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Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom
The Baltimore SunAmy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...Tags: Mount Vernon, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Entertainment Events, Times Square, Arts and Culture
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Cheering never stopped at SHARE home school graduation in Manatee County
Bradenton HeraldAt nearly every high school graduation a plea is made to the audience not to cheer until all the graduates have walked across the stage. But at the 2013 S.H.A.R.E. home school graduation Saturday, coordinator Debbie Dykes gave the following instructions...Tags: Entertainment Events, Graduation, Petroleum Industry
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BRIEF: Share stories from high school reunion
Tulsa WorldMost likely to succeed. Most likely to be a stand-up comic. Whatever you were then and whoever you are now, we want to hear about your high school reunions. More specifically, we want to hear the funny stories of odd things that happened at your...Tags: Entertainment Events
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
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But then a funny thing happened
I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...Tags: Entertainment Events, Alzheimer's Disease, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Performing arts
This list is not all-inclusive Acting troupes/ensembles Albright Theatre Company 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia 630-406-8838; albrighttheatre.com Albright began with five dedicated members in 1974 and grew to 80, serving an audience of loyal...
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Review: 'Sightseers' is bloody good fun
Murder is a funny thing that happens in Ben Wheatley movies, though it's never been droller, drier or deadlier than in "Sightseers," the British filmmaker's latest comic assault. He had help. Outré improv team Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who star in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Down Terrace (movie), Sightseers (movie), Holiday Vacations
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BRIEF: Lewis Black coming in October; tickets on sale Friday
Knoxville News SentinelGrammy Award-winning stand-up comedian and "Daily Show" contributor Lewis Black will hit the Tennessee Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday, October 3. Tickets for the show, which will be $35, $45 and $55 plus service charges, go on sale this Friday (May 17)....Tags: Services and Shopping, Entertainment Events, Lewis Black, The Daily Show (tv program)
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Gay celebs raise funds for Bill de Blasio
NewsdayA fundraiser held Sunday night for mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and hosted by celebrity members of New York City's gay community, including "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon, sought to take a bite out of rival Christine Quinn's LGBT support....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Entertainment Events, New York City Police Department, Elections
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Tina Gordon Chism Brings Her âPeeplesâ to Hollywood
Variety Tina Gordon Chism admitted she saw herself on the Arclight screen at the May 8 premiere for Lionsgateâs "Peeples" â as Craig Robinsonâs character. "I told Craig that he was me," she mused during the post-screening bash at Lure. "Heâs a very...Tags: Craig Robinson, Entertainment Events, Kerry Washington
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Portland Press Herald, Maine, Off Beat column
Portland Press Herald, MaineLiterary Death Match is not exactly what it seems. First of all, no authors have died participating in it. Yet. Second, it sounds like, and is set up like, an author reading competition. Creator/host Adrian Todd Zuniga travels to locations around...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Comedy Central (tv network), Human Interest, New York City
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Commencement speakers, events at local colleges
A Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, a man of science with his own television show, a former high-ranking government official-turned-college professor and the president of a college in Ireland will be among the commencement speakers this month as members of...Tags: Bill Nye, Entertainment Events, Journalism, Awards and Prizes, Media Industry
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