By Laughspin Staff | May 22, 2013 at 3:56 pm | No comments
As Jennifer Aniston prepares to guest co-host Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime chat show, she’s enlisting the help of former Friends co-star Matthew Perry, who had the same gig last month. But not really, you guys. It’s all part of this sketch featuring the two buds. Courteney Cox...
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By Dana Sitar | May 16, 2012 at 12:20 pm | No comments
Ellen DeGeneres, known for humor that beseeches love and acceptance and her trailblazing gay character on the 90s sitcom Ellen, will receive the nation’s top humor prize this year. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that the comedian, actress and host of her...
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By Samantha Simon | May 7, 2012 at 11:15 am | 2 comments
It's graduation season and you know what that means! Someone somewhere is sitting through a three hour procession of watching 200 people wearing oversized gowns stand in line to shake somebody's hand. Hooray! But seriously, congratulations to all you recent grads. You make us...
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By Carrie Andersen | September 23, 2011 at 4:25 pm | No comments
Aside from her stand-up comedy, I’ve come to know and love Wanda Sykes for her work on the always hilarious Curb Your Enthusiasm. She’s a perfect foil for Larry David, whose awkwardness – especially where race is concerned – never fails to cause a whole lot of problems...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | June 1, 2011 at 12:28 pm | 14 comments
So, it seems comedian Kyle Cease is done pushing his much-criticized stand-up comedy bootcamp and is now turning to spreading a slightly new message: you can overcome crippling anxiety just like he has.
He’ll be embarking on what he’s dubbed the Wake Up College Comedy Tour,...
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By Josh Evans | September 10, 2010 at 2:01 pm | No comments
From her early stand-up to syndicated daytime talk show, everyone loves Ellen. (We’ll just brush that whole American Idol fiasco under the rug.) The very funny comedienne is always full of surprises, and surprise us she did, complete with confetti, at last night’s Richie...
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By Punchline Magazine | July 29, 2010 at 8:55 pm | No comments
Fox just announced that comedian, talk show host and now record label owner will not return as a judge for American Idol.
“A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” DeGeneres said. “I told them...
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By Nate Billy | May 24, 2010 at 2:44 pm | 3 comments
Recently, Eddie Murphy has been hinting toward his return to stand-up comedy. The star himself has said, “Within the last six months or so, I started getting an itch to do it again. I started writing stuff... I was like, 'I could go and do 15, 20 minutes right now. Maybe in a...
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By Jonathan Morvay | March 31, 2010 at 12:49 pm | No comments
Who’s your favorite comic book character? Perhaps it’s Superman, Spiderman or Batman? Catwoman or the Silver Surfer? Well that decision just got a lot harder, as a new comic book hero has been announced. It’s Ellen DeGeneres!
That’s right, everyone’s women aged...
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