(JTA) — The New Yorker’s Connie Bruck has written perhaps the deepest dive into what forces shaped Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s top strategic adviser. We already know lots about Bannon: He helmed Breitbart News before he joined Trump’s campaign last year, and he called the outlet a platform for the “alt-right,” the loose assemblage…
Updated. What do you do when you you indict a guy with the last name “Newman”? If you’re New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, you seize the moment to make a Seinfeld joke. Schneiderman’s office today indicted a new York man named Paul J. Newman for allegedly posing as an architect, despite having no…
For all you “Seinfeld” fans out there, boy, do we have a treat for you. Former “Seinfeld” writers David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer talked to Entertainment Weekly last week and revealed a whole bunch of amazing storylines that never made it on air. Here’s just a few of them. 1. The Soup Nazi was going…
Sometimes you just need a good laugh. Luckily, there’s some major comedy heavy-hitters heading to a laptop near you. From Jerry Seinfeld to Sarah Silverman, we pulled together five upcoming stand-up specials that you’re definitely going to want to stream. Louis C.K. Where: Netflix Release date: April 4 This will be C.K.’s seventh comedy special,…
The stars are saying their final goodbyes to the Obamas. Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel Bloom and Judith Light were among the celebrities to bid farewell to the president and his family in a video shot by Vanity Fair. “Thank you for the grace and the dignity and the majesty they brought,” Parker said. “And for…
It’s hard to imagine “Seinfeld” without Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Believe it or not, though, there was a time Dreyfus went neck and neck for the role with another hilarious actress. Megan Mullally, who later hit the big time with her starring role on “Will and Grace,” told television host Andy Cohen last week that the part…
Once upon a time, Steve Bannon, former executive of the far-right news site Breitbart News and appointed chief strategist to Donald Trump, bought a piece of the hit television show “Seinfeld.” In what would later turn out to be an incredibly lucrative move, Bannon was hired by Westinghouse Electric to help determine what they should…
Last night, at the 10th annual Stand Up for Heroes in Madison Square Garden, a whole slew of comedy legends came out to honor vets, including Jerry Seinfeld, Louie CK, and much-missed ex-Daily Show Host Jon Stewart. With one week to go in this crazy hurricane of an election, the candidates were obviously a topic…
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