How do you joke about the Sony hacking? A little carefully
By JOCELYN NOVECK How do you joke about the Sony hacking story? After all, it was an attempt at comedy that launched this whole sobering mess. If you’re Chris Rock,…
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Stephen Colbert retires his ‘Report’ and the host he played
By FRAZIER MOORE Stephen Colbert is immortal? Long live Stephen Colbert! Nine years of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” came to an end Thursday night along with its mythical presiding…
Golden Globe snubs: Jolie, Nolan get no love this year
By JOCELYN NOVECK The Golden Globe nominations always have their quirks, and sometimes it seems they exist in their own private galaxy. This year’s movie nominations, though, stuck close to…
Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej turns 87, but absent from celebrations
The people of Thailand celebrated King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 87th birthday Friday with both joy and trepidation, as the ailing monarch failed to make an expected public appearance at a time…
New lawsuit brings Cosby abuse claims into court
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY A lawsuit by a woman who claims Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old has moved allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian from…
BIG MILESTONE FOR BRITAIN’S LITTLE PRINCE
By GREGORY KATZ and MATTHEW KNIGHT This photo taken Wednesday, July 2, 2014, and released Monday, July 21, 2014, to mark Prince George’s first birthday, shows Britain’s Prince William and Kate Duchess of…
Film academy invites 271 to join in the Oscar vote
FILE – In this Sunday, March 2, 2014 file photo, Lupita Nyong’o arrives at the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Two hundred seventy one people working in…
Ex-UK editor Andy Coulson convicted of phone hacking
By JILL LAWLESS FILE – This is a Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 file photo of Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and former aide to British Prime Minister…