The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

HAL (15D: Actor Holbrook) In 1954, HAL Holbrook (1925-2021) developed a one-man stage show called Mark Twain ... become strong by doing the things YOU need to be strong for," is an Audre Lorde ...

When Psych showrunner Steve Franks was auditioning actors to portray Shawn Spencer, everybody’s favorite psychic detective, he told us how most actors were hitting their lines with too much aggression ...

In the trailer, Steve Tasker, former Special Teams monster for the Bills ... Orchestra has been playing here since 1935, Mark Twain once called it home, and we have not one, but four pretty ...

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute. By Jason Zinoman Jason Zinoman watched the ceremony at the ...

Comedian and former late-night host Conan O'Brien takes home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, amid the Kennedy Center's revamp.

Many artists have canceled their appearances at the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s hostile partisan takeover, but not Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recipient Conan O’Brien.

O'Brien thanked the pre-Trump Kennedy Center leadership. O'Brien gave tribute to Mark Twain, espousing his American values in the modern political landscape. Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at ...

Among those paying tribute to the comedian at Sunday night's event in Washington, D.C., were Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman and a dozen Mark Twain impersonators. By The Associated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the ...