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Arts & Culture
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Theater Review
Oct 16, 2019
Recommended
Despite some flaws,
The Master Comic
offers a compelling portrait of a predator
The grimy legacy of Bill Cosby haunts this world premiere at MPAACT.
By Sheri Flanders
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Master Comic
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MPAACT
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Bill Cosby
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Aaron Todd Douglas
,
Yusef Williams
,
Terrance T. Brown
,
Runako Jahi
,
Donn Carl Harper
,
Venice Averyheart
,
Kenneth Johnson
,
Delysa Richards
,
Benjamin T. Jenkins
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 12, 2019
Leftovers
takes on Bill Cosby and his legacy
Unfortunately, this Something Marvelous production takes on more than it can handle.
By KT Hawbaker
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Leftovers
,
Something Marvelous
,
Josh Wilder
,
Sydney Chatman
,
Bill Cosby
News & Politics
,
The Straight Dope
Jun 1, 2018
Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?
A law alone wouldn't do it—the best place to challenge a presidential pardon would be in court.
By Cecil Adams
Tags:
The Straight Dope
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News
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Congress
,
President Donald Trump
,
Bill Cosby
,
presidential pardons
,
Supreme Court
,
United States
,
President of the United States
,
law
,
legal questions
,
Constitutional questions
,
limitations on presidential powers
,
Pennsylvania
,
state laws
,
federal laws
,
reprieves
,
pardons
,
Constitution
,
pardon power
,
presidential pardon powers
,
presidency
Film
,
Movie Review
Feb 22, 2017
Dying is easy, comedy is hard in the new UK documentary
Dying Laughing
Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman and dozens of other performers comment on the emotional challenges of stand-up.
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Dying Laughing
,
Lloyd Stanton
,
Paul Toogood
,
Comedian documentary
,
Jerry Seinfeld
,
Christian Charles
,
Paul Provenza
,
Chris Rock
,
Sarah Silverman
,
Keenen Ivory Wayans
,
Amy Schumer
,
Kevin Hart
,
Jamie Foxx
,
Emo Phillips
,
George Wallace
,
Allan Havey
,
Bobby Lee
,
Felipe Esparza
,
Steve Coogan
,
Bill Cosby
,
stand-up comedy
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 14, 2016
Roger Ailes accuser ‘Susan’ waited decades for someone to hear her out
For nearly 25 years, she felt like a lone voice. That changed after former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit against Ailes.
By Michael Miner
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,
News
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Politics
,
Roger Ailes
,
George H.W. Bush
,
Bill Cosby
,
Audrey Ignatoff
,
Fox News
,
renewamerica.com
,
Gretchen Carlson
,
Politico
,
Kelsey Sutton
,
Robert Franklin
,
liberalamerica.org
,
New York Times
,
New York magazine
,
Mike Douglas Show
,
1988 presidential election
,
LA Weekly
,
Jay Levin
,
Ron Curran
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 10, 2016
Video
From Kanye's new album to Closed Sessions' latest release in a few simple steps
There's a link between
Hibernation
, the new EP by Closed Sessions producer Boathouse, and Kanye West's seventh album.
By Leor Galil
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Hip-Hop
,
Music
,
Kanye West
,
T.L.O.P.
,
Waves
,
Swish
,
So Help Me God
,
Boathouse
,
Closed Sessions
,
Kweku Collins
,
Kipp Stone
,
Allan Kingdom
,
All Day
,
Bill Cosby
,
hip-hop
,
The Force Awakens
,
Star Wars
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 20, 2015
Real talk:
Ebony
's controversial
Cosby Show
cover is just what Dr. Huxtable ordered
Black Twitter and ’em freaked out, but the conversation
Ebony
started is good and necessary.
By Deborah Douglas and Naomi Reed
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News
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Media
,
Ebony
,
Bill Cosby
,
The Cosby Show
,
black America
,
African-American
,
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,
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,
Black Twitter
,
stereotype
,
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Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 27, 2015
Writers milk the Derrick Rose suit for all it's worth
No, Robert Silverman, Derrick Rose isn't the NBA's Bill Cosby.
By Michael Miner
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,
News
,
Sports
,
Derrick Rose
,
Daily Beast
,
Robert Silverman
,
Bill Cosby
Arts & Culture
,
Show us your [____]
Sep 27, 2014
Show us your . . . walls of autographs
Go backstage at the Chicago Theatre, where some 10,000 autographs cover the walls.
By Jake Malooley
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Show us your [____]
,
Javier Ayala
,
Chicago Theatre
,
Steve Martin
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Martin Short
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Charlie Sheen
,
David Copperfield
,
Penn & Teller
,
Frank Sinatra
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Julie Andrews
,
Burt Bacharach
,
George Carlin
,
Bill Cosby
,
the Eurythmics
,
B.B. King
,
Liza Minnelli
,
Bob Newhart
,
Roy Orbison
,
Dolly Parton
,
Smokey Robinson
,
Red Skelton
,
Neil Young
,
Conan O'Brien
,
Jay Leno
,
Brian Wilson
,
Kids in the Hall
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Show us your [____]
Film
,
Movie Review
Sep 24, 2014
Video
All Is By My Side
reveals a less pleasant Jimi Hendrix experience
André Benjamin stars in a chronicle of the guitar god's rise to fame.
By J.R. Jones
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,
Jimi: All Is By My Side
,
John Ridley
,
Jimi Hendrix
,
Bag O' Nails
,
Kathy Etchingham
,
Charles R. Cross
,
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
,
12 Years a Slave
,
Linda Keith
,
Keith Richards
,
Jimi Hendrix Experience
,
The Queen
,
Frost/Nixon
,
Lincoln
,
Capote
,
Howl
,
Chas Chandler
,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
,
the Beatles
,
Paul McCartney
,
George Harrison
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Bill Cosby
,
Imogen Poots
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 18, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Tue 2/18: Delorean, Kill Yr Idols, and
Camille Claudel 1915
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Tuesday, February 18
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Delorean
,
dance-pop
,
Lincoln Hall
,
Kill Yr Idols
,
Bill Cosby
,
Cole's
,
Heiko Julien
,
Muyassar Kurdi
,
Stephen Dvorak
,
Elizabeth S. Tieri
,
the Iceberg
,
Camille Claudel 1915
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Bruno Dumont
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 26, 2008
Bill Cosby: weird 'n' funky
Dusty Groove reissues a lost avant-garde funk jam from Bill Cosby.
By Peter Margasak
Tags:
Music
,
Post No Bills
,
Dusty Groove
,
Bill Cosby
,
Best of Chicago 2008
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