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Daily Show, Trevor Noah add Jaboukie Young-Smith to fake news team

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Jaboukie Young-White is the newest (and youngest) correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Comedy Central announced Thursday. Young-White joins The World’s Fakest News Team alongside Noah, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan, and Roy Wood Jr. Audiences will enjoy the latest addition to the crew immediately. Everyone has been talking about the 24-year-old Chicago native. Variety put him on this year’s 20 Comedians You Should and Will

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Titus Burgess LGBTQ flight will have drag crew, DJ (Video)

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt star Titus Burgess has partnered with Virgin Airlines for the first-ever “Pride Flight.” The one-off Trans-Atlantic flight will depart from London and land in New York City for the 2019 World Pride. Virgin Airlines has set the flight up as the ultimate pre-party for the event. The flight will come with a new kind of in-seat entertainment including performances by drag queens, speed-dating, a Judy Garland sing-along,

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Watch: Ron White Netflix special teaser

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Comedian Ron White announced his new special premiering on Netflix October 16 via his Twitter today. The special, titled If You Quit Listening, I’ll Shut Up, will be the first special White has released since 2012’s A Little Unprofessional, his first with the streaming giant. A veteran comedian with over 30 years of on-stage experience, White might be remembered best for his infamous alias “Tater Salad.” White toured as part

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Rare Robin Williams performance to air on SiriusXM

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SiriusXM announced Wednesday that they will be honoring the late Robin Williams with a week of special programming starting October 15. The special programming will air on the Comedy Greats channel which can be found on channel 94. Robin Williams had a historic 42-year career as a stand-up comedian and actor. Remembered by many for his iconic roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, and his Oscar-winning performance in Good Will Hunting,

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Impractical Jokers comedy team land TBS game show

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The dudes who brought you Impractical Jokers have a new game show on TBS. Based off the popular card game Sh*t Happens, Misery Index will feature two teams competing against each other to “rank hilarious and miserable real-life events—from getting fired to accidentally sexting your grandfather on a scale of 1-100.” The cable network is ordering 10 half-hour episodes of the series from the truTV comedy troupe, The Tenderloins, made

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Tom Arnold Dean Cain Twitter feud follow backstage battle (Video)

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Tom Arnold speaks up! The Hollywood Reporter has obtained a new video of a verbal altercation between comedy actor Tom Arnold and actor Dean Cain. From the video, it is slightly confusing about what the fight is over, but THR reports it was over Arnold’s claims that Cain has, or at least excuses, anti-LGBTQ sentiments. Dean Cain is probably best remembered for his role as Superman in the 1990s Lois

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Billy Connolly volunteers for Parkinson’s stem cell research

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Desperate times call for desperate measures. Billy Connolly, the iconic Scottish stand-up comedian and actor, has volunteered to become a “guinea pig” for Parkinson’s research. The news comes from his book which is being serialized by The Daily Mail. “I’ve spoken to guys working on [stem cell research] at Harvard and told them I’ll be a guinea pig for them,” he writes. “I think they are going to take me

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John Leguizamo, Latin History for Morons gets Netflix debut

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Netflix announced they will be releasing a filmed version of John Leguizamo’s one-man show, Latin History for Morons, on November 5th. Leguizamo is best recognized for his roles in films like Carlito’s Way, Chef, and the Ice Age franchise, but Leguizamo is no newcomer to Broadway. He has performed in and written many one-man shows, four of which have been filmed for release including 2014’s Ghetto Klown and 1998’s Freak. The filmed version

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NBC buys Girl Scouts comedy from Late Night writer Ally Hord

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Ally Hord is selling more than Girl Scout cookies. NBC has put Woman Scouts in development from the former Late Night with Seth Meyers writer. The comedy centers on a feminist who drops out of grad school and decides to kickstart the lives of the women around her by starting an adult Girl Scout troop, which sounds like if brunch came with merit badges. “There’s no limit to what life

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South Park compares Brett Kavanaugh to a Christmas poo (Video)

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South Park puts Mr. Hankey on trial during this Wednesday’s all-new episode. In a nod to the recent Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the beloved Christmas poo will defend his character “or lose everything that is important to him” according to a press release from Comedy Central. “The Problem with a Poo” takes a look at Mr. Hankey’s past behavior and potentially offensive comments about South Park’s citizens. On the line

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