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9 Life Lessons Learned From Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

Roger Ebert was an American film critic, screenwriter, and journalist, whose columns and reviews appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times and were syndicated in more than 200 newspapers across the country. Ebert made a name for himself in the candid and no-apology approach he had toward film review, earn ... More >>

Butch Vig: The Super-Producer Talks About the Genius of Garbage (and Nirvana)

See also: Nirvana Little-Known-Facts Revealed: Butch Vig, the Band and Jon Stewart Celebrate Nevermind's 20th Anniversary You could easily make the case that Butch Vig is the most influential record producer of the last 25 years. With Nevermind, he and Nirvana ushered in a new era of alternative ro ... More >>

Nirvana Little-Known-Facts Revealed: The Band and Jon Stewart Celebrate Nevermind's 20th Anniversary in New York

Jena Ardell​Who: Nirvana Where: SiriusXM's studios in New York City When: September 24, 2011 Better than... bands inspired by Nirvana. Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, an album most people feel changed the landscape of music. To celebrate, SiriusXM satellite radio ... More >>

Daily Show Mocks Missile Mystery

The Daily Show -- which watches cable news so you don't have to -- takes a crack at the overreaction to the "mystery missile" story. For those who didn't get the memo, it turned out to be a plane. Enjoy. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMissile: Impossiblewww.thedailyshow.comDail ... More >>

Will You Watch 'Conan' At 11 Tonight, Or Stick With Jon Stewart?

Pulse2Back up off my slot, Stewart​All the bleeding gingerhearts on Team Coco finally lay down their arms tonight. After 10 months following "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour," Conan O'Brien fans will gather J.Bieb-style outside the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, w ... More >>

Jon Stewart's Rallies, Including One In L.A., Help Restore Comedy Central's Ratings

Ted SoquiComedy Central's ratings cup runneth over.​ See Ted Soqui's slideshow from the L.A. rally here. Call it the "Rally to Restore Ratings." Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," which was based in Washington, D.C. and had a satellite event at L.A.'s MacArthur Park Saturda ... More >>

Watch Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens) and Ozzy Osbourne at the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally!

Funny > Intolerant​Looking for the musical highlight of the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear"? Look no more. Here's Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens), Ozzy Osbourne and the O'Jays performing a bunch of songs about trains. Watch:

And Now, A Brief Message From The Onion (Possibly) Your Local Bartender

Face it, The Onion is funnier than the rest of us -- with the possible exception of Jon Stewart -- whether we've been sitting at a bar for a few too many hours or not. PSA: this is satire. The 13th step being, arguably: Tried really hard, after having done 1-12, not to take ourselves too seriously. ... More >>

RALLY TIME!

Jon Stewart Crowned 'Most Influential' Man Of The Year

Jon Stewart influences people.​It looks like L.A. will be enjoying hosting (he'll appear via satellite) the most influential man in America Saturday -- Jon Stewart, who topped AskMen.com's "Top 29 Most Influential Men of 2010" list this week. Stewart is appearing, via satellite, at his "Rally ... More >>

Is Notorious MacArthur Park The Right Place For Jon Stewart's 'Rally To Restore Sanity?'

Does Jon Stewart know what he's getting into with MacArthur Park?​We like Jon Stewart, and he can bring levity and clarity to almost any headline. But we have to wonder if the notorious MacArthur Park is the best place for his Oct. 30 election season "Rally To Restore Sanity." After all, in 2 ... More >>

Jon Stewart's 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Heads To L.A.'s MacArthur Park

Jon Stewart's L.A. rally is on.​Jon Stewart's "Rally To Restore Sanity" is back on schedule at a location not far from the Pershing Square site originally chosen by organizers: MacArthur Park in the Westlake District near downtown The 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. event will happen Oct. 30 at Levitt Pavil ... More >>

Jon Stewart's 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Wasn't Rejected By City: Pershing Square Venue Was Booked Up

Don't blame city of L.A., Jon Stewart: The venue you wanted was spoken for.​Jon Stewart's people said this week that the city "denied our permit" for his Oct. 30 "Rally To Restore Sanity," scheduled for downtown Los Angeles' publicly owned Pershing Square park. But Los Angeles Department of R ... More >>

Jon Stewart's Los Angeles 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Rejected By City: Alternate Venue Being Sought

Jon Stewart rejected in L.A.​Journo-median Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" Oct. 30 in Los Angeles has been rejected by the city -- at least at the venue organized tried to get, Pershing Square downtown. The event was one of two twin rallies scheduled for L.A. and Washington, D.C. The ... More >>

Catch a Risen Star

Fishery Disaster Declared for 3 Gulf Coast States

Food Safety News​ On Monday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke declared a fishery disaster for three states, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, along the Gulf of Mexico. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody, except maybe BP. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ... More >>

JIMMY DORE -- MAKE US LAUGH FUNNY BOY

Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere

CNNAnderson Cooper.​A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>

Stage Raw: Comedies About the End of the World

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsCOMEDIES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD​Poland's Theatre ZAR rehearsing Gospels of Childhood at the Barbican in London, where they performed last month. That piece is the first third of the ... More >>

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Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: The Week in Food

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. Got something better? (Funny, tragic, ridiculous, or an actual Jon Stewart quote.) Comment below.

After George Weber's Murder, NSA Sex in Context

Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Frost/Nixon at the Ahmanson

See Dick run

Stage Raw: Lie With Me on KPFK

TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS FOR A 1958 LOUNGE ACT.At your fingertips: This week's THEATER FEATURE on Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer an ... More >>

Political Comedy — A Laughing Matter?

Strings Attached

"And the Award [for Worst Oscars Ever] Goes To ..."

Academy needs a face-lift, not just Botox

Oscar Interruptus

Acceptance speeches: Accept them

The Karlin Report

Sinking Globes, Rising Cruise, and Winning Blus

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Late Night's Reluctant Hosts

Must the show go on?

Mothers, Gangsters and the Usual Boobs at the Emmys

Shout outs and murmurs

Sahl-ud!

Who's That Girl? Lauren Weedman’s Search for Home

Alternative Comedy 2007

Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo and Henry Rollins

At the Silent Movie Theater

TiVo Top 10

The year in good TV

Oscar Hangover

Finke’s five-step program will end the misery

Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

    Not one but three people I went to high school with were nominated for Oscars last night (Matt Dillon, Dan Futterman, and Bennett Miller) so I was kinda jazzed for the whole whoop-de-doo; I had my spiritual "Go Tigers" pom-poms out (our Mamaroneck High School theme song was Survivor's ... More >>

TiVo Top 10

The year in good TV

A Mexican and an Irishman Walk Into a Bar...

Call me Nostradamus

10 signs of the apocalypse

TV 2004

14 Hairstyles of the Pundits

Monkeys and Marionettes

Stewart vs. Crossfire and other comic battles

Shovin’ It

Democrats, Hardballers and Class Warriors

Miller's Crossing

Can a pro-Bush comedian get laughs?

Box Populi

TV’s top stories

Smut Factory

The corruption of the American television critic

Crown Thy Good

Good News About the New Season

Seriously