The mentalist Oz Pearlman is this year’s speaker. “Hopefully, it will be something very Special,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Category: Comedy and Humor
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Trump Says He Will End Boycott of White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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Trump Administration Uses ‘Equal Time’ Rule to Reshape Late-Night TV
The New York Times – Business:The F.C.C. is using the “equal time” provision to take aim at hosts like Stephen Colbert. The impact could reshape how talk shows handle politics.
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Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Talarico Interview
The New York Times – Business:Stephen Colbert said he had to drop an interview with James Talarico from his Monday broadcast because of new F.C.C. guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.
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Catherine O’Hara Was Always a Delight
The Emmy-winning actress was especially adept at playing women who had been cast off but maintained an inflated sense of self, always with a great comedic payoff.
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Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71
The Emmy-winning comedian was a member of the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “S.C.T.V.”
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Cooler, Funnier Version of Myself’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Akaash Singh and His Case for Bringing Back Apu
The stand-up comic, whose special has gone viral, takes issue with how some South Asians like Hari Kondabolu portray their experience in the United States.
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Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star
On her new Netflix special, “Look at You,” she demonstrates tight joke writing, carefully honed act-outs and a ruthless appetite for laughs.
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FCC Targets Colbert and Kimmel in New Crackdown on Late-Night TV
The F.C.C. said it planned to enforce long-dormant rules on appearances by political candidates on network talk shows.
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Comedians and Stars Gather for ‘The 99 Year Old Man!’ Premiere Party
Mel Brooks joined Judd Apatow and Patton Oswalt at the Los Angeles premiere of “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!”
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Ricky Gervais’s Golden Globe Win for His Stand-Up Special Sends a Bad Message
That “Ricky Gervais: Mortality” won for best comedy sends a message about the lack of respect given to stand-up.