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Interviewed by Nathan Rabin July 18th, 2008 The history of Saturday Night Live is filled with African-American performers who failed to make much of an impact on the venerable comedy institution, but ...

'No normal, decent person is one thing, OK? I got some I'm conservative about, I got some I'm liberal about.

Aspiring stand-up comedian Lance Barton , on the verge of making his name at an amateur night held at the legendary Apollo Theater, gets hit by a bus and goes to heaven.

It's one of the iron rules of politics - you have more to fear from your friends than from you enemies.

You know that trap that famous people often fall into when they're riding high? The one when they say something phenomenally stupid because they're so blinded by their own current popularity they forget it all ...

With a sparkling new theater to showcase its live entertainment, Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, has unveiled a diverse July entertainment schedule packed with big names, including Gladys Knight, Ringo ...

James Earl Jones' character enters the Oval Office for the first time in "The Man" . Chris Rock managed to lead the country in "Head of State" . A 7-year-old Sammy Davis Jr.

Stereogum have posted an article entitled 'Chris Rock Was The Only Black Guy At The Coldplay Show' which you can read at WikiColdplay and also discussion here .

Comedian Chris Rock was all jokes when he performed his latest stand-up routine, "No Apologies World Tour," on Wednesday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Carol Morsani Hall.

I'm not saying that because Coldplay is now officially Stuff White People Like , I'm saying that because Chris Rock is saying that in a Celebrity MySpace blog post entitled "Only Black Guy Concert Review." He ...

Let me be blunt: "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" is the finest post-Zionist action-hairdressing sex comedy I have ever seen.

He was cool. He was smart. He was dirty. And he was relentlessly funny.

Speaking of dead people - the very words the man used in a recent routine on death - George Carlin died Sunday in California. That doesn't sound right or is the least bit funny, but if anyone could riff on death, it was Carlin. No subject was taboo - particularly taboo subjects, such as religion, drugs, sex and death, and sometimes in that order. His trail-brazing social commentary spanned more than four decades, forced a Supreme Court decision on broadcast indecency, and influenced top-shelf comedians such as Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Jon Stewart.

Did you hear the one about the black guy running for president? If not, you most certainly will.

Chris Rock will bring his quick-witted, foul-mouthed brand of standup comedy to the Palace Theatre on Friday.

Published on 24 Jun 2008 at 9:48 am . . Filed under Feature Stories . GUEST: George Carlin, the late stand-up comic and social commentator America's funniest counter-culture hero, George Carlin, passed away ...

EARLY evening settles on a quiet suburb of spacious homes and lush lawns. Suddenly, an ominous voice pierces the tranquillity: America is about to elect the first black president of the United States.

American comedian and Hollywood star Chris Rock will perform in Ireland this September as part of the International Comedy Festival.

Brought to you by: Erin Donovan 1 day ago Thousands of people converged on the little town of Manchester, Tennessee last week and are still streaming out early this week.

I was immediately attracted to Alabama's Colonial Bancgroup Inc. because its stock symbol reminds me of "CMB," or Cash Money Brothers, from the classic film New Jack City .

Comedian Chris Rock is heading to New Zealand. The irreverent American is bringing his No Apologies tour to Auckland, performing at the Civic Theatre on August 6. Aside from stand up, Rock is also an actor, ...