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Late Night: Jon Stewart clarifies his support for 'socialism'
Show TrackerAccording to Jon Stewart, "A socialist is someone who wants to spend government money on things you don’t like."... -
Cannes 2012: Sony Pictures Classics picks up Gael Garcia Bernal's 'No'
24 FramesSony Pictures Classics announced at the Cannes Film Festival that it had acquired North American rights to the buzz dramedy "No."... -
South Africa President Zuma sues over painting depicting him unzipped
World NowSouth Africa's President Zuma sues over painting depicting him unzipped: A painting by a white Cape Town artist, Brett Murray, depicting South African President Jacob Zuma as Soviet leader Lenin -- but with his genitals exposed -- has caused a storm of... -
Cannes 2012: 'Gomorrah' director aims at sins of reality TV
24 FramesMatteo Garrone, director of "Gomorrah," returns to the Cannes Film Festival with "Reality," an indictment of reality television.... -
'The Dictator' offers iron-fisted, ham-handed laughs, critics say
24 FramesIn "The Dictator," Sacha Baron Cohen combines his knack for absurd characters with the grand comedic tradition of skewering despotism on the big screen. Critics agree that the film is funny and vulgar; whether the combination truly works depends on whom... -
Late Night: Obama's gay marriage announcement wins praise
Show TrackerStephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow respond to President Obama's declaration of support for gay marriage.... -
Review: 'God Bless America' is bloody satire
At times"God Bless America"feels more like an assault weapon than a movie, possibly an AK-47. This funny, sick twist of social satire is certainly locked and loaded, even if its aim is sometimes off. The central character is Frank (Joel Murray), a...
Tags: Movies, Bobcat Goldthwait, Michael Douglas, Robin Williams, Joel Murray
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Joel Murray, kid brother of Bill, gets a starring role
24 FramesJoel Murray, after more than 25 years acting, has his first leading role in a feature film with “God Bless America,” a raucous, violent, provocative media-culture satire currently available via video on demand and opening at the Downtown... -
Digby Wolfe dies at 82; co-creator of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'
Digby Wolfe, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who helped producer George Schlatter develop "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," a landmark TV series that became an overnight sensation in the late 1960s, has died. He was 82.
Wolfe, who later became a professor...Tags: Judy Carne, Concerts, Teaching and Learning, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (tv program), Lung Cancer
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A political cartoonist reveals his secrets in a new video
Political cartoons have infuriated kings, crooks and captains of industry since the days of the penny press in 19th century England. In a new video produced by two talented Los Angeles Times staffers, Armand Emamdjomeh and Don Kelsen, I describe how I...
Tags: Cartoons, Entertainment, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert
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Remembering Maurice Sendak through his Stephen Colbert interview
Show TrackerMaurice Sendak died on Tuesday at age 83. One of Maurice Sendak's most memorable final interviews was with Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report."... -
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...
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