The phrase most often associated with Herman Cain’s presidential candidacy is “9-9-9,” the name of his tax reform plan that helped propel the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO into the top tier of White House contenders. (more)
Television personality Joan Rivers tweeted Wednesday that her Thursday “Fox and Friends” appearance has been canceled all thanks to her negative comments about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (more)
Comedian Kathy Griffin has graduated from the “D-List” to … the “F” list? (more)
This one was bound to end well. (more)
Yesterday, thousands gathered on the National Mall for the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” The crowds spent the day being entertained by a variety of performers while sporting plenty of signs. Here is a selection, courtesy of photographer John Rossomando. (more)
Followers of comedic political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will gather Saturday to rally for either “sanity” or “fear” on the National Mall. (more)
Jon Stewart is a paralyzed man. Intelligent, articulate, perceptive, he nonetheless cannot commit himself to expressing what he considers the true, the good, and the beautiful. For someone about to lead a rally on Washington, D.C., this is bad news. (more)
Baby makes four for Amy Poehler and Will Arnett’s growing family. (more)
A buddy in Memphis e-mailed me the following, which has been described (presumably by men) as the “joke of the year”: (more)
Whoopi Goldberg thinks longtime friend Mel Gibson is not a racist – he’s just a “bonehead.” (more)
Joan Rivers is being sued by a bitter ex-manager — who claims he was never compensated for resurrecting Joan’s “dormant career” … but it’s clear this lawsuit is as much about hurt feelings as lost money. (more)
Why is it that Jerry Seinfeld, the American actor who had a hit 1990s TV show named after him, is always smiling? It could be because he is party to a little secret that has just been disclosed – that his show, Seinfeld, has made $2.7bn in repeat fees since it went off the air 12 years ago. (more)
“Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” is what Conan O’Brien calls the comedy tour that he brought to Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night. That presumes that he was funny on television. (more)
As Betty White’s highly anticipated “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig quickly approaches, the legendary actress took a break from rehearsals to dish about her experience thus far. (more)
Late night comedy show host Chelsea Handler made a sex tape — and while she claims she made it as a “joke” — if that’s true, it’s one XXX joke! (more)
How is Jim Carrey getting over the end of his relationship with Jenny McCarthy? (more)
Michelle McGee has more insults for Chelsea Handler that she needs to get off her chest. (more)
Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari spent 118 days in an Iranian prison enduring daily interrogations and being bullied into confessing to be a spy. (more)
The artist behind the famous two-tone Conan O’Brien logo is rolling in dough now that his image is the face of CoCo’s upcoming comedy tour — and it all started on Twitter. (more)
Too soon? Tonight on The Joy Behar Show, the View co-host discussed Dick Cheney’s recent hospitalization with Bill Maher, who didn’t waste any time or sympathy before calling the former VP a Soviet robot. Yikes! (more)






















