All posts tagged "Humor"

Racist, homophobic and ethnic slurs used by comedian Shane Gillis have resurfaced online in the wake of the news he’ll be hosting “Saturday Night Live” — the show that once fired him due to his past problematic behavior. ‘SNL’ on Saturday announced Gillis as the host of its Feb. 24 episode, alongside musical guest 21 Savage. But it didn’t take long for pushback on the casting decision, with many recalling the controversial jokes and offensive language he previously used on his podcasts. In clips from the show “A Fair One,” gathered by TMZ on Tuesday, Gillis can be heard using the n-word, as we......

The use of funny and quirky messages on electronic signs will be against the law on America’s highways. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration, a division of the Department of Transportation, issued a sweeping set of guidelines last month “to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and all road users.” Part of the new 1,100-page manual regulates electronic traffic signs and other traffic control devices, which will no longer be allowed to post humorous messages that could distract drivers or be misunderstood. Messages with obscure meanings and references to pop culture will also be banned......

Comedian and author Sarah Silverman is suing social media giant Meta and ChatGPT pioneer OpenAI in a pair of related lawsuits accusing the high-profile Bay Area technology companies of breaking state and federal laws by using her memoir “The Bedwetter” as fodder for their artificial intelligence products. Silverman and two novelists claim Menlo Park-based Meta and San Francisco-based OpenAI violated copyright and other laws by ingesting their books — and those of thousands of other authors — to train their artificial intelligence software. Both companies copied works protected by copyright law......

NEW YORK — Late night network programs “The Tonight Show,” “The Late Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” shutdown production Tuesday after the Writers Guild of America went on strike. But Fox News show “Gutfeld!” — a late night program for political conservatives — will continue producing new content, according to the Daily Beast. The report notes the 11 p.m. show hosted by Greg Gutfeld has “some writers,” but they’re nonunion workers. The panel show “looks at the news of the day through a satiric lens fused with pop culture,” according to a Fox News descriptor. “Gutfeld!” measures up well against ......

Jay Leno’s recovery from serious facial burns is no joke. The comedian appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” where the host marveled at how good Leno looks less than four months after he was badly injured in a car fire. “You’d think there’d be a zipper here, but no,” Leno joked of his face during Wednesday’s episode. “This is like a brand-new face. Only for the second time in my career am I the new face of comedy. ... That’s a brand new ear.” Leno is an avid car collector who hosts the CNBC series “Jay Leno’s Garage.” The 72-year-old spent eight days at a Southern California burn center after......

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hitting the road. Starting in spring, the Tina Fey & Amy Poehler: Restless Leg Tour will celebrate their 30 years of friendship with an evening of jokes, iconic stories and conversational entertainment,” the duo said in a statement to Variety Beginning in Washington, D.C., on April 28 at DAR Constitution Hall, the tour will land at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago on May 20, Boston’s MGM Music Hall on June 9 and Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena on June 10. It’s the first live comedy tour for the longtime friends who became famous on “Saturday Night Live.......