#How Joan Rivers haunts Jean Smart’s dark comedy ‘Hacks’

#How Joan Rivers haunts Jean Smart’s dark comedy ‘Hacks’

“#How Joan Rivers haunts Jean Smart’s dark comedy ‘Hacks’” Jean Smart headlines the 10-episode HBO Max series “Hacks,” a darkly comedic look at the relationship between two women with disparate viewpoints — who have more in common than meets the eye. Smart stars as Deborah Vance, a veteran standup comic whose glitzy headlining career at…

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#The legendary Friars Club reopens with new dean

#The legendary Friars Club reopens with new dean

“#The legendary Friars Club reopens with new dean” The yucksters are back at the legendary Friars Club.  Shuttered 14 months ago by the one-two punch of a flood followed by a pandemic, the iconic institution of New York showbiz — where entertainment luminaries like Henny Youngman, Frank Sinatra and Larry King used to hold court…

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#Comic Michelle Buteau talks infertility, racism and sex

#Comic Michelle Buteau talks infertility, racism and sex

“#Comic Michelle Buteau talks infertility, racism and sex” 2020 was supposed to be Michelle Buteau’s year.  In September, the comedian released a comedy special, “Welcome to Buteaupia,” on Netflix. This week, the 43-year-old published her first book, a series of autobiographical essays called “Survival of The Thickest” (Gallery Books).  “I worked so hard to drop…

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