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Adam Sandler will join former late night host David Letterman on the latter's "My Next Guest" series Monday night for a special episode titled "My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler." ...

The film captures his electrifying early years with vivid detail, but like Murphy himself it grows less satisfying as he ...

Scott Jennings is often the only Republican at the CNN table, and he deftly takes on his liberal counterparts with ...

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Over the Thanksgiving holiday in 1969, the comedian and activist Dick Gregory came to the Boston Common to participate in a ...

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Eddie Murphy explains why he's only ever been to two funerals... and why he's not planning on attending any more.