Comedy and Humor

Washington’s Besieged Journalists Raise a Glass, Darkly

The annual weekend celebrating America’s free press went forward, even as the Trump administration chips away at press freedoms.

By Michael M. Grynbaum and Katie Robertson

Comedy and Humor Deaths (Obituaries) Disc Jockeys Gould, Jed (Jed the Fish) (1955-2025) KROQ-FM Los Angeles (Calif) Nineteen Hundred Eighties Pop and Rock Music Radio

Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.

By Alex Williams

Canadian Federal Election (2019) Comedy and Humor Liberal Party (Canada) Myers, Mike Political Advertising

Mike Myers on Playing Elon Musk, Politics on ‘S.N.L.’ and Why He Filmed a Campaign Ad

The “Saturday Night Live” alum on getting political in Studio 8H, playing Elon Musk and why he decided to film a campaign ad for Canada’s Liberal Party.

By Sarah Lyall

Comedy and Humor Drag (Performance) Haimes, Todd, Theater Monsoon, Jinkx Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Transgender

Jinkx Monsoon Sails From ‘Drag Race’ to ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’

Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”

By Elisabeth Vincentelli