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Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State will tackle liberals and conservatives in New York debut

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Colin Quinn is going to solve the political divide in this country in his new one-man show Red State Blue State. Well, he’s going to try. The Tough Crowd comedian will expose “the absurdities, hypocrisies, and calamities on both sides of the political divide,” according to a press release. This is no ‘witch hunt’ =cough, Donald=. Quinn “is here to own the libs, the conservs, and all of you in

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Friends From College gets awkward in Season 2 trailer (Video)

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Friends from College is coming back for its second season January 11 and Netflix has released a new trailer for the show. In the first season of the Netflix original series, a group of friends from Harvard now in their early 40s must navigate the difficulties of adult life. When an affair between two members of the clique is exposed, it throws the friend group into chaos. While the first

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CBS announces Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase participants

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CBS announced the 21 participants they have selected for their annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase. The performers will appear in six shows beginning January 15 at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles. The showcase has been a way for emerging talent to be seen by executives, showrunners and casting directors from CBS and other networks for over a decade. While the showcase has strived to highlight underrepresented groups,

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Ellen DeGeneres: Kevin Hart should host the Oscars (Video)

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Kevin Hart will appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday and it seems he has the endorsement of the daytime talk show host. This will be his first major TV appearance since his withdrawal last month from hosting the Oscars. The Night School comedian was pushed to give up the hosting dream job after old homophobic tweets resurfaced hours after the Academy tapped their new emcee. The producers of

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Comedians of the World: Navigating each region of Netflix’s global stand-up event

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Netflix just dropped over 20 hours of stand-up with their new global comedy event Comedians of the World. The event may be some Americans’ first experience of stand-up comedy from other countries but in different languages. The series showcases half-hour sets from 47 different comedians in 13 different regions in 8 different languages. With almost a full day’s worth of content, Comedians of the World can feel daunting, but Laughspin

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Emily Heller, NBC team up to form Secret Society

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NBC is developing a secret society—and comedian Emily Heller is its leader. NBC called dibs on Secret Society from Heller, as well as fellow executive producers Kay Cannon and Laverne McKinnon. Written by Heller, Secret Society centers on Beth, a struggling reporter who is tired of feeling invisible in her small town and recruits other women to help take over a dying branch of an all-male secret society. Heller, whose

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Sober January motivation: 9 comedians who got clean

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It’s Sober January for many people as the calendar turned to 2019. Many out there take the month off drinking for Sober January, while others may have made their New Year’s resolution to get clean. Kicking an addiction is always a popular New Year’s resolution and drinking less is reportedly in the top ten reported popular resolutions for 2019. Getting sober is hard, but many accomplish it. With help from meetings,

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Tiffany Haddish to PETA: I’ll stop wearing fur when cops stop killing black people

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Tiffany Haddish is wearing fur until cops stop unarmed killing black men, and she doesn’t care what PETA has to say about it. In a recent Instagram video post, the Nobody’s Fool actress described that after a show at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, a fan gave her the fur jacket that she is wearing in the video. She then describes what would usually be an outlandish gifting experience

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Netflix pulls Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj episode after Saudi Arabia complained

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Netflix surprised everyone on New Year’s Day by pulling an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. After the Saudi Arabian government complained how a particular episode cast the kingdom in a negative light, the streaming giant blocked access to the episode within Saudi Arabia’s borders. The episode in question focused on the controversial killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Now would be a good time to reassess our relationship with

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Opinion: Comedians should be able to test bad jokes…even Louis C.K.

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The most recent Louis C.K. controversy brings up the conversation about whether or not a stand-up stage is a sacred place. Comedy clubs have policies barring recordings of their comics and bigger names like Dave Chappelle have utilized special services to ensure their material is not leaked ahead of a big Netflix release. Laughspin has asked two stand-up comics to examine each side of the privacy of the comedy club.

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