Category: Comedian

Comedian

Trump Blasted Alec For SNL Parody and Alec Clapped Back!!!

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trump_baldwinAs usual Donald Trump took to twitter to blast Alec Baldwin for his latest and/or recent portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live.

This is hardly the first time the president elect has taken issue with the show’s portrayal of him. But, this was the first time that Alec Baldwin, who plays Trump with hilarious and somewhat stunning accuracy, personally fired back at Trump.

Trump started with complaining about “equal time” by tweeting the following:

The equal time rule which Trump speaks of, is part of the 1934 Communications Act that requires radio and broadcast television stations to treat legally qualified political candidates equally when it comes to selling or giving away air time. Of course, the equal time rule only applies during a campaign and, in case Trump hadn’t noticed, the election is over.

On Sunday Alec Baldwin clapped back at Trump and blasted him for being petty and focusing on the wrong things by tweeting this reply:

Baldwin’s reply were long overdue but classically on point!!

Trump has a whole four years to go and he better get use to the media dragging him through the mud good or bad, it comes with the title and the role. As a leader you have to have thick skin and an open minded personality in order to survive.

Comedian, What she said

Mo’Nique Said She Was Blackballed After She Won Her Oscar

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Comedian/actress Mo’Nique says Hollywood blackballed her after she won the Academy Award for her role in Lee Daniels’ critically acclaimed film Precious.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mo’Nique recalled winning the Oscar and expecting to receive an abundance of higher quality movie roles. But that didn’t happen, and she said director-of-the-moment Lee Daniels told her why.

“I got a phone call from Lee Daniels maybe six or seven months ago. And he said to me, ‘Mo’Nique, you’ve been blackballed.’ And I said, ‘I’ve been blackballed? Why have I been blackballed?’ And he said, ‘Because you didn’t play the game.’ And I said, ‘Well, what game is that?’ And he gave me no response. The next thing he said to me was, ‘Your husband is outbidding you.’ But he never asked me what [salary] we were asking for.”

Mo’Nique said her husband and manager Sidney Hicks, who is also an actor, decided the best alternative for her was to go independent. She and Hicks have an independent film set for limited theater release on April 24 called Blackbird.

Mo’Nique denied rampant rumors that she is “difficult” to work with on the set.

“Whoever those people are who say, “Mo’Nique is difficult,” those people are either heartless, ruthless or treat people like they’re worthless. And that’s unacceptable,” said Mo’Nique.

Mo’Nique said she was offered the role as Forest Whitaker’s mother in Daniels’ movie The Butler. But Daniels gave the role to Oprah. Mo’Nique was also offered the role of late comedian Richard Pryor’s grandmother in Daniels’s upcoming biopic on Pryor’s life. But that role also went to Oprah, who obviously used her significant influence over Daniels in her shameless pursuit of an Academy Award nomination.

Bill Cosby, Celebrity gossip, Comedian, Scandal

Camille Cosby stands by her man!

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Comedian Bill Cosby, has responded to reports that her husband is a serial rapist.

Mrs. Cosby released a statement to the media yesterday affirming her marital vows to stand by her husband.

Mrs. Cosby spoke out for the first time about allegations that Bill Cosby, 77, drugged and raped numerous women, including former supermodels Beverly Johnson and Janice Dickinson decades ago.

“He is a kind man, a generous man, a funny man,” Mrs. Cosby said in a statement first reported by CBS. “A different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months. It is the portrait of a man I do not know.”

Many of the allegations against Bill Cosby are hearsay: their word against his. No criminal charges have been brought against him, and no evidence supports the women’s outrageous claims.

Mrs. Cosby compared the allegations against her husband to a Rolling Stone article written by a U.Va. rape accuser. The woman’s story is now in doubt because it contains factual errors and fabricated facts.

“None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim,” Mrs. Cosby wrote. “But the question should be asked — who is the victim?”

The Cosby’s celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January.

Comedian, Law and order, Lawsuits, Rape

Comedian Bill Cosby…is really a rapist?

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Bill Cosby…is a rapist

Bill Cosby is best remembered for The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and those Jell-O pudding pop commercials but lately, the comedian who has that ‘father figure’ image is being accused of sexual assault. An image that is contradictory to this voice and message he sends to the black community.

Comedian Hannibal Buress jogged our memory in a stand up routine he did last weekend and reminded us all that Bill Cosby is an accused rapist. Buress homed in during his set Thursday at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia (Cosby’s home town).

“And it’s even worse because Bill Cosby has the fucking smuggest old black man public persona that I hate,” Buress said.  “Pull your pants up, black people. I was on TV in the ’80s. I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom. Yeah, but you raped women, Bill Cosby. So, brings you down a couple of notches. … I’ve done this bit onstage, and people don’t believe. People think I’m making it up. …That shit is upsetting. If you didn’t know about it, trust me. You leave here and google ‘Bill Cosby rape.’ It’s not funny. That shit has more results than Hannibal Buress.” 

Burress is correct!

The myriad allegations leveled against Bill Cosby over the years are no joke. In 2004, Andrea Constand brought a civil lawsuit against Cosby that grew to include 13 other women, all of whom reported being drugged and raped by one of America’s most beloved entertainers. Cosby settled with her under undisclosed terms in 2006. 

Notably, two other women — who presumably had nothing to gain financially, as the statute of limitations had run out on their cases — also shared their stories with major media outlets. Their accounts included  similar details: Cosby took them under his wing and, on multiple occasions, fed them alcohol laced with drugs and assaulted them.

And yet, despite the multiple victims and reports of a decades-long streak of rape, America seems to have chosen to forgive and forget. Completing the circle of denial, Cosby’s new biography conspicuously omits his sexual assault allegations, as if they never happened. Cosby and his lawyers are slick, they prove that with money and power, incidents like this can be swept and kept under a rug.

So there it is people, Dr. Huxtable — America’s dad — isn’t that lovable television character “in real life” who visited your living rooms week after week. The man is a slick accused rapist. His time is up though and I believe his season of exposure has come. Why? Because in time, God reveals all things.

Celebrity, Comedian, Live entertainment, Stand up

I Saw Shawn and Marlon Wayans Live on Saturday Night!!!

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The comedic duo performed live, at Levity Comedy club in upstate New York and it was a stone gas honey.

My party and I, had great seats as we sat front and center and was entertained for an hour and a half by the Wayan brothers, who graced the stage in separate standup performances.

While some of the sistas sitting next to us, wanted to throw their drawers at the brothers, they were very personable and well received by the crowd.

Levity Live is conveniently located in the Palisades Mall in Nyack, New York and offer dinner and drinks with any show. Comedy greats such as; Tracy Morgan, Tommy Davidson and John Witherspoon just to name a few; have performed there live.

If you love to laugh in an atmosphere of fun, then check out Levity comedy sometime in the near future.