Joan Rivers, the legendary groundbreaking comedian thrice convicted of fashion police brutality, made one New Yorker's Christmas by gifting him with an ornament from her QVC collection and a hand-signed note. New York City is a weird, weird place. » 12/27/13 5:00pm 12/27/13 5:00pm

Are you watching MTV's Nikki & Sara Live? Because it's pretty great, like having a slumber party with the girls you thought you were never cool enough to be friends in high school with but who turn out to be super nice. Case in point: how the show's hosts — comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer — reacted to being… » 10/02/13 7:10pm 10/02/13 7:10pm

I think we all wish we were at that party. » 5/12/13 8:30pm 5/12/13 8:30pm

Lisa Lampanelli, a comedian who's the self-proclaimed "queen of mean"*, is over on Twitter being a real idiot. Her psuedo provocative act is tiring, and this is really, really not OK. No matter how many times she talks about how she slept with a black man, the n-word is still off-limits. Let me try to put this in terms… » 2/19/13 12:00am 2/19/13 12:00am

A few years ago, at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, a young comedian was doing a set for a crowd there to see the main performer, Hannibal Buress. » 1/12/13 1:00pm 1/12/13 1:00pm

I really wish this version had made it to the theaters, I blame the MPAA and their ridiculous ratings. Anyway, I have no idea why Avery Monsen didn't take off back then, but maybe the world wasn't ready yet? Y'all ready for this now? » 11/05/12 11:30pm 11/05/12 11:30pm

Brown face in Halloween costumes? Not cool, according to Aziz Ansari, the comedian behind Parks & Recreation’s Tom Haverford, the most spot-on, pitch-perfect and hyphen-hyperbole-inducing portrayal of douchebaggery in a generation. » 10/31/12 1:31pm 10/31/12 1:31pm

Your comedy boyfriend Louis CK caused the stomachs of some of his female fans to drop precipitously last week when he sent what sure looked a lot like a supportive Tweet in the direction of Daniel "Release the Rape Hounds" Tosh. But it turns out it wasn't what it looked like, as the comedian explained on The Daily Show… » 7/17/12 10:00am 7/17/12 10:00am

A Canadian comedian has been fined $15,000 by a human rights tribunal for unleashing a tirade of sexist and homophobic insults against a lesbian couple in the audience. But some are concerned this decision will limit the rights of performers. » 4/22/11 9:45am 4/22/11 9:45am

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 04: Sarah Silverman arrives at Variety's Power of Comedy, where she probably made jokes that combined rape, the Holocaust, and poo. Image via Getty » 12/05/10 1:21pm 12/05/10 1:21pm

"Look at the comments section of any Jezebel post...You see young women falling over themselves to get in their two cents about what they think is sexist and what isn't. I think that's great." -comedian/writer Julie Klausner, to Salon. [Salon] » 2/01/10 11:30am 2/01/10 11:30am

"It is no more acceptable to make a fat joke than it is to make a gay joke," says actor/comedian Dawn French. "People need to learn to take everyone as they are." [Telegraph] » 11/30/09 6:40pm 11/30/09 6:40pm

For female comedians, a major career obstacle is the emphasis the entertainment industry places on their looks; too good looking, and nobody will listen to you. Not good looking enough, and you'll never be cast. » 3/14/09 4:30pm 3/14/09 4:30pm