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Back in November, George Lopez got Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Eddie Griffin and D.L. Hughley together for a fund-raiser in Peoria, Ill., to erect a statue in the hometown of the late, great Richard Pryor. Charlie Murphy was there, too. The six stand-up comedians had so much fun performing …
An all-star lineup of stand-up comedians will play in Peoria so that a comedic legend’s statue can stand tall in that town for generations to come. George Lopez, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley, Eddie Griffin and Mike Epps will headline “A Night For Richard,” on Nov. 2 at the Peoria …
In case you missed it, TBS unveiled a game-show concept last night that actually fits the cable network’s motto of “very funny.” In fact, Michael Ian Black and D.L. Hughley are so refreshingly and wickedly witty, slinging barbs at each other throughout the half-hour, that the actual “game show” element …
Congrats to D.L. Hughley for signing a deal with Reach Media to bring a nationally syndicated afternoon “drive time” broadcast to a radio station near you this year. The 3-7 p.m. “The D.L. Hughley Show” doesn’t have a launch date or stations to announce with the signing, though it does …
The 72nd annual Peabody Awards recognized several comedies from 2012 and cited Lorne Michaels for his career accomplishments in comedy. From the University of Georgia and handed out since 1941, the George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. …
D.L. Hughley may not have started his Dancing With the Stars experience on the right foot Monday night (earning the low scores of the evening in week one), but the stand-up comedian did have some great news to fall back on — his Comedy Central special, D.L. Hughley: The Endangered …
One of these seasons, a comedian will emerge as a viable candidate to win Dancing with the Stars, right? Right? After all, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence just made dancing funny and successful in the movies with Silver Linings Playbook. So how will D.L. Hughley and Andy Dick fare this spring on …
A classic game show beloved by comedians and comedy fans returns to the TV airwaves five times a week starting tonight. But Match Game isn’t coming back to America. Try heading north of the border. Oh, Canada! Sally was so desperate for new episodes of Match Game…”HOW DESPERATE WAS SHE?”…Sally …
When D.L. Hughley began his weekly weekend hour on CNN last fall, he joked about moving to New York City and the cold weather. Hughley, who turns 45 today (happy birthday!), didn't quite make it through his first winter, announcing yesterday (just a day before spring weather has arrived, coincidentally) …
On tonight’s edition of D.L. Hughley Breaks the News on CNN (10 p.m. Eastern Saturday-Sunday), Hughley interviews comedian/actor Tim Reid ("Venus Flytrap" on WKRP in Cincinnati) about life as a black comic, and half of an interracial comedy team, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Reid argues that a …
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