A smart social satire focusing on a comic in the late days of the Soviet Union cracking under the weight of official constraints and self-loathing. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive ...

Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive directing debut with the super-smart, confidently lensed “The Humorist.” Set in the waning days of the Soviet Union when decadence and repression went ...

This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows "Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)," by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown and Company via AP) NEW YORK — David Sedaris, over more than a ...

The look on the face of humorist David Sedaris is as serious as a tax return. "I don't have a clue," he is saying. "I genuinely do not have a clue." The subject at hand is the stupefying popularity of ...

Jeanne Robertson, a well-known humorist and motivational speaker from Graham, died unexpectedly on Saturday, according to her professional Facebook page. Robertson, 77, was struggling with severe ...

Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 25, 2021. You can find that audio here. Click here for David Sedaris' 2021-2022 tour dates. If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further ...

Jonny Sun will write the Chinese folklore feature 'Paper Lanterns,' with Chernin Entertainment producing for Fox Family. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Humorist and illustrator Jonny Sun is teaming ...

Quo Vadimus?—E.B. White—Harper ($2). Elwyn Brooks (“Andy”) White for eleven years wrote the oxymoronic introductory paragraphs to each New Yorker issue. The tone of these paragraphs, a kind of ...

David Sedaris' gift isn't that he's able to take something small -- like a boil or a lozenge - and make it big. Instead, the writer and humorist is skilled at turning actions involving those small ...