In July of 1992, HBO premiered Def Comedy Jam, a half-hour stand-up comedy series that was raw, uncut, and, just down right funny before people started using "LOL" and "LMAO." Hosted by Martin ...

In addition to exploring his heritage, Martin infuses his comedy with insights from his own experiences of marriage, offering hilarious commentary on relationships that audiences can personally ...

He began his career in Atlanta in the early ’90s and got his big break when he was asked to join the Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam Tour in 1997. Watch on Deadline Recently seen on John Mulaney ...

Martin Scorsese recently debuted in the Cannes Competition with his latest movie, a horror-comedy, on which he serves as one of the producers: Die, My Love.This time around, the ones he has joined ...

Martin Scorcese was behind Jennifer Lawrence’s latest lead role in the Ariana Harwicz adaptation ‘Die, My Love’ it has been revealed (Getty) Penn agreed that DiCaprio was and argued that the ...

They "make you ponder something on the absurdity-of-life level, which I guess is comedy," says Martin's close friend and musician Jack Johnson. "I brought visual art into my stand-up comedy," says ...

They “make you ponder something on the absurdity-of-life level, which I guess is comedy,” says Martin’s close friend and musician Jack Johnson. With his love of joke crafting, Martin says he ...

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Back in 1979, Steve Martin did something a little different to promote his classic 1979 comedy The Jerk. In a special trailer labeled “For Theater Owners Only,” Martin stares directly into the camera ...

Bruce Springsteen Calls Out ‘Incompetent and Treasonous’ Trump Administration At a show in Manchester, Springsteen asked the crowd to “raise your voices against authoritarianism and let ...

Tyrone’s collection of Def Comedy Jam VHS tapes became Cantu’s gateway ... Chris Tucker, and Martin Lawrence, soaking in the humor and storytelling that would later define her comedic style.

If one were forced to pinpoint hip-hop‘s essential pivot in its over 50-year story, it’d be hard to argue against Def Jam Recording’s founding in 1984. Birthed in the Black and working-class South ...