Actor-comedian Steve Byrne — the star of the TBS sitcom “Sullivan & Son” — has called out California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), for their mishandling of the L.A. wildfires, saying their mismanagement of the state’s water supply and other related matters qualifies as “criminal.”
Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan has admitted that he alienated some fans for repeatedly attacking President-elect Donald Trump on social media for years, but added “I don’t regret it.”
Comedian Kathy Griffin has urged fans to catch her latest tour, claiming it might be their last chance before President-elect Donald Trump sends her to “one of those internment camps.”
A female Netflix comedian has launched an attack on fellow stand up Dave Chappelle, accusing him of profiting from making transgender people “feel unsafe.”
Comedian Stephanie Broadbridge called off the show “Raygun: the Musical” just hours before it was set to premiere in Sydney, after Rachael Gunn’s lawyers contacted its comedy club venue and threatened legal action.
Other than those mildly offensive comments — standard fare for comedy — that was it. There were no “antisemitic and racist speeches.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Action Fund issued a statement Monday condemning insults against what it called the “Latinx” community at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
Worse still, Seinfeld is defending an indefensible double standard: he’s standing up for a bigotry where Christians and men (especially white men) can be ridiculed, demeaned, and insulted, while everyone else is off limits and protected.
Former President Donald Trump sat down with comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz for an interview, where he cracked up the show’s hosts with a brutal roast of lame duck President Joe Biden.
A packed roster of Hollywood comedians will hold a virtual fundraiser for Kamala Harris next week, the latest effort by entertainment industry elites to stuff Kamala’s coffers with hard cash.
Cuba’s communist Castro regime — which does not respect the freedom of expression and aggressively silences dissenting voices — will host its first bi-annual international “Political Humor” event in Havana on Friday.
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus has expressed sharp disagreement with her former co-star Jerry Seinfeld on the subject of political correctness, saying complaining about P.C. culture is a “red flag.”
According to former Packers Pro Bowler David Bakhtiari, the roast of Tom Brady on Netflix did a lot more than just entertain and gain hundreds of thousands of views, it also “Killed PC culture.”
Comedian Katt Williams took on the subject of reparations during his new Netflix stand-up special Woke Foke, saying the tens of billions of dollars the U.S. has sent to Ukraine should go instead to black Americans.
This year’s host of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, SNL’s Colin Jost, opted to give Joe Biden a tongue bath instead of roasting him.
A standup performance from former TV host Chelsea Handle was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters Friday in Richmond, Virginia.
Gay comedian Jerrod Carmichael won’t drop his beef with Dave Chappelle.
A-List actress Sharon Stone has recently spoken out on abuse she claims to have suffered in Hollywood, and comedian Dana Carvey is apologizing for an act he feels may have harmed her.
Comedian Kevin Hart says he will never host the Oscars because it is no longer a “comedy-friendly environment.”
There was only ever one genuine, unique, authentic George Carlin, and an attempt to re-create his comedy genius via an artificial-intelligence (AI) created copy has been slammed by one person who would know that better than anyone else – his daughter Kelly.
Comedian Dave Chappelle has defied the transgender cancel mob once again, taking aim at transgender activists as well as other members of the LGBTQQIAAP2S+ world in his latest Netflix special The Dreamer, which began streaming on New Year’s Eve.
Netflix viewers are demanding “‘ableist slurs” contained in the new Ricky Gervais standup special Armageddon are cut after the comedian’s “Make-A-Wish” skit included a segment where he called children with cancer “baldies.”
Israel’s leading comedy show, Eretz Nehederet (“Wonderful Land”), has struck again — this time, mocking the United Nations for its indifference to reports of rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas against Israeli, mostly, Jewish, women on October 7.
Stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger has blasted what she calls the “neo-liberal wet dream” of supporting Hamas, warning that the left’s faddish sympathy for the Palestinian terrorist organization is both misinformed and dangerous.
Taylor Tomlinson has targeted former President Donald Trump in her stand-up comedy routines, while also gushing over Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
A former writer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” is refusing to apologize after he posted jokes about the late Friends star Matthew Perry’s death, even going as far as to say, “I do love it when junkies die.”
Another high-ranking Hollywood talent agent is in hot water over social media posts sympathetic to Hamas, including sharing a post that called murdered Israeli babies “fake.”
Race-baiting comedian Hasan Minhaj has now admitted to inventing many of the stories of discrimination he has faced for his comedy.
An Edinburgh venue cancelled a comedy show featuring Father Ted creator Graham Linehan over the comedian’s views on transgenderism.
Roseanne Barr has returned to Twitter after a nearly three-year absence, thanking Elon Musk for allowing her recent interview with fellow comedian Theo Von to remain on the platform after Google-owned YouTube censored it.
Chinese social media sites banned a Malaysian comedian based in the United Kingdom named Nigel Ng on Monday for making jokes about China’s dystopian surveillance state, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, and Taiwan.
Sykes reacted to comedian Kevin Hart expressing anxiety over comedy’s overly “political” climate, telling the Guardian, “To me, the whole complaint about cancel culture is a lot of men — especially straight men — who are just pissed that they can’t say things any more, y’know?”
The Chinese Communist Party appeared to belie panic over the growing popularity of stand-up comedy, an allegedly “Western” artform, in the country on Wednesday, celebrating a criminal investigation against such a comic for a joke mocking a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) slogan.
Comedian Dave Chappelle took a blowtorch to the lawless, Democrat-controlled city of San Francisco during a surprise standup set in the Bay City this past weekend.
A female stand-up comedian was heckled and called a “transphobe” after joking about Dylan Mulvaney, saying that Mulvaney has no “t*ts” because he’s still a man.
Comedian Andrew Schulz has blasted Democrat leaders for backing President Joe Biden for a second term in the White House, saying it is a shameful time for the political party.
Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston noted in a recent interview that “a whole generation of kids” now finds Friends offensive, adding, “You have to be very careful,” because comedians are “not allowed” to engage in comedy in the manner they once
Will Smith is reportedly “embarrassed and hurt” by Chris Rock’s Netflix special “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” in which the comedian addresses the infamous Oscars slap. Smith wants Rock to “let it go,” and it also upset that Netflix gave the comedian a platform.
Chris Rock saves the Will Smith jokes for last in his new standup special Selective Outrage, which Netflix livestreamed from Baltimore on Saturday.
Comedian Dave Chappelle shows no signs of making peace with the transgender activists who have waged a cancel culture campaign against him for years. In the latest episode of his podcast “The Midnight Miracle,” the stand-up great suggested that their favorite insult — “transphobe” — is the modern-day equivalent of the n-word.
