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Late Night: Stephen Colbert, Michelle Obama show support for troops
Show TrackerMichelle Obama stops by "The Colbert Report" to tout her Joining Forces initiative.... -
Armando Iannucci talks political satire and new HBO series 'Veep'
Show TrackerIn the middle of a publicity blitz for “Veep,” the new HBO comedy series premiering Sunday that stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a frustrated vice president, Armando Iannucci is holed up at the Trump International Hotel on Columbus Circle in... -
'Lysistrata Jones' on Broadway: No sex please, we're cheerleaders
NEW YORK - In Aristophanes' Greek comedy "Lysistrata" — part of the Athens season of 411 B.C. — the war-weary women of Greece decide to deny their husbands and lovers sexual favors to induce them to negotiate peace. In Douglas Carter Beane's...Tags: Rock of Ages Corporation, Entertainment, Amelia Earhart, Basketball, Broadway Theater
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Lewis Black wages war on American idiocy
Lewis Black, the politically sharp comedian and famously grumpy commentator, figures most people have him pegged as an incurable lefty.
Not so, he says. And that goes for his fans, too.
"Oddly enough, I've got a big audience in the military," said...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Book, Chantix (drug), Companies and Corporations, Holidays
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August's best political comedy
About the blogger: Amy Bree Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication & Communication Studies at Towson University. Her research considers the impact of political comedy and political entertainment on everyday life. She...Tags: Television, Stephen Colbert, Iowa, Comedy (genre), Human Interest
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Review: 'My American Unhappiness' by Dean Bakopoulos
Los Angeles TimesMy American Unhappiness A Novel Dean Bakopoulos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 277 pp., $24 Whichever way you turn, beacons of American inauthenticity and political dysfunction are all around you, clamoring for your head space, your dollars, your...Tags: Entertainment, Starbucks Corp., Los Angeles Times, Gays and Lesbians, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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BSO lights a new fire under 'Joan of Arc'
At the age of 16, a French villager named Jeanne d'Arc responded to what she said were the voices of saints, exhorting her to take up arms against English invaders. Dressed in male clothing, she led troops to victory in battle after battle before being...Tags: Brother (music group), Caroline Dhavernas, Religion and Belief, Carnegie Hall, Arthur Honegger
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Joyce DeWitt Joins 'Simpsons' Writer's New Play at UConn
Hartford CourantJust when you thought the project was already pretty interesting....Joyce DeWitt, the actress best known for the '70s sitcom "Three's Comedy," will star in the new play by "The Simpsons" writer Mike Reiss which will receive its world premiere in...Tags: Old Saybrook, Entertainment, Joyce DeWitt, National Lampoon Incorporated, Litchfield (Litchfield, Connecticut)
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Tweets take their (expletive) place among city's rich literary tradition
Olivia Clemens, Mark Twain's wife, once tried to shock her husband out of his habit of profane tirades by repeating one to him verbatim. Bemused, he replied that he hoped he didn't sound like that because, "You got the words right, Livy, but you don't...Tags: University of Chicago, Politics, Primaries, Jesse White, Studs Terkel
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Political satire in "The Capitol Steps'
Daily American CorrespondentThe Capitol Steps will be making a return appearance at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, in Johnstown at 7:30 p.m. Friday. It is a show that will truly offend someone, said Michael L. Bodolosky, the...Tags: Entertainment, NPR, Radio, Christmas, Music
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