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Wayne Brady, Alan Mingo Jr. to share title role in new version of ‘The Wiz’ stage musical tour

Chicago is among the stops for the new national tour, which kicks off this fall.

Chicago Sun-Times

New version of 'The Wiz' will be led by Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr. sharing the title role

Two men who stepped into 6-inch heels for “Kinky Boots” on Broadway will play the title character behind the curtain when “The Wiz” tours the U.S. starting this fall and lands on Broadway in 2024 — Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr. Brady will star as the Wiz in San…

The Independent UK

Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain Prize salute from loyal friends, co-stars

Billy Madison is all grown up, winning big prizes like the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — an award previously bestowed on comedians and actors such as Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett.

Los Angeles Times

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‘It was an out of body experience’: looking back at the Wattstax music festival

In 1972, the largely Black community of Watts came together for a giant music event from Stax Records, captured in a thrilling, re-released documentary

The Guardian - US

The 5 worst and 5 best Oscars hosts of all time

From Jon Stewart to Seth MacFarlane, the quality of Oscars hosts has fluctuated immensely

The Independent UK

Stars who enjoyed multiple marriages as Patsy Kensit prepares for fifth wedding

As Patsy Kensit prepares to wed her fifth husband, we take a look at other stars who have racked up multiple marriages, from Zsa Zsa Gabor's nine weddings, to Sean Bean's five

Daily Mirror

Death in Memphis: The cost to us all

I've covered the police on and off for 40 years. I've never seen anything like the killing of Tyre Nichols

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The 5 worst and 5 best Oscars hosts of all time

From Jon Stewart to Seth MacFarlane, the quality of Oscars hosts has fluctuated immensely

The Independent UK

Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres

The Independent UK

5 comics who were arrested for what they said onstage

Until the Supreme Court changed the legal standard for obscenity in the early 1970s, comedians routinely faced the threat of arrest over raunchy material performed onstage.

Los Angeles Times

Pulse of the Heartland: Peoria yearning for the middle in a nation of angry extremes: ‘It just makes your heart sink’

Some Peoria residents say it feels like politicians are less and less interested in finding the center their city has long represented — and instead are more focused on playing to extremes. “It seems like there is no middle ground out there anymore,” one resident said.

Chicago Sun-Times

'No justice or trust as police let off the hook and Black and Asian Brits forgotten'

As Richard Pryor, Terry Pratchett and the Ruthless Rap Assassins said, there is no justice, only us. And Darren Lewis says Black and Asian Brits deserve better from the people who should be protecting them

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Richard Blackwood says Celebrity MasterChef gave him 'nightmares'

Richard Blackwood, who is well-known for playing Vincent Hubbard in EastEnders, has said taking part in Celebrity MasterChef has given him 'nightmares' and 'sleepless nights'

Daily Mirror

Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with Batgirl cancelled, here are 5 other films we will never get to see

Batgirl has become the latest film to be added to a growing list of movies we will never get to see. The US$90 million film had been shot and largely edited, but now the whole thing will be consigned to the cutting room floor.

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Unmade, destroyed, locked away: With Batgirl cancelled, here are five other films we’ll never see

The US$90 million film had been shot and largely edited, but now the whole thing joins other films in being consigned to the cutting room floor.

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: Tommy Davidson bet a TV version of ‘Coming to America’ would make him a star. He bet wrong

“I do a little bit of everything,” Tommy Davidson says of his stand-up act. “It’s a little bit political. It’s a little bit of storytelling. It’s a little bit autobiographical. It’s a little bit of improv. The only thing that’s on my mind when I get on stage is that…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Right to Offend’: How generations of Black comedians turned hot-button issues into hilarity

A&E documentary looks back with classic footage and comments from artists and experts.

Salon

11 "History Of The World, Part I" facts

According to Mel Brooks, the Moses scene was a last-minute addition

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The Guardian - UK

Toasting not roasting: these comedians would surely mock Netflix’s hall of fame

Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams are given their dues in The Hall but the event is oddly sanctimonious

Salon

Trump won't run — but Ron DeSantis will

Republicans and the Trump cult want to create a "medieval-technological" regime. But in the end, reality bites

Mic

Jerrod Carmichael’s coming out breaks a cycle of Black queer shame

The comedian is living freely for those who couldn’t.

The Independent UK

Oscars 2022: The 5 worst and 5 best Academy Awards hosts of all time

From Jon Stewart to Seth MacFarlane, the quality of Oscars hosts has fluctuated immensely

The Independent UK

Oscars 2022: The 5 worst and 5 best Academy Awards hosts of all time

From Jon Stewart to Seth MacFarlane, the quality of Oscars hosts has fluctuated immensely

Los Angeles Times

Joe Rogan $100 million. Richard Pryor $0. What comedians’ suits against streamers say about a deeply flawed model

Last month, comedian Bill Engvall got a very nice email from Sirius XM-owned streamer Pandora, congratulating him on reaching over 600 million streams of his work on its platform from 227,000 monthly listeners. It sounded like a noteworthy milestone for a major headlining comedian, especially one who has been in…

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