Dave Chappelle Talks Fame, Standup, ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ and More

Ahead of the release of his new standup specials at Netflix, Dave Chappelle recently met up with Gayle King for a lengthy CBS This Morning interview that aired today, which covers everything from his decision to walk away from Chappelle’s Show to living in a small Ohio town to how his thoughts on standup, fame, […]

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Don Rickles to star in AARP Studios series, “Dinner with Don”

Jerry Seinfeld may drive comedians in cars to get coffee, but Don Rickles — who has appeared on Seinfeld’s Crackle-now-Netflix series — will skip the car ride and go straight to dinner, thank you very much. AARP Studios announced its first official series, Dinner With Don, headlined by the 90-year-old comedian. No TV/streaming network is […]

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John Oliver Breaks Down Donald Trump’s “Toddler Psychopath” Budget Plan

Here’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver breaks down Donald Trump’s cruel and petty “skinny budget” plan, which makes huge cuts to the EPA, State Department, and programs like the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which director of the Office of Management and Budget […]

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Inside the New Season of HBO’s ‘Animals’

Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano created, write, direct, and voice each episode of the animated series Animals on HBO. The duo might still be creating branded content for an advertising agency in NYC if not for the pigeons preening outside of their SoHo office window. Inspired by the city birds, they made an animated short […]

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Check Out Gina Yashere’s Very British ‘Daily Show’ Debut

British comedian Gina Yashere made her debut last night as the newest contributor on The Daily Show, and given all of the parallels between Brexit and the Trump administration, Trevor Noah turned to Yashere to offer some insight on what we can expect from Trump’s presidency, which he promised to supporters would be “Brexit plus […]

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Seth Meyers on Trump’s Budget Cuts: “Your Heart Is So Small It Makes Your Tiny Hands Look Like Catcher Mitts”

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Donald Trump has been complaining about the political climate not allowing him to fulfill some of his biggest campaign promises, plus his new budget plan that cuts pretty much every federal agency including anti-poverty programs like Meals on […]

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‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ Adds Gina Yashere as a Contributor

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah just added a new member to its news team. Comedy Central just announced that British comedian Gina Yashere has joined the show as a contributor — or as Yashere put it on Twitter, “British Correspondent.” Here’s more on Yashere from Comedy Central’s press release: Yashere (@ginayashere) was born & […]

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Gina Yashere joins The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Gina Yashere has joined The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central as a new correspondent. Her first report should air tonight! Here’s the press release: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah adds Gina Yashere as the latest contributor to join “The Best F#@ing News Team.” She was tapped by Executive Producer, Writer and […]

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Saturday Night Live going LIVE for Mountain and Pacific time zones for final four episodes of season 42

After announcing the return of Louis CK to host April 8, and a summer primetime edition of Weekend Update, Saturday Night Live is doing something truly unprecedented to end its 42nd season — broadcasting live for the entire United States. UPROXX got the scoop. The final four episodes of SNL Season 42 will air live […]

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‘SNL’s Final Season 42 Hosts: Jimmy Fallon, Chris Pine, Melissa McCarthy, and Dwayne Johnson

Saturday Night Live just revealed its final season 42 hosts. According to Uproxx the final four episodes of the year will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon (April 15th), Chris Pine (May 6th), Melissa McCarthy (May 13th), and Dwayne Johnson for the finale on May 20th. In addition to the host announcement, Uproxx reports that, for the […]

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