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New York (AFP) - Irreverent US comedian Jon Stewart, an icon among American liberals due to his biting political sarcasm, will return to satirical news program "The Daily Show" as a part-time host and an executive producer for the US election cycle, the show confirmed Wednesday. "Here it is, your moment of Zen," the show's official account on X, formerly Twitter, posted beneath an image of Stewart with his feet up on the set. "Friends. After much reflection I have decided to enter the transfer portal for my last year of eligibility. Excited for the future!" Stewart himself posted, prompting a...
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Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysian police said they asked Interpol on Wednesday to help track down a US comedian after her joke about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 sparked fury and even an apology from Singapore. Jocelyn Chia told the joke during a set at the Comedy Cellar in New York City, reportedly in April, as she riffed on the historically testy relationship between Malaysia and Singapore, where she was raised. MH370 went missing in March 2014, and is one of Malaysia's deadliest aviation incidents, with all 239 people on board presumed dead. Such was the outrage over Chi...
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New York (AFP) - Minnesota's famed First Avenue venue canceled comedian Dave Chappelle's show mere hours before he was set to go on, responding to protests from staff and the community over jokes many people have deemed transphobic. Chappelle's Wednesday show was switched instead to Minneapolis' Varsity Theater, where he will also perform on Thursday and Friday. "To staff, artists, and our community, we hear you and we are sorry," First Avenue said in a statement. "We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down. We are not just a black box with people in i...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A man who attacked controversial comic Dave Chappelle on stage as he performed a live stand-up set in Los Angeles has been arrested and charged with assault, US police said Wednesday. The comedian was finishing a set during the "Netflix Is A Joke" comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night when a man from the audience climbed on stage and rushed at him. Video footage shows the man lowering his shoulder as he charges into Chappelle, with the comedian staggering backwards and falling as the attacker appeared to tangle with his feet. The man, who police said was a...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A man armed with a replica gun that works like a knife tackled comedian Dave Chappelle as he performed a stand-up set in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, police said. Video footage circulating on social media shows that as the comedian was finishing a set during the "Netflix Is A Joke" comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl, a male audience member climbed on stage and threw him to the ground. The attacker then ran behind a screen on stage and was detained by security guards. Chappelle, 48, has recently attracted protests for jokes seen to be transphobic but the motive for this ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Louis C.K. and the Recording Academy faced a backlash Monday after the US comedian was awarded a Grammy, five years after sexual misconduct revelations temporarily derailed his high-flying career. C.K. -- who admitted to masturbating in front of multiple women following a newspaper expose in 2017 -- won best comedy album on Sunday for a show addressing his scandal, but did not attend the ceremony in Las Vegas. Many on social media questioned or criticized the ease with which Academy voters apparently forgave or overlooked his past behavior. "Amazing. Louis CK serially abuse...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Comedian Dave Chappelle has offered to meet with the transgender community and thanked Netflix for standing by him after he was accused of stoking transphobia with his stand-up special "The Closer." Chappelle said he is "more than willing" to meet LGBTQ groups, after his show sparked protests outside the streaming giant's Los Angeles office last week at which demonstrators said the comedian had refused to speak with them. "That is not true. If they had invited me, I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about," Chappelle said in a vi...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Protestors gathered outside Netflix in Los Angeles on Wednesday, angry over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that has sparked accusations the streamer is trampling transgender rights and profiting from hate speech. A few dozen staff walked off the job and were joined by a similar number of trans activists and their supporters for a demonstration calling for better representation at the Hollywood giant. "I think that trans and non-binary employees aren't safe as long as their employer is putting out content in the world that could harm them," said Netflix Animation employ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Netflix bosses braced for an employee walkout and rally in Los Angeles on Wednesday as anger swelled over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that activists say is harmful to the transgender community. The streaming giant has found itself embroiled in an intense and highly public controversy over Chappelle's "The Closer," in which the stand-up star insists "gender is a fact" and accuses LGBTQ people of being "too sensitive." "We respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out, and recognize we have much more work to do both within Netflix and in our content," ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Netflix has been plunged into America's culture wars by a Dave Chappelle comedy special that raises concerns about free speech and censorship but has been slammed by its own employees as transphobic. In "The Closer," boundary-pushing mega-star Chappelle responds to critics who have accused him of mocking transgender people in the past by asserting that "gender is a fact" and accusing LGBTQ people of being "too sensitive." "In our country you can shoot and kill" a Black man, "but you'd better not hurt a gay person's feelings," says the stand-up comic, who is Black. While the...
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