comedy
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W. Kamau Bell On Being A Comedian and Wishing He Was Kevin Hart
The comedian and host of CNN’s United Shades of America shares his thoughts on his rise to fame.
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Here’s Why Dave Chappelle’s Sets at Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival Won’t Be Airing
While disappointing for some, other performances are set to be available to stream beginning this month.
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New Peacock Comedy Bust Down Premieres March 10
Sam Jay and Chris Redd co-star in Peacock’s new comedy series Bust Down.
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The Hell Is Wrong With Y'all?
Who raised y’all? No, seriously. On Wednesday night, Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook was minding his Black-ass business while trying to avoid another embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers—SPOILER WARNING: he failed—when this happened with about 10 minutes left in the game: After suffering an apparent ankle injury, Westbrook limped off the…
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Oklahoma Senator Makes Sex Joke About VP Kamala Harris Then Defends It, Saying 'People Seem Not to Be Able to Take a Joke'
Here’s the thing: Conservatives aren’t funny. There’s a reason there are virtually no right-leaning comedy films, late-night shows or stand-up comedians outside of a handful. Republicans will say it’s because of liberal media bias, but this is America; if there was a demand for Klan-ish comedy there would be a supply—they just don’t understand how…
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Insecure Is Lowkey Done—HBO Series to End With Fifth Season
All hella good things must come to an end. That’s right, one of Black Twitter’s favorite argument-inciting television shows will be ending soon. HBO has confirmed that Insecure’s upcoming fifth season will be its final one. As Variety reports, Season 5 is scheduled to begin production later this month and will premiere later this year.…
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You're About to Engage in Hella Learning Because Issa Rae Is Teaching a MasterClass
I have a cute and endearing story right quick. The day was December 15, 2016, and I saw a promotion for an upcoming MasterClass featuring Shonda Rhimes as an instructor and the topic was “Teaching Writing for Television.” Shortly after seeing it, I (half-jokingly) posted on Facebook that if anyone was obliged to gift the…
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Issa Rae Is Producing a Comedy Series Based on a Podcast About Well-Meaning White Folks and School Integration
Issa Rae is continuing her “No Sleep” tour and has another project in the works! According to Variety, Issa has teamed up with writer-director-producer Adam McKay to produce a half-hour comedy series for HBO, adapted from the Serial Productions podcast Nice White Parents. Issa will executive produce with Montrel McKay under her new production company…
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Beloved B*A*P*S Co-Star Natalie Desselle-Reid Dead at 53 [Updated]
Natalie Desselle-Reid, most known for co-starring in the beloved Robert Townsend-helmed comedy B*A*P*S (which stood for Black American Princess), has died at the age of 53. An official cause of death has not yet been disclosed. “Just absolutely decimated by this news…Actress Natalie Desselle, a bright shining star passed away this morning,” actress Holly Robinson-Peete…
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The Obamas Are Reportedly Producing a Comedy Series About Trump. Sadly, the Title 'Insecure' Is Already Taken
You know how you read something that’s too good to be true so you have to do a double (and triple) take? That happened to me just now. I was lollygagging on our work Slack news channel when Staff Writer Jay Connor dropped a link to a Vanity Fair article titled, “The Obamas Are Producing…