The best 25 stand-up comedians of the last 25 years as chosen as chosen by the bookers and heads of top comedy clubs, ...

The Astros played the final two months of the 2025 season without their star closer. Josh Hader suffered an ill-timed capsule sprain in his throwing shoulder a couple weeks into August. The injury ...

The Senate on Tuesday agreed by unanimous consent to approve a House-passed bill requiring the Justice Department to release all unclassified records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey ...

President Donald Trump is set to sign the government funding bill, ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The signing is scheduled to take place at 9:45 p.m. 'All bark, no bite': ...

The House is voting on a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The vote was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. House Democrats are expected to oppose the bill, while most Republicans ...

The Senate on Monday passed the bill to end the government shutdown, sending it to the House. Final passage came after a series of procedural votes. Those, in turn, followed a weekend breakthrough ...

Bill Hader was an actor most people saw as a quirky goofball, relegated to a comedy specific career. After he left Saturday Night Live, many thought Bill Hader would follow a similar career path of ...

In comedy, few are as influential — and elusive — as Jim Downey. During his 30-year tenure as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” he penned era-defining sketches like Chris Farley’s “Chippendales ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Norm Macdonald was a Canadian comedy icon for several decades. Toward the end of his life, though, his presence grew more and more contentious—not to mention his history of making hurtful jokes at ...