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Bill Cosby has performed in public for the first time since a sex abuse scandal embroiled him in 2015, telling stories and honoring old friends in his hometown on Monday as a retrial looms in his criminal sexual assault case.

The humor that ages like wine instead of milk—Gulliver’s Travels, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, I Love Lucy—appears as the exception that proves the rule.

Stand-up comedy superstar and Hollywood A-lister Kevin Hart is willing to crack jokes on just about any topic, except politics.

Embattled comedian Bill Cosby is preparing both for his long-awaited day in court and, he hopes, an eventual return to performing stand-up comedy.

Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has come out in defense of a “dead baby” joke he reportedly made during a stand-up performance earlier this week in Belfast, Ireland.

During an interview with Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that authoritarians want to police comedy because when people laugh at a joke it’s because “they know it’s true.” During a

Comedian George Lopez lashed out a female audience member who was apparently offended by his racially-charged jokes.

The Times of Israel reports: It’s not a joke this time. Comedian Louis C.K. is coming to Israel to perform on Thursday, August 18, at Jerusalem’s Payis Arena.

President Barack Obama “appreciated the sentiment” in comedian Larry Wilmore’s White House Correspondents Dinner comedy speech, even though he used the ’N-word’ to refer to the president.

A man officially named Buzz Lightyear has won a year long battle with authorities to have his new name included on his driving licence. Mr. Lightyear, formerly Sam Stephens, changed his name by deed poll last year by signing the

Ronnie Corbett is dead at 85 – and with him that golden era of British television comedy, when as a nation we all laughed together at the same tastefully smutty, funny, apolitical jokes on the same programmes on the same

The L.A. comedy scene is being terrorised by a clique of hyper-progressive, politically correct comedians intent on purging their ideological opponents and rivals from the industry.

Veteran comedienne and actress Carol Burnett, whose variety program The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 years (1967-1978) on CBS, complained on Friday she is bored with the state of comedy TV.

British comedian Ricky Gervais has been attacked and condemned as “transphobic” and “bigoted” after he described transgender reality TV star Bruce Jenner as “brave” and a “role model” at the Golden Globes film awards. Mr. Gervais spared no punches through out

Long ago late at night, before Jay, Dave and the Jimmys, there was Johnny, a droll comedian out of Nebraska. A demographer’s dream, he evoked the viewer’s father, husband, son, or funny uncle.

During a radio interview Sunday, comic legend and self-appointed political pundit Jackie Mason sounded off on the latest debate performances of some of the major Republican contenders. Mason was speaking during a regular segment on the popular weekend talk radio

The Telegraph is promoting an obscure petition calling for “right wing” comedian Andrew Lawrence to be banned from the BBC after he joked that feminists could kill themselves to achieve gender equality. Mr Lawrence, who is well-known for his politically

As you read this, I will be on a bus somewhere between PA and Ohio hawking a book. I can’t use the bus toilet (we aren’t allowed), which pretty much negates the principle of a bus toilet. Instead we use the Cracker Barrel Restroom, which happens to be the name of my next metal band.

Director and writer M. Night Shyamalan’s 11th film is possibly his best work since 2004’s The Village. In The Visit, Shyamalan blends classic horror and comedy together to make a film ideal for a fall season release and to show he still has what it takes to be a fine filmmaker in the horror and suspense genres.

Comedian Adam Carolla arrived in London yesterday for a one off live recording of his record-breaking podcast. Any concerns he and his team might have had about his chances of success were swiftly put to rest when he took to the stage

A week after taking a stand against her critics, self-described feminist comedian Amy Schumer is apologizing for the politically incorrect material that put her on the map to begin with.

Liberals are not only more politically correct than conservatives, but are also destroying comedy, according to HBO’s Bill Maher.

Evan Sayet is proof once again that you can do funny standup comedy with conservative subject matter. But don’t expect that comedy to be quiet. Comedy is loud and Evan Sayet is as straightforward a conservative as you can get.

By the time you read this, I may well already be on the road, heading to Phoenix for the opening night of my multi-city tour of comedy clubs across America. It’s an arduous and ambitious tour that I really don’t have to be doing. But I feel I need to. Here’s why.

Dave Chappelle’s angry fans in Detroit are requesting refunds for a Thursday night show, after the comedian allegedly turned his spot into a drunken catastrophe, reports TMZ.

In her crusade to highlight wage disparities between men and women, comedian Sarah Silverman admitted this week a story she previously told about being a victim of gender discrimination was embellished but asked “maniac” critics to support her cause anyway.

With the help of former Today Show co-anchor Katie Couric, actress Michelle Pfeiffer is looking to nab her first starring TV role, in a series that will take a comedic look at a fictional morning news show.

Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman joined a growing list of celebrities to boycott Indiana venues over the state’s newly signed religious freedom law this week, when he cancelled an upcoming show with his wife Megan Mullally.

In the annals of film festival flops – from unexpected boos to red-carpet gaffes – the premiere of the Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy “Get Hard” will go down as a doozy.

A Seattle stand-up comic was allegedly attacked by a man wielding a baseball bat while he was onstage at a restaurant Monday night.