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...think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on OxyContin, he missed his flight.' Comedian WANDA SYKES, slamming the conservative radio host at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Limbaugh publicly admitted in 2003 that he had battled an addiction to prescription painkillers...
Most ethnic groups get their own month to celebrate their culture. What do Arab-Americans get? "Orange alert," jokes comedian Dean Obeidallah. An American born in New Jersey to a Palestinian father and Italian-American mother, Obeidallah turned to comedy to fight the suspicion and ignorance he encountered in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In 2003 he co-founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, which runs this week in Manhattan. Obeidallah spoke with TIME about bridging cultures, the fading "siege" against Arab-Americans and taking stand-up to the Middle East. (See pictures of the history...
...dress receives a birthday tribute. In January, the clothing retailer White House Black Market set up a swag suite at the Sundance Film Festival. The company dressed a mannequin with a black-and-white leaf print dress like the one Obama once wore on The View. Mo'Nique, the comedian and actress, recognized the outfit. And since it happened to be the First Lady's birthday, of course it was Mo'Nique's duty to belt out "Happy Birthday," to a mannequin, in a crowded room...
When it comes to comedy careers, Carol Leifer has been there, done that. Besides being a popular stand-up comedian, Leifer, 52, is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer for work on shows like Seinfeld, Larry Sanders and Saturday Night Live. But it's her personal résumé that is the main focus of her entertaining new book, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win (Villard). Leifer's notable relationship history has included two famous former boyfriends (comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser), one not-famous former husband, a female partner for the past 12 years...
...Tell me about the beginning of your career. Was it really hard to get started as a female stand-up comedian? In those days, when I started stand-up in the late '70s, it felt so easy to get into stand-up because there were so few people doing it and so few women. I always saw it as a tremendous advantage, and I always tell women that if you're in the minority in whatever you do, there are advantages to that which I think are enormous. Especially in a performing way. It sets you apart. It was kind...