In his speech in 2022 accepting the prestigious Mark Twain prize for comedy, Jon Stewart quipped that comedy was "the banana peel in the coal mine." "Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a ...

“Cancel culture” has been a mainstream talking point since the mid-2010s, though its meaning has never been murkier. Is cancel culture when someone faces backlash for racist, sexist, or homophobic ...

Standup legend and self-proclaimed "Roastmaster General" Jeff Ross blasted cancel culture and the "fake rules" that some critics try to place over comedy to keep it from being too offensive. During a ...

Wanda Sykes called Disney's Jimmy Kimmel suspension and Saudi Arabia's comedy festival speech restrictions examples of ...

You might recognize him from Friends, Prison Break, Atypical, or even The Heat. Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport joins the Hammer and Nigel show to talk cancel culture in comedy, the current state ...

Excerpted with permission from The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits, Vir Das, HarperCollins India.

The candid comic still thinks those who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival participated in “a very dangerous, upsetting ...

Stephen Colbert returned for his first full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his “Late Show” with some supportive late-night guests, a joke about cancel culture and an ...

Veteran filmmaker and "Monty Python" alum Terry Gilliam believes that President Donald Trump's re-election has allowed people to laugh again. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published ...

The future of comedy is up in the air as all eyes turn to Jimmy Kimmel and his return to ABC. Affiliate owners Nexstar and Sinclair will preempt the return of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday, Sept. 23 ...