
Second City co-founder brought intellect to comedy
Comedy fans know the names — John Belushi, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Joan Rivers — but before those famous faces graced Hollywood movies or the ...

Dave Chappelle to headline monthlong comedy tour
Dave Chappelle is making his most substantial return to stand-up comedy with a one-month tour for Funny Or Die. The comedian will headline the Oddball ...

Caterpillar drops Boy Scouts support over gay ban
Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the ...

List of 11 who disappeared from Mexico City bar
Eleven young people were brazenly kidnapped May 26 from an after-hours bar in Mexico City's Zona Rosa, a normally calm district of offices, ...

Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such ...

NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch
At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with ...
4 accused of anti-gay attack in France
Four people have been detained on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a Lille gay bar, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, amid nationwide ...

Singer Michelle Shocked sits in at canceled show
Her show had been cancelled, but that didn't stop alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked from showing up at a Santa Cruz nightclub where ...
Rapper Gucci Mane denied bond in assault case
Gucci Mane has been denied bond on charges stemming from a fan's accusation that the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta ...

Rob Belushi takes on family business with TV show
The name on Hollywood audition lists and casting sheets must be unmistakably eye-catching: Rob Belushi. The 32-year-old actor and comedian is from ...

Gays in Belarus face reprisals for activism
Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning.

Cairo's musical heart, Mohammed Ali Street, fades
During its heyday, it was famed as the lively and romantic heart of Arabic music — a Cairo street modeled after Paris' boulevards, home to musicians, ...

West Coast gets swing at San Francisco jazz center
Full of shimmer and swing, San Francisco's sleek new jazz concert hall opened Wednesday with an opening night gala featuring McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea ...
Sirius XM Radio creating Comedy Central channel
Sirius XM Radio and Comedy Central are teaming up to create a new channel on the satellite radio service devoted to showcasing the television ...

Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide
Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine ...

Items from famed nightclub Studio 54 go to auction
A trove of memorabilia from Studio 54 is going up for bid in an auction that is resurrecting those long-ago nights at the iconic 1970s clubhouse with ...