Free speech is a significant theme in Timpf’s book, and she warns of what happens to discourse when comedy – or any speech – is shut down because of whom it may offend.

On this week's “Renaissance Man” podcast, Jalen Rose laughs it up with funnyman Marlon Wayans about free speech and how America needs to laugh more ...

Emmy Award-winning comedian and East Williston native Carol Leifer cut her comedy teeth on Long Island. With her new book, "How to Write a Funny Speech … for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation ...

The full transcript of the speech BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie delivered at the BBC Comedy Festival 2025. One of his key messages was that, due to the rising costs of making TV comedy, the BBC is ...

Considering that Hanks would soon become one of only two actors to win back-to-back Oscars the next year for Forrest Gump, a ...

In the dumpster fire of alternately tragic and terrifying global events, thankfully there are still comedians trying to offer ...

The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and HBO are standing up in more ways than one in announcing their first round of honorees for the Aspen, Colo., comedy event, to be held Feb. 27-March 3.

Speech given by BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, at the BBC Comedy Festival in Belfast Welcome It's a genuine privilege to be here in Belfast – and in front of so many of the people who ...