How do we manage an encounter between satire and public safety in our society?
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Comedians, Bloggers and Arianna Huffington: Who Gets to Be Paid?
For The Huffington Post (HuffPo) these days, it’s not easy being rich. This past April 12, barely two months after the influential news website was acquired by AOL in a celebrated $315 million deal, one of its former bloggers and union organizer Jonathan Tasini sued both HuffPo and AOL in federal court in Manhattan, seeking…
The Stephen Grant Saga: Marrying A Comedian…and all its Stuff
British comedian Stephen Grant is a guy who wants to wash his family’s laundry in public regardless of their wish. But he is not the only comedian who would do something like that. Just across the pond, American comedian Sundra Croonquist frequently pissed off family members by some of what she said onstage in her…
Standoff at the Golden Globes: The Big Rumble in the Backroom
On January 16, celebrity British comedian Ricky Gervais will host the 68th Annual Golden Globes ceremony with all its usual fanfare and more. Only this time there are such dark clouds gathering on the horizon that the awards ceremony of January 2011 may well be the last time that we’ll see the Globes the way…