Trump Jokes Fly at Kennedy Center Event Honoring Conan O’Brien
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Trump Jokes Fly at Kennedy Center Event Honoring Conan O’Brien

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In honoring Conan O’Brien at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, a lineup of big-name comedians made the veteran late-night host and comedy fixture the main focus of roasting — but President Trump and his recent takeover of…

How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting
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How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A few years ago, George Lewis was driving back from performing in a comedy club when he realized he had to change his life. He had played the same club several years earlier, also for just a few minutes and also for little…

India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner
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India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Indian internet is a boisterous place, not always for the faint of heart. But sometimes India itself turns fainthearted in the face of the internet. Or livid, when family values are at stake. Until a couple of weeks ago, Ranveer Allahbadia, 31,…

‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special
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‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After a half-century of comedy and music (and what at times felt like an equal amount of buildup and hype), how do you at last kick off a prime-time 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live”? Calmly and serenely, it turns out. The…

Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders
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Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My parents had friends and attended and threw parties, but even so, there was something about adulthood that struck me as serious when I was a kid — adults spent their days getting their oil changed, filling out paperwork, going to funerals —…

Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary
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Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I happened to be there that night, when then-candidate Trump got the most laughs in one sketch by gamely dancing to Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” a precursor to his “Y.M.C.A.” rally dance. The mood at that after-party was very strange. Some in the cast…

Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
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Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about gargantuan-thumbed hitchhikers, stoned secret agents and mystic stockbrokers caught hold of millions of readers in the 1970s counterculture, died on Sunday at his home in La Conner, Wash. He was 92. His son Fleetwood confirmed the…