In 1932, at the height of their fame, Laurel and Hardy released Pack Up Your Troubles, a film that blended comedy with the ...

For more than 20 years, comedians appearing in the New York Arab American Comedy Festival, which I co-produce — have been making jokes about American presidents. In fact, we were mocking ...

At left David Steinberg, who performed in "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and other popular programs, photographed in 2013; at right, stand-up star Richard Pryor in 1977. Both comedians faced ...

President Vladimir Putin and his propagandists have tried to portray the aggression in Ukraine as a people’s war since the beginning. It didn’t work. The country has grown tired, even as so-called ...

Angry protesters tried to force their way into the national theatre in Sofia to disrupt the premiere of 'Arms and the Man' - Copyright AFP - Angry protesters tried to ...

When the film "Atropia" starts, it seems like a standard war movie set in Iraq, circa 2007. But pretty soon, you learn it's a comedy, and it's not Iraq at all. It takes place closer to Burbank than ...

Cheech Marin is best known for his work as a comedian as part of the duo Cheech & Chong. Marin was drawn to comedy from a young age, sharpening his skills at the family dinner table. Cheech & Chong's ...

There are a lot of TV shows that have their roots in literature, and this comes from a wide variety of genres. Anything from fantasy to comedy to sci-fi can have literary origins, and tend to be a ...