Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire Black Voices Blogs : By Karu F. Daniels, BlackVoices.comThis fall, Chris Rock will be heading home.The multiple-Emmy Award winning comedian is slated to headline an all new stand up comedy special, titled 'Chris Rock: Kill The Messenger,' which premieres Sept. 27. The... Read more
City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Overheard at the Chris Rock show: “Wasn’t he in Rush Hour with that Asian guy'” “Nah, I think that was somebody else.”
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Barack Obama's Reality Catches Up With Chris Rock's Fiction After Bernie Mac got in trouble at a Barack Obama fundraiser the other week for telling... well, typical Bernie Mac jokes, I got to wishing, yet again, that politicians could tell the blunt truth the way comedians do. I briefly [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
After Bernie Mac got in trouble at a Barack Obama fundraiser the other week for telling... well, typical Bernie Mac jokes, I got to wishing, yet again, that politicians could tell the blunt truth the way comedians do. I briefly imagined a no-language-barred, HBO-sponsored debate between Republican Dennis Miller and [...]
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows , Programming , OpEd , Celebrities , TCA Press Tour , Reality-Free Chris Rock is returning to HBO! The network announced today at TCA that the comedian would premiere his fifth stand-up special this fall. The special will feature footage from three locations: South Africa's Carnival City Casino, New York's Apollo Theater, and the Carling Apollo Hammersmith in London....
Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Eurweb reports that Hallmark has licensed various bits of Chris Rock's stand-up for their greeting cards. As the cards open, an audio file will greet the reader with Rock's voice. This could be one of the greatest combinations in history,...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Reclusive comedian Dave Chappelle missed two flights out of Ohio last night and failed to get to a Manhattan fund-raiser for Congressional candidate Kevin Powell of Brooklyn. The clip above shows Powell earlier in the evening, before the announcement about Chappelle, continuing to criticize incumbent Representative Ed Towns for what Powell thinks is a lack of leadership. “My opponent does not chair...
Market Wire - Lifestyle and Leisure (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
KANSAS CITY, MO (MARKET WIRE) The edgy, unexpected humor of comedian Chris Rock is now available at Hallmark Gold Crown stores across the country. The comedian is featured on a new line of cards turning up the funny as he jokes in his own voice about age, finances, and the relationship between men and women.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Chris Rock came to Kansas City on Saturday night and he had a lot on his mind: sex, relationships, marriage, the war, jobs, the economy, steroids, sports and, of course, race.
The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
CALL ADAM NOW!!(866)901-ADAM 6:01 AM - “CAJUN DOING THE ASIAN” Ricky Labit calls in from Houma, (pronounced homo), Louisiana this morning. Ricky was kicked out of an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet for apparently eating too much. Yes it is true; Ricky is a big guy, 6’3”, 265 pounds and he loves his Chinese food!! Ricky [...]
SOHH.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
By Brandi Hopper The Essence Music Festival will be bringing some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest acts to to New Orleans this Independence Day weekend.
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
George approached his comedy like a musician. Every couple of years, there'd be a new album and there'd be a new act. The reason most comedians suck is they get an act, and they do the same act for the rest of their lives. That's 85 percent of comedians. No growth; they hang on to these jokes, and every year they become less funny. I'm talking big stars. Not George Carlin. He was an artist like Bob...
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Big News Network.com (As told to Josh Wolk) People always compare me to Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, or Bill Cosby, I guess just because of the black thing. But I always thought one of my biggest influences was George Car… Read the full article here
tampabay.com blogs (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Here are some of the things which occurred to me last night, while sitting through Chris Rock's amazing, near-two-hour 'No Apologies' standup tour at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. (If you like what you see here, bear in mind...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
I'm not saying that because Coldplay is now officially Stuff White People Like , I'm saying that because Chris Rock is saying that in a Celebrity MySpace blog post entitled "Only Black Guy Concert Review." He lists some of the shows at which he held the distinction of being "the only black guy" -- Van Halen, the White Stripes, the Cure, soon Radiohead, oddly not his " good friends " Metallica -- but...
