk of offensiveness has to be there"
Chappelle's much-criticized Netflix special Sticks & Stones "is using comedy to ask difficult questions about the intersections of race and...
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Posted Monday 9/16/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Sarah Silverman enjoyed Dave Chappelle's new special, says there's a "mutated McCarthy era" when it comes to criticism of offensive comedy
Silverman was discussing her old show I Love You, America with the Los Angeles Times when she delved into the...
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Posted Sunday 9/15/19 at 2:59AM EDT
After winning an Emmy, Leaving Neverland director calls Dave Chappelle's jokes attacking Michael Jackson accusers "revolting"
HBO's Leaving Neverland won the Emmy for best documentary or nonfiction special at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys.
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Posted Saturday 9/14/19 at 3:10AM EDT
Jim Gaffigan defends Dave Chappelle: "Sometimes we think that he’s gonna be like Obama"
Gaffigan tells Andy Cohen that he'd defend any comedian, saying sometimes people "lose the appropriate expectations.
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South Park earns another three-season renewal
South Park, which was previously renewed for three seasons in 2015, has been picked up through Season 26 in 2022.
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Posted Wednesday 9/11/19 at 10:32PM EDT
Bill Burr's new Netflix special is thoughtful, surprising, and introspective -- but the first four minutes are frustrating
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger begins looking like yet another comedy special responding to straw men like "cancel culture" and "safe...
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 7:10PM EDT
Joel Kim Booster on Dave Chappelle's Sticks & Stones: "It’s kind of sad"
The Korean-American comedian and star of NBC's Sunnyside responded in particular to Chappelle's blatantly racist impression of a Chinese person...
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Posted Saturday 9/07/19 at 3:40AM EDT
In defense of Dave Chappelle
Chapelle's controversial new Netflix comedy special Sticks & Stones takes aim at the power of outrage mobs, says Meghan Daum.