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Billy Eichner has attacked fellow comedian Dave Chappelle for making jokes about transgender people — and swiped at Netflix for streaming his content — in a standup performance also carried by Netflix.

Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has returned to his backing of artistic freedom, supporting comedians Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais in an interview Sunday against detractors who seek to silence their alternative views.

The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle at a Netflix comedy event says Will Smith’s assault on Chris Rock at the Oscars was inspiring.

Comedian Dave Chappelle is under attack for making jokes about transgenders in a surprise appearance at comedian John Mulaney’s show on Friday.

The armed assailant who was arrested earlier is this month after storming onto a stage to attack comedian Dave Chappelle was also charged with attempted murder in December after allegedly stabbing his roommate.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón’s decision to treat Dave Chappelle’s alleged attacker with kid gloves puts all performers at risk.

The streaming giant Netflix inserted an anti-censorship section into its newly-revised company culture memo that has largely been interpreted as a warning to the company’s vocally woke minority. It comes months after employees launched a woke #NetflixWalkout to protest Dave Chappelle.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man charged in an attack on comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl pleaded not guilty Friday to four misdemeanors.

Dave Chappelle is “upset” that the armed assailant who stormed onto the stage to physically attack him during his performance in Los Angeles on Tuesday isn’t being charged with a felony, the comedian’s lawyer said.

Joe Rogan blasted the L.A.DA’s office for declining to press felony assault charges against the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle.

Actor and veteran comedian Kevin Hart reacted to comedian Dave Chappelle getting physically attacked onstage during a performance in Los Angeles on Tuesday, saying it was good that the assailant got his “a** whooped,” because it “sends a message out to other people” looking to attack comedians.

Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday white armed with a knife embedded in a replica gun, was charged with four misdemeanors Thursday, rather than being charged with a felony.

The LA District Attorney’s Office has declined to pursue felony assault charges against the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle.

Comedian Howie Mandel believes Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock at the Oscars has made it open season on stand-up comics, citing the this week’s attack on Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl.

Comedy club owners, who know of what they speak, are correctly blaming Will Smith for setting this precedent.

Los Angeles police have revealed photos of the knife handgun that could have been used to killed comedian Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night when a man assaulted him on stage in the middle of the show.

ABC’s legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that comedian Dave Chappelle getting attacked on stage during the “Netflix Is A Joke Fest” was in part due to former President Donald Trump unleashing “incivility.”

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a suspect in the assault of comedian Dave Chappelle on stage during a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday.

Stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked Tuesday night as he stood onstage during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart joined the ranks of Dave Chappelle on Sunday night when he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center.

Comedian Kathy Griffin has voiced her admiration for fellow comedian Dave Chappelle, even though she believes he is fundamentally “transphobic.”

In what is considered by many to be a woke fail, and a free speech win, Netflix announced on Friday four new Dave Chappelle comedy specials, despite the veteran comedian coming under attack by a cancel culture mob in the wake of his latest special, “The Closer.”

Comedian Dave Chappelle has denied that he spoke against a plan for affordable housing during a city council meeting in his Ohio town.

Comedian Dave Chappelle recently found himself in a heated debate that for once had nothing to do with transgender people. The stand-up comic was involved in a fierce exchange at his hometown council meeting in Ohio this week over a local developer’s plans to erect a housing development with a low-income housing component.

The LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign is punishing Netflix for its handling of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” by taking away the streamer’s “Best Places to Work” distinction in its annual ratings of companies. In its announcement, the activist group accused Netflix of actually harming its transgender employees by streaming the stand-up comedy special.

Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt has been roundly mocked on social media for his effete response to the woke backlash over his New Year’s Eve photo with comedian Dave Chappelle.

Patton Oswalt has defended performing with fellow comedian Dave Chappelle in Seattle on New Year’s Eve, calling him a long-time friend and the “funniest [comedian] I’ve ever met.” But Oswalt also issued a caveat, assuaging triggered fans by saying he disagrees “100 percent” with Chappelle on the transgender controversy.

The Woke Gestapo will not be happy to learn that Netflix invited comedian Dave Chappelle to its giant 2022 stand-up comedy festival.

Dave Chappelle won another battle with his woke detractors after his former high school announced it would rename its theater despite the mob

Veteran comedian Dave Chappelle has launched a fundraising challenge in response to his critics who are offended over his alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, naming a theater after him. “If you object to my receiving this honor,

Comedian Dave Chappelle reportedly came under attack during a visit to his high school alma mater when woke students called him a “bigot” and said “your comedy kills.” The stand-up star refused to apologize and even mocked some of the students who objected to his visit on Tuesday, according to a report from Politico.

Comedian and A-list actor Kevin Hart weighed in to defend his friend Dave Chappelle and said the cancel culture campaign trying to take him down is “getting out of control.”

Comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. defied the cancel mob to score Grammy nominations on Tuesday, as Grammy voters ignored woke controversies to honor both for their work in the past year.

The transgender Netflix employee who helped organize last month’s employee walkout in protest of comedian Dave Chappelle has resigned, saying “I am relieved to have closure.”

From Alec Baldwin to rapper Travis Scott, showbiz elites have fallen from grace in spectacular fashion, taking their sham moral authority with them.

Comedian Marc Maron says he has grown to see cancel culture as a good thing, and those who want to express provocative ideas without losing their livelihoods are “right-wing fascists.”