Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Kat Timpf, comedy isn't just her day job. It's also helped her through the most challenging times in her life, from the ...

The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...

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 & Every ...

Carol Leifer, the prolific sixty-eight-year-old comedian and television writer (“S.N.L.,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” etc.), has many skills. One, perhaps unsurprisingly, is ...

Comedy has always been prominent in politics, but this election cycle has brought increased attention to the role it can play in politicians’ rhetoric. Kamala Harris gave her first major speech as the ...

On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated Lenny Bruce’s free speech right to perform provocative routines in comedy clubs. But the ...

Leifer will also discuss her career in comedy and television. Tickets are available on 92NY's website. How to Write a Funny Speech (co-written by Rick Mitchell), is the ultimate how-to guide of ...

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia. By Jason Zinoman ...

For Kat Timpf, comedy isn’t just her day job. It’s also helped her through the most challenging times in her life, from the unexpected death of her mother to serious personal health scares. And she ...